Rock Gullickson is in his first season as strength coach for the Rams after occupying a similar position with the Green Bay Packers since 2006.

Gullickson was named the NFL’s Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year in 2007 by a vote of the Professional Football Strength and Conditioning Coaches Society and he was presented with the 2000 Society President’s Award for lifetime achievement as voted on by members.

Soon after his arrival in Green Bay, Gullickson helped restructure the Packers’ weight room, adding new free weight equipment and adjusting the layout of the conditioning area. Rock followed a similar template when he was at Montana State, designing a weight room facility that was a feature of the football program that won the 1984 national collegiate Division I-AA championship.

Gullickson made his NFL coaching debut in 2000 with the New Orleans Saints, serving as strength and conditioning coach through the 2005 season.

Before joining the Saints, Gullickson spent 22 years as a collegiate coach. His last collegiate stop was at the University of Louisville from 1998-99. Gullickson served as strength and conditioning coach at the University of Texas from 1993-97, working with future NFL players, including Ricky Williams, Priest Holmes and Casey Hampton.

Rock joined the Longhorns after stints at Rutgers (1990-92) and Montana State (1982-89). At Montana State, Gullickson became the first full-time strength and conditioning coach in the history of the Big Sky Conference.

In 1981, Gullickson was named strength coach and weight room instructor at South Dakota State, where he received his master’s degree. Gullickson spent two seasons (1979-80) at Mayville State in Mayville, N.D., where he was an assistant football coach, head track and field coach, and strength coach.

A graduate of Moorhead State, Minnesota, Gullickson made his coaching debut at his alma mater as strength coach in 1978. Gullickson was a three-year starter at guard and team captain for the Dragons, earning All-Northern Sun Conference recognition and was an Associated Press Division III All-American in 1977.

Rock is named after Rocky Marciano, the heavyweight boxing champion in 1955, the year Gullickson was born. Gullickson did not pursue a career in boxing but won the state of Montana power weight lifting championship four consecutive years (1983-86).

A native of Moorhead, Minn., Gullickson is married to Terry. He enjoys Harley-Davidson motorcycles and in an 18-hour stretch in 2000 rode from New Orleans to Tucumcari, N.M., a total of 1,030 miles to earn membership in the Iron Butt Club.