Casey Metoyer is an assistant professor of kinesiology at Samford University. Before joining Samford, he served as a performance scientist with Sporting Kansas City in Major League Soccer and as a sports performance associate at the University of Notre Dame, where he integrated sport science into high-performance environments across collegiate and professional athletics. While earning his PhD in exercise science from the University of Alabama, he served as the strength and conditioning coach for the women's gymnastics and men's golf programs. Prior to that, he spent four years with UCLA Athletics. His research focuses on athlete monitoring, performance optimization, wearable technology and translating scientific evidence into practical strategies that improve athlete health, performance and decision-making.

Degrees and Certificates

• PhD, exercise science, University of Alabama 

Expertise

• Sport Science

Recent Publications

• Metoyer, C. J., Lever, J. R., Langman, D., Smith-Hale, V., Reuter, M., Hauenstein, J. D., ... & Wagle, J. P. (2022). Seasonal Changes in Collegiate Division-I Soccer Athlete Countermovement Jump Performance. The Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research, 10-1519.
• Fedewa, M. V., Metoyer, C. J., Lee, J., Sullivan, K., Winchester, L. J., Richardson, M. T., & Esco, M. R. (2026). Examining the Impact of Color Contrast Using Digital Anthropometric Estimates of Body Composition. Journal of Biophotonics, 19(2), e202500253.
• Dunham, K.A., Siriphorn A., Chompoopong, S., Floyd, C.L. (2010). Characterization of a graded cervical hemicontusion model in adult male rats and the effect of post-SCI administration of 17B-estradiol. Journal of Neurotrauma, 27(11), 2091-2106.

Recent Presentations

• K.D. Atkins, C.L. Floyd.  The effect of sulfasalazine on neuropathic pain following spinal cord injury.  Oral presentation:  American Spinal Injury Association international conference, Washington, DC 2011.
• K.A. Dunham, C.L. Floyd.  Evaluation of system x_c- in cervical spinal cord injury.  Poster presentation:  National Neurotrauma Society conference, Las Vegas, NV 2010.
• Metoyer, C. J., Lever, J. R., McGinty, M., Landow, L., Hunt, R., Hauenstein, J. D., ... & Wagle, J. P. (2025). The Impact of Localized Muscle Mass on Sprint Mechanics During the Swing and Stance Phases of Division I Collegiate American Football Players. The Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research, 39(9), 959-963.
• Metoyer, C. J., Lever, J. R., Huebner, A., Bill, H. A., Tauro, G., Labbe, M., ... & Wagle, J. P. (2025). Predicting Field-Sport Distances Without Global Positioning Systems in Indoor Play: A Comparative Study of Machine-Learning Techniques. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 20(6), 816-822.
• Ito, N., Lin, Y. C., Martin, J. A., Blemker, S. S., Opar, D. A., Kliethermes, S. A., ... & Feng, X. (2026). Exploring Sprint Kinematics in American Football Athletes After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, 36(1), e70200.

Research Areas

• Sport Performance Technology
• Countermovement Jump Analysis
• Population-level descriptive characteristics of sport
• Body Composition
• Functional Fitness and Its impact on Metabolic Syndrome