Hall of Fame
Rock Gullickson is in his third season as strength coach for the NFL's Saint Louis Rams. Upon joining the Rams in 2009, Gullickson headed up a dramatic reconstruction of the weight room and shifted the program emphasis to training for power and explosiveness. Gullickson changed the entire layout by creating free weight stations that allow players to move easily from station to station. Gullickson created a team-orientated strength and conditioning program that focused on the shared experience of the program in concert with Spagnuolo’s team-first ethos. Instated of individual programs or positional breakdown, the program is uniform with minor adjustments tailored to player needs.
Before joining the Rams, Gullickson occupied a similar position with the Green Bay Packers from 2006-08. Soon after his arrival in Green Bay, Gullickson helped restructure the Packers’ weight room, adding new free weight equipment and adjusting the layout of the conditioning area. Rock followed a similar template when he was at Montana State, designing a weight room facility that was a feature of the football program that won the 1984 national college Division I-AA championship.
Gullickson made his NFL coaching debut in 2000 with the New Orleans Saints, serving as strength and conditioning coach through the 2005 season.
Before joining the Saints, Gullickson spent 22 years as a collegiate coach. His last collegiate stop was at the University of Louisville from 1998-99. Gullickson served as strength and conditioning coach at the University of Texas from 1993-97, working with future NFL players, including Ricky Williams, Priest Holmes and Casey Hampton.
Rock joined the Longhorns after stints at Rutgers (1990-92) and Montana State (1982-89). At Montana State, Gullickson became the first full-time strength and conditioning coach in history of the Big Sky Conference.
In 1981, Gullickson was named strength coach and weight room instructor at South Dakota State, where he received his master’s degree. Gullickson spent two season (1979-80) at Mayville State in Mayville, N.D., where he was an assistant football coach, head track and field coach, and strength coach.
A graduate of Moorhead State University, Minnesota, Gullickson made his coaching debut at his alma mater as strength coach in 1978. Gullickson as a three-year starter at guard and team captain for the Dragons, earning All-Northern Sun Conference recognition and was an Associated Press Division III All-American in 1977.
A native of Moorhead, Minn., Gullickson is married to Terry.
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