Experience: 10 years
Ivan Lewis enters his second season in his current role following six seasons as the head strength & conditioning coach after joining Seattle on February 22, 2019.
Ivan Lewis enters his second season in his current role following six seasons as the head strength & conditioning coach after joining Seattle on February 22, 2019.
Before arriving in Seattle, Lewis spent five seasons (2014-18) at USC in the same capacity, helping the Trojans return to a Rose Bowl championship in 2016 and a Pac-12 Championship following the 2017 season.
Prior to USC, he spent five seasons in the Pacific Northwest (2009-13) as the head strength & conditioning coach at the University of Washington.
He worked directly with the Huskies football team and was named the 2013 Samson Equipment/American Football Monthly FBS Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year.
He went to UW after three seasons (2006-08) as an assistant at USC under Chris Carlisle and helped the Trojans win three Pac-10 championships and Rose Bowls during his tenure.
Lewis began his NFL career with the San Diego Chargers (2004-05) interning in the strength department under the guidance of Dave Redding and Matt Schiotz, after spending two years (2002-03) at the University of San Diego, where he worked with the football team and other sports.
He was an assistant football coach and strength & conditioning coach at Mt. Si High School in Snoqualmie (Wash.) in 2000 and 2001.
He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) and is certified by USA Weightlifting (USAW).
Lewis graduated from Idaho in 2000 with a bachelor's degree in education and earned a master's degree in leadership studies, with a coaching emphasis, from San Diego in 2003.
He was born on September 14, 1978, and has one daughter, Dakota, and one son, D'Angelo.
