Fears Named Director of Sports Performance

DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern Director of Athletics Keith Baxter has announced the addition of Zach Fears as the Savage Storm Director of Sports Performance, guiding the department's strength and conditioning program.
 
Fears comes to Southeastern after spending the last year at Lincoln University in Missouri where he led that program.
 
"Our coaches and student-athletes," said Baxter, "Are excited about the addition of Zach Fears as Director of Sports Performance.  Zach will oversee Sports Performance activities for all 11 of our NCAA programs as well as Men's & Women's Rodeo.  He has experience in developing internships and working with multiple sports.  This is a great addition to the Department of Athletics at Southeastern."
 
"I truly believe," said Fears, "That Southeastern is a good strength coach away from being a dominant division II program in multiple sports.  I'm excited to really start true sports performance program."
 
Fears served as the top assistant strength coach at Missouri Southern State from 2014 until taking over the head position at Lincoln.
 
He got his start in college athletics at North Carolina State before spending two years at Winona State and one at Abilene Christian.
 
Prior to making the move into college sports, he got his start as the Director of Sports Performance at Sterling Sports Performance in Pella, Iowa.
 
Over his career he has designed and implemented programs for a wide range of sports, while also working with athlete nutrition.
 
Fears earned his undergraduate degree in exercise science from Central College in 2010 and added a Master's from Winona State in 2013.  He is also possesses certifications from the Collegiate Strength and Conditional Coaches Association, the National Strength and Conditioning Association and the United States Association of Weightlifting.
 
He and his wife, Julie, have two sons, Wesley (6) and Bryton (2).