Matt Paja begins his second season as the football program's head strength and conditioning coach in 2010.
A native of Stockton, Ill., Paja graduated from Central College (Iowa) with a degree in exercise science-strength and conditioning in 2009. While at Central, Paja was a student intern strength and conditioning coach where he assisted and designed strength and conditioning programs for several Central College teams.
In the summer of 2008, Paja served as a summer intern strength and conditioning coach at the University of Notre Dame assisting in the implementation of the Fighting Irish football strength program.
Paja is pursuing his master's degree in sports leadership from SMSU.
