Mark Uyeyama named Vikings head strength and conditioning coach
By Adam Carlson
The Minnesota Vikings have named Mark Uyeyama as the team’s new head strength and conditioning coach for the 2017 NFL season.
Finding a quality staff that sticks around for the long haul can be a major challenge in today’s NFL. Recently, the Minnesota Vikings experienced that turnaround when trying to fill the role of their head strength and conditioning coach.
However, the team may have finally found their person for the position in Mark Uyeyama, who was hired on June 23, 2017 after working his way up through the San Francisco 49ers coaching staff.
Here is the background that was given by the official Minnesota Vikings website in the announcement of the hire:
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"“Uyeyama (ooh-ee-YAH-muh) progressed during his tenure with the 49ers, spending his final two seasons as the club’s Director of Human Performance (2015-16). He was the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for the franchise from 2011-14 and Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach from 2008-10. Uyeyama was named Samson Equipment’s NFL Strength & Conditioning Coach of the Year by American Football Monthly in 2011.”"
Before his time with the 49ers, Uyeyama was the head strength and conditioning coach for Utah State University following his graduation from the University of Utah.
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Hopefully, this will be the last time the Minnesota Vikings will need to search for a new head strength and conditioning coach for a while and Uyeyama will do a fantastic job keeping the team healthy and ready for action.