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Napier Announces Kelsee Gomes Director of Sports Nutrition - Football
Wednesday, December 29, 2021 | Football
Gomes arrives from North Carolina where she was the director of sports nutrition since 2015.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Gators head coach Billy Napier announced Kelsee Gomes the director of sports nutrition - football on Wednesday.
She arrives from North Carolina where she oversaw the department as well as baseball, men's basketball, field hockey, football, gymnastics, women's lacrosse and volleyball since 2015. Gomes was a part of five national championships - lacrosse (2015), basketball (2017) and field hockey (2018-20).
Gomes returns to Florida as she was a coordinator of sports nutrition for the Gators from 2012-15. Prior to that, Gomes was a nutritionist consultant at UCF from 2011-12 and worked at the traumatic brain injury and rehab unit at Orlando Regional Medical Center from 2009-11.
A native of Charlotte, N.C., she swam collegiately at University of North Carolina at Wilmington from 2002-06.
Gomes is credentialed as a Registered Dietitian (RD), a Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics (CSSD), a certified LEAP Therapist (CLT) specializing in food sensitivities and is also certified in adult weight management by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
An active member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND), Gomes received the 2014 Recognized Young Dietitian of the Year award from the Florida Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (FAND). She is also active in the Collegiate & Professional Sports Dietitians Association (CPSDA).
She arrives from North Carolina where she oversaw the department as well as baseball, men's basketball, field hockey, football, gymnastics, women's lacrosse and volleyball since 2015. Gomes was a part of five national championships - lacrosse (2015), basketball (2017) and field hockey (2018-20).
Gomes returns to Florida as she was a coordinator of sports nutrition for the Gators from 2012-15. Prior to that, Gomes was a nutritionist consultant at UCF from 2011-12 and worked at the traumatic brain injury and rehab unit at Orlando Regional Medical Center from 2009-11.
A native of Charlotte, N.C., she swam collegiately at University of North Carolina at Wilmington from 2002-06.
Gomes is credentialed as a Registered Dietitian (RD), a Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics (CSSD), a certified LEAP Therapist (CLT) specializing in food sensitivities and is also certified in adult weight management by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
An active member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND), Gomes received the 2014 Recognized Young Dietitian of the Year award from the Florida Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (FAND). She is also active in the Collegiate & Professional Sports Dietitians Association (CPSDA).
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