The 2015 season is Andy Ward's fifth as a full-time sports performance coach at Stanford and sixth overall with the department. He works full-time with the football team and previously oversaw developing strength training aspects for the track and field program.

Prior to arriving at Stanford, Ward split the 2010-11 academic year with internships at the UC San Diego and Sacramento State. At UC San Diego, Ward assisted with the design and implementation of 13 sport-specific programs. His time at Sacramento State was spent implementing programs for the men’s soccer, women’s soccer and men’s golf teams while assisting with 11 other programs.

Ward earned an undergraduate degree in physical education from Cal State Stanislaus, where he was a student assistant in the strength program while serving as a performance trainer at nearby Custom Built Personal Training. He earned his master’s degree in exercise science at California University (Pa.).