Florida State University Athletics
Staff Directory
- Title:
- Director of Football Strength and Conditioning
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Josh Storms was named Florida State’s director of strength and conditioning on Dec. 28, 2019, and is in his sixth season with the program in 2025.
Storms earned Master Strength and Conditioning Coach distinction, the highest honor given in the strength and conditioning coaches profession, by the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association (CSCCa) in 2018. Certified through both the CSCCa and National Strength and Conditioning Association, he was the strength coach for Memphis football from 2016-19 after working with football for 11 years on the sports performance staff at Arizona State.
Storms has worked with Norvell each of his nine seasons as a head coach, playing an integral role in the development and continued rise of the FSU and Memphis football programs. In their nine years together at FSU and Memphis, they have compiled a 71-42 overall record and won two conference championships, including the 2023 ACC championship that completed a 13-0 regular season. Storms’ strength program has helped lay the foundation for Norvell to put together a 24-5 career record in November, including a 4-0 mark in the final month of both the 2022 and 2023 regular seasons.
Florida State produced a program-record 25 All-ACC selections in 2023 and had an ACC-best 10 picks in the 2024 NFL Draft, which showcased the program’s balance with the first year in school history having five players on offense and five players from defense taken in the same NFL Draft.
Memphis was one of three FBS teams, along with Ohio State and Oklahoma, to rank in the top-15 nationally in scoring offense each year from 2016-19. The Tigers shined on special teams, with an NCAA-best 11 kickoff return touchdowns in that time frame, and wreaked havoc on defense, forcing 100 total takeaways and averaging 6.8 tackles for loss per game.
Storms spent 2005-15 at Arizona State, including his last four years with Norvell as the Sun Devils’ offensive coordinator. Storms helped develop student-athletes who participated in a school-record five straight bowl games covering his final five seasons in Tempe.
In the four seasons Norvell and Storms worked together at ASU, the Sun Devils averaged 38.1 points per game and scored nearly 2,000 points. Over that same four-year span, Arizona State’s 13 interception return touchdowns and 16 defensive touchdowns were the most in the country.
Storms joined the Arizona State staff after two years as an assistant strength coach at UNLV. He spent 2001 as a seasonal assistant strength coach with the Minnesota Vikings.
Storms played tight end at the University of South Dakota and earned his bachelor’s degree in recreation in 2001. He completed his master’s of education in curriculum and instruction from Arizona State in 2006.
Storms and his wife, Darcie, have a son, Colt.
| Years | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 2020- | Florida State | Director of Strength and Conditioning |
| 2016-19 | Memphis | Director of Athletic Performance |
| 2005-15 | Arizona State | Sports Performance Assistant Head Coach |
| 2002-04 | UNLV | Assistant Strength Coach |
| 2001 | Minnesota Vikings | Seasonal Assistant Strength Coach |
