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Jeremiah Ortiz joined the University of Cincinnati staff in February 2020 as an assistant coach for football sports performance.
He works directly with UC’s football players on maximizing their athletic potential. The Bearcats program focuses on strength, power and explosive development training through all phases of motion. The goal is to maximize physical and mental toughness while staying healthy.
Ortiz came to UC after spending the 2019 season as an assistant strength coach at Georgia Southern. The Panthers knocked off a pair of ranked teams, beating NCAA FCS No. 6 Maine and NCAA FBS No. 20 Appalachian State ahead of an appearance in the 2019 Cure Bowl in Orlando.
He started his coaching career as a football sports performance intern at UC and also interned at the University of Florida.
Ortiz played running back from 2014-17 at West Liberty and was only the sixth back and ninth player ever to rush for 1,000 or more yards in a season. As a senior, Ortiz led the Mountain East Conference with 222 carries and was third in the conference with 1,031 yards. He was named First-Team All-MEC, Second-Team All-Region and earned a spot on Don Hansen Football Gazette’s 2017 NCAA Division II All-Super Region One Team. Ortiz closed out his career with 2,586 career yards on the ground, sitting fifth on WLU’s career charts.
The Rochester, N.Y. native earned his bachelor’s degree in digital media communication from West Liberty.
He works directly with UC’s football players on maximizing their athletic potential. The Bearcats program focuses on strength, power and explosive development training through all phases of motion. The goal is to maximize physical and mental toughness while staying healthy.
Ortiz came to UC after spending the 2019 season as an assistant strength coach at Georgia Southern. The Panthers knocked off a pair of ranked teams, beating NCAA FCS No. 6 Maine and NCAA FBS No. 20 Appalachian State ahead of an appearance in the 2019 Cure Bowl in Orlando.
He started his coaching career as a football sports performance intern at UC and also interned at the University of Florida.
Ortiz played running back from 2014-17 at West Liberty and was only the sixth back and ninth player ever to rush for 1,000 or more yards in a season. As a senior, Ortiz led the Mountain East Conference with 222 carries and was third in the conference with 1,031 yards. He was named First-Team All-MEC, Second-Team All-Region and earned a spot on Don Hansen Football Gazette’s 2017 NCAA Division II All-Super Region One Team. Ortiz closed out his career with 2,586 career yards on the ground, sitting fifth on WLU’s career charts.
The Rochester, N.Y. native earned his bachelor’s degree in digital media communication from West Liberty.