SCHMIDT UP CLOSE

PERSONAL

Birthdate: September 18, 1962
Hometown: Harvard, Nebraska
Wife: Robin
Children: Aubrey and Samuel
Education: Nebraska BS, 1986, Oklahoma BS, 2001

COACHING ExPERIENCE

1987: Notre Dame (Assistant)
1988: Oklahoma State (Director)
1989-94: Notre Dame (Coordinator)
1995-98: Florida (Coordinator)
1999-2017: Oklahoma (Director of Sport Enhancement)
2018-: Texas A&M (Director of Athletic Performance)

POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE

1987: Cotton (Notre Dame)
1988: Holiday (Oklahoma State)
1989: Fiesta (Notre Dame)
1990: Orange (Notre Dame)
1991: Sugar (Notre Dame)
1992: Cotton (Notre Dame)
1993: Cotton (Notre Dame)
1994: Fiesta (Notre Dame)
1995: Fiesta (Bowl Alliance Championship) (Florida)
1996: Sugar (Bowl Alliance Championship) (Florida)
1997: Citrus (Florida)
1998: Orange (Florida)
1999: Independence (Oklahoma)
2000: Orange (National Championship) (Oklahoma)
2001: Cotton (Oklahoma)
2002: Rose (Oklahoma)
2003: Sugar (National Championship) (Oklahoma)
2004: Orange (National Championship) (Oklahoma)
2005: Holiday (Oklahoma)
2006: Fiesta (Oklahoma)
2007: Fiesta (Oklahoma)
2008: BCS National Championship (Oklahoma)
2009: Sun (Oklahoma)
2010: Fiesta (Oklahoma)
2011: Insight (Oklahoma)
2012: Cotton (Oklahoma)
2013: Sugar (Oklahoma)
2014: Russell Athletic (Oklahoma)
2015: Orange (Oklahoma)
2016: Sugar (Oklahoma)
2017: Rose (CFP) (Oklahoma)
2018: Gator (Texas A&M)
2019: Texas (Texas A&M)
2020: Orange (Texas A&M)

Jerry Schmidt is in his fourth season at the Director of Athletic Performance on head coach Jimbo Fisher 's staff.

Widely considered one of the most accomplished and innovative strength coaches in the country, Schmidt came to Texas A&M after highly successful stints at Oklahoma (1999-2017), Florida (1995-98), Notre Dame (1987, 1989-94) and Oklahoma State (1988).

Schmidt has trained six Heisman Trophy winners – Baker Mayfield, Sam Bradford and Jason White at Oklahoma, Danny Wuerffel at Florida, Barry Sanders at Oklahoma State and Tim Brown at Notre Dame and has worked with 30 NFL first-round selections, 66 first-team All-Americans and dozens of major award winners.

Schmidt has coached with teams that played in six national championship games and has been a part of national championship teams from Oklahoma, Notre Dame and Florida.

The 1991 Collegiate Strength Coach of the Year, Schmidt is known for his disciplined, intense and innovative workouts. His well-known slogan is, “Hard Work Beats Talent When Talent Doesn’t Work Hard!”

In 19 seasons at Oklahoma, Schmidt helped the Sooners win 11 conference titles, the 2001 national championship and nine bowl games after being hired by Bob Stoops in 1999. The Sooners won 202 games in that time frame, an average of 10.6 victories per season.

Prior to his time in Norman, Schmidt served four seasons on Steve Spurrier’s staff at the University of Florida (1995-98) and helped the Gators win the 1996 national championship, as well as SEC titles in 1995 and 1996.

Schmidt served two coaching stints at Notre Dame. He got his coaching start on Lou Holtz’s staff in 1987 as an assistant, and returned to South Bend as the strength and conditioning coordinator in 1989 after a year at Oklahoma State.

A native of Harvard, Neb., Schmidt earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Nebraska in 1986 where he learned his craft under Cornhuskers legends Tom Osborne and Boyd Epley. He earned another degree from the University of Oklahoma in 2001.

Schmidt and his wife, Robin, have a daughter (Aubrey) and a son (Samuel).