Nathaniel Leonard begins his first season as the Director of Strength and Conditioning at Grambling State University.
Prior to joining Grambling State, Leonard was the assistant director of strength and conditioning at the University of Buffalo.
Leonard came to Buffalo from Prairie View A&M where he spent three years as head football strength and conditioning coach.
Prior to PVAMU, Leonard spent one year at Western Kentucky at assistant strength and conditioning coach overseeing football, cross country and track and field. From 2015-17, he was in a similar role at North Carolina A&T, and began his career in strength and conditioning as a graduate assistant at Grambling.
Leonard, who played collegiately at Southern Miss and Grambling, earned both his Bachelors' degree in leisure studies and Masters degree in Sports Science from Grambling State.