Pat Ivey & Kaz Kazadi - SummerStrong12

Dr. Pat Ivey is currently the Assistant Athletic Director of Athletic Performance at Arkansas State University. He oversees the Athletic Performance Staff and is responsible to the training and development of all ASU’s sports teams. Ivey is also currently an Adjunct Professor teaching a course in Foundations of Sport Performance via an online Master’s program in Positive Coaching.

On February 15, 2016, Dr. Ivey continued his service at the University of Missouri as the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Access and Leadership Development. In this role, he assisted with Community Engagement and Legislative Relations and K-12 pipelining and programming.

Pat Ivey was named the National Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year in 2013. In 2009, Ivey was also awarded the Major Mick Deaver Award for fostering good relations with students at the University of Missouri. These awards preceded his completion of a Ph.D. in Sport Psychology from the University of Missouri in 2013. In 2012, Ivey attained the status of Master Strength and Conditioning Coach from the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association. Also in 2012, Pat Ivey and Josh Stoner co-authored their first book Complete Conditioning for Football published by Human Kinetics.



Pat Ivey lettered as a defensive end at Missouri from 1993-95. In 1995, he was honored as being the strongest athlete in the history of Missouri. In 1996, he was signed as a free agent by the San Diego Chargers. Beginning in 1998, Ivey worked as a Graduate Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach, at the University of Missouri under Donnie Sommer. He started his graduate assistantship after spending time with Denver Broncos and during his time with the Green Bay Packers in 1999.


Kaz Kazadi joined the Mustangs' staff as the Assistant A.D. for Human Performance in January of 2018. Kazadi oversees the Mustang strength and conditioning department, while serving as the head strength and conditioning coach for the football program.

Kazadi comes to the Hilltop after one season as the Assistant Athletics Director for Athletics Performance at Arkansas State where he managed A-State’s athletics performance staff and program for all sports.

Prior to joining the staff at A-State, Kazadi spent time with the Dallas Cowboys as an assistant in the strength department.

Kazadi was a member of the strength and conditioning staff at Baylor from 2008-16, serving as the Associate Athletics Director for Athletic Performance during his last five seasons with the Bears. In 2013, he was named the American Football Coaches Association Strength Coach of the Year and the FBS Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year by American Football Monthly. FootballScoop.com named him its National Strength Coach of the Year in 2012.

In 2007, Kazadi was an assistant strength coach at USF where he helped the Bulls reach as high as No. 2 in the National polls and an appearance in the Brut Sun Bowl.

From 2005-07, Kazadi was a member of the Kansas City Chief’s staff.

A standout linebacker at Tulsa, Kazadi earned All-Western Athletic Conference honors for the Hurricane and was a Butkus Award semifinalist. He received his bachelor’s degree from Tulsa in sociology with a psychology minor. He went on to earn his master’s degree at Missouri in counseling psychology with an emphasis in health promotion and sport psychology while serving as a graduate assistant.

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.

A native of Zaire, Africa, Kazadi immigrated to the United States at age eight. His given name is Muadianvita Machkaz Kazadi (pronounced MA-jon-vee-tah ka-ZA-dee). He and his wife Monique have three children: Ra-sun, Isis and Rohon.