K.J. Florence joins the Hokies from Ole Miss where he served as an assistant strength and conditioning coach for the football the past two seasons. He worked primarily with the running backs, tight ends, quarterbacks and specialists during his tenure at Ole Miss, helping the program earn a berth in the 2022 Sugar Bowl and a victory in the 2021 Outback Bowl.
Florence spent the 2019 season at Marshall, serving as assistant strength and conditioning coach for football and softball. Prior to joining the Thundering Herd, Florence worked as an intern on the University of Georgia strength and conditioning staff in 2018, where he worked with the football program.
The Virginia Beach, Virginia native received a master's degree in kinesiology from Georgia in 2019 and graduated with ODU with a bachelor's degree in exercise science in 2014.
