Trumain Carroll

Biography

Trumain Carroll, a two-decade expert in strength and conditioning, enters his first season as the director of football sports performance. He joined the USC staff in May of 2025. Carroll most recently served as the director of strength and conditioning at Kansas State where he helped oversee a culture change within the program. Throughout his time in Manhattan, Kan., the Wildcats recorded a combined 36-17 record, collected three bowl victories and the 2022 Big 12 Championship with a 31-28 overtime victory over No. 3 TCU. Since Carroll began working with the Wildcats prior to the 2021 season, K-State was one of only five Power 4 teams to win at least nine games in each of the last three seasons (2022-24) with at least one conference championship in that timeframe. Prior to arriving at K-State, he was the director of football strength and conditioning at South Florida in 2020 and spent two seasons (2018-19) as the director of strength and conditioning at Arkansas. From 2015-17, Carroll was the director of strength and conditioning at SMU. While in Dallas, Carroll oversaw all strength and conditioning for over 400 student-athletes throughout 17 sports with his primary focus being football. During his tenure at SMU, Carroll's efforts in the weight room aided in the development of First Team All-American wide receivers Courtland Sutton and Trey Quinn who were both drafted in 2018. Carroll was an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Oklahoma State from 2013-14. He was the h