Stanford Athletics

Cullen Carroll is in his second season as the Kissick Family Director of Football Sports Performance in 2020 and his seventh season on The Farm overall. The position was endowed in 2013 following the generous gift of John Kissick and his family.

Carroll began his time with the Cardinal as an intern in 2014 and was quickly elevated to an assistant football sports performance coach for the 2014 season that culminated in the Cardinal winning the Foster Farms Bowl. After a Pac-12 Title and Rose Bowl Win in 2015 and a Sun Bowl Win in 2016, Carroll was elevated to the Assistant Director of Football Sports Performance. During his time as Assistant Director, the Football program won the Pac-12 North Title in 2017, made appearances in the 2017 Pac-12 Title game and Alamo Bowl, and won the Sun Bowl again in 2018.

Carroll also previously served as the sports performance coach for both the Stanford men’s swimming and men’s gymnastics programs, while also assisting with the wrestling program. The men's swimming program earned back to back Pac-12 titles under Carroll's direction in 2016-2017.
 
Before coming to Stanford, Carroll assisted with all aspects of football sports performance at Wake Forest University in 2013. While at Wake Forest, Carroll also served as the head rugby performance coach.
 
A native of Petaluma Calif., Carroll holds a master's degree in Kinesiology from San Jose State University, and a bachelor's degree in Exercise Science from Willamette University, where he was an All-Northwest Conference linebacker. Carroll began his collegiate coaching career as a student assistant serving as the head strength and conditioning coach for the Willamette football program. 

He is certified SCCC through the CSCCa, CSCS through the NSCA, and is CPR/AED/First Aid certified through the American Heart Association.