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Kaz Kazadi is in his first year as the head strength and conditioning coach for Art Briles' Baylor football program. He joined the Baylor staff from South Florida, where he spent the 2007 season helping develop a Bulls team which reached No. 2 in the wire service polls for one week and earned a bid to the Brut Sun Bowl. A standout linebacker at the University of Tulsa, Kazadi earned All-Western Athletic Conference honors for the Hurricanes and was a Butkus Award semifinalist. Born in Zaire, Africa, Kazadi received his bachelor's degree from Tulsa in sociology with a psychology minor. Drafted by the NFL's St. Louis Rams in 1997 after an All-American senior season which saw him earn a Fitness All-American Award, he played five years of pro ball, including stints in the Canadian Football League and the World Football League. After his professional playing career ended, Kazadi was a graduate assistant at the University of Missouri where he earned his master's degree from the school of education in counseling psychology with an emphasis in health promotion and sport psychology. From there, he spent two seasons as a strength and conditioning coach with the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs before moving to USF. Kazadi and his wife Monique have three children: Ra-sun, Isis and Rohon. |
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