Arizona Cardinals’ Buddy Morris wins NFL Strength Coach of the Year

Arizona Cardinals strength and conditioning coach Buddy Morris was honored with the NFL Strength Coach of the Year award for the 2021 season.

Congrats Buddy Morris- NFL Strength Coach of the Year. Much deserved- Buddy is an all time Legend in our field & an even better person! I’m very fortunate to get to work daily with him. @AZCardinals pic.twitter.com/iCrUpdbEGZ

— Mark Naylor (@CoachMarkNaylor) March 3, 2022

Assistant strength and conditioning coach Mark Naylor posted a picture of Morris after accepting a plaque on Thursday.

Morris has been with the Cardinals since 2014, spanning the head-coaching eras of Bruce Arians, Steve Wilks and Kliff Kingsbury. He previously had three stints at the University of Pittsburgh (1980-89, 1997-2001, 2007-10), one at the University of Buffalo (2006) and another with the Cleveland Browns (2002-04).

Morris is a University of Pittsburgh graduate and competed in track and field for the Panthers from 1977-1980.

After Morris was awarded by the NFL on Thursday, Cardinals defensive end J.J. Watt made note of Morris’ attire.

Morris is known for foregoing sleeves both on the practices fields as well as during games.

Don't worry, he's still got it 💪

He's the NFL Strength Coach of the Year, but there is so much more to our Strength & Conditioning Coach, Buddy Morris.

— Arizona Cardinals (@AZCardinals) March 3, 2022

The great-great-great grandfather I never had 😂. Congrats Buddy! #RedSea https://t.co/h9JQ2YMOTu

— Zach Allen (@TheZALLEN44) March 3, 2022

LEGEND.

Very well deserved!!

(cannot believe he’s wearing sleeves, much less a collared shirt.) https://t.co/VSLDqTSoR6

— JJ Watt (@JJWatt) March 3, 2022

Best in the business! Love this group 💪🏽 https://t.co/E3d2fHSFBg

— Christian Kirk (@ckirk) March 3, 2022

Buddy’s the best. Congrats! Been a legend since his @Pitt_FB days! https://t.co/ocGwaHn9IM pic.twitter.com/hTkKIlEQvn

— Dave Pasch (@DavePasch) March 3, 2022

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