Harold Nash has spent 16 seasons in the NFL as a strength and conditioning coach, and after joining the Cowboys in 2020 as an assistant strength and conditioning coach, he will take the lead role as strength and conditioning coordinator in 2021.
In 2019 Nash served as the football performance coordinator for Detroit after working as the Lions head strength & conditioning coach his first three seasons with the team (2016-18). Prior to joining the Lions in 2016, he spent the previous 11 seasons (2005-15) working with the New England Patriots, where he began as the team's assistant strength and conditioning coach (2005-10) before being promoted to head strength and conditioning coach in 2011.
A former defensive back, Nash enjoyed an 11-year career in the Canadian Football League (1994-2004), including stints with the Shreveport Pirates (1994-95), Montreal Alouettes (1996-99), Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1999-2003) and Edmonton Eskimos (2004). He earned CFL All-Star recognition in 1997, 2000 and 2001.
Nash attended the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now Louisiana-Lafayette) and joined the football team as a walk-on, where he played defensive back for four seasons. Following his collegiate career, he signed with the New York Giants as an undrafted free agent and went to training camp with the team in 1993.
