Nicodemus Christopher was announced as Mizzou Men's Basketball's Director of Athletic Performance by head coach Cuonzo Martin in April 2017, continuing Christopher's involvement with Martin-coached squads dating back to Martin’s days in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Christopher, who enters his third campaign in Columbia, has worked alongside Martin for the past seven seasons, joining Mizzou's leader at California for three seasons after working the previous two campaigns at Tennessee. For the Black & Gold, Christopher oversees all athletic performance-related efforts for the Tigers' basketball program, including strength & conditioning, individualized training and nutritional and dietary programs.
A native of San Diego, California, Christopher originally joined Martin after serving as speed and conditioning coordinator for Purdue for the 2011-12 season. Along with working with the Boilermakers' men's basketball program, Christopher also oversaw sports performance for Purdue's softball and track & field squads.
Prior to his arrival in West Lafayette, Indiana, Christopher worked as a sports performance coach at the Michael Johnson Performance Center in Dallas, Texas. Most notably, he worked with professional athletes from the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL) and from FC Dallas of Major League Soccer (MLS).
A 2007 graduate of Baylor University with a Bachelor's degree in health and human performance, Christopher earned a master's degree in kinesiology with an emphasis in biomechanics and anatomical kinesiology from the University of Texas at Tyler in 2010. Upon completing his education, Christopher interned as a strength coach at Stanford in 2010.
Christopher is married to the former Fallon Smith, a native of San Jose, California.
