Professional Bio

3rd Year NFL Coach • 3rd with Chiefs

Brent Salazar begins his third season in Kansas City as the assistant strength and conditioning coach after joining the club in that capacity in 2007. Salazar assists strength and conditioning coach Cedric Smith in the implementation of Kansas City’s year-round conditioning and training program.

Prior to joining the Chiefs, Salazar served as the assistant director of athletic performance at the University of the Pacific in 2006. He was responsible for designing and implementing the training regiments for seven different varsity sports during his time with the Tigers.

The Denver, Colorado native served as a graduate intern at UNLV in 2005. Salazar assisted the Rebels strength and conditioning staff in their regiment with the football team. He was directly responsible for overseeing the training program for the men’s tennis squad and the men’s soccer team. Salazar originally began his association with Smith when he served as an intern for the Denver Broncos during the 2005 NFL off-season where Smith was the assistant strength and conditioning coach.

Salazar gained a wealth of knowledge as a performance coach at Velocity Sports Performance. He was instrumental in preparing collegiate football players for the NFL training combine. He also worked with a wide variety of collegiate and professional athletes.

Salazar served an internship at Athletes’ Performance where he assisted athletes with all functional movement and strength programs. He also worked closely with the trainers in developing rehab regiments.

Prior to joining the private sector, Salazar was a graduate intern at the University of New Mexico. He was responsible for the training of the baseball squad while helping with the football team.

Salazar was a member of the men’s tennis program at New Mexico for five seasons (’98-03), earning All-Mountain West Conference honors after helping New Mexico earn a share of the MWC Championship in 2003. He is a certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist by the National Strength and Conditioning Association. He earned a degree in Exercise Physiology from New Mexico.

Personal Bio

Education: University of New Mexico (B.S. 2003). Born: Denver, Colorado. Family: Single.