Football
Ancar, Lance
Lance Ancar
- Title:
- Head Strength and Conditioning Coach
Lance Ancar starts his new role at Southern Miss after spending the 2020 football season at Ole Miss as assistant director of football strength and conditioning.
Ancar came to Ole Miss after spending the last three seasons as director of football strength and conditioning at South Alabama.
Prior to joining the Jaguars, Ancar spent four seasons as a strength and conditioning coach at Alabama. While with the Crimson Tide, he assisted with the football program as it made three straight appearances in the College Football Playoff — winning the national championship in 2015 — and served as the head strength and conditioning coach for the baseball and men’s tennis programs. In his role, Ancar worked with Alabama’s swimming and diving and rowing teams as well.
He also has experience at the collegiate level at Minnesota State-Moorhead, where he was the Dragons’ running backs and tight ends coach while serving as assistant strength and conditioning coach during the 2010 season.
Ancar earned a degree in health and physical education from North Alabama. He was a four-year letterwinner for the Lions from 2002-05, and was the recipient of the Rimington Trophy as the top center in NCAA Division II football while earning first-team All-America honors from the American Football Coaches Association as a senior. A three-time all-Gulf South Conference selection, Ancar helped UNA to a 33-16 record during his career including berths in the semifinals of the NCAA Division II playoffs in 2003 and ‘05. He was later chosen to both UNA’s and the Gulf South Conference’s All-Decade Teams for the 2000s.
Ancar played five seasons in the Arena Football League as a fullback/linebacker with the Alabama Vipers (2008-10) — where he helped claim the Arena Cup his first season with the team — and the Georgia Force (2011-12).
Ancar is certified by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and United States Weightlifting Association (USAW).
Ancar came to Ole Miss after spending the last three seasons as director of football strength and conditioning at South Alabama.
Prior to joining the Jaguars, Ancar spent four seasons as a strength and conditioning coach at Alabama. While with the Crimson Tide, he assisted with the football program as it made three straight appearances in the College Football Playoff — winning the national championship in 2015 — and served as the head strength and conditioning coach for the baseball and men’s tennis programs. In his role, Ancar worked with Alabama’s swimming and diving and rowing teams as well.
He also has experience at the collegiate level at Minnesota State-Moorhead, where he was the Dragons’ running backs and tight ends coach while serving as assistant strength and conditioning coach during the 2010 season.
Ancar earned a degree in health and physical education from North Alabama. He was a four-year letterwinner for the Lions from 2002-05, and was the recipient of the Rimington Trophy as the top center in NCAA Division II football while earning first-team All-America honors from the American Football Coaches Association as a senior. A three-time all-Gulf South Conference selection, Ancar helped UNA to a 33-16 record during his career including berths in the semifinals of the NCAA Division II playoffs in 2003 and ‘05. He was later chosen to both UNA’s and the Gulf South Conference’s All-Decade Teams for the 2000s.
Ancar played five seasons in the Arena Football League as a fullback/linebacker with the Alabama Vipers (2008-10) — where he helped claim the Arena Cup his first season with the team — and the Georgia Force (2011-12).
Ancar is certified by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and United States Weightlifting Association (USAW).
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