Strength and Conditioning Program

[El Paso Eagle]

Question; is there a rating of FBS programs with regards to Strength and Conditioning? Is our program considered good?

[NorthTexasSportsNetwork]

Not at all

[Professor Lambeau]

I posted this last December. Yet, another year with multitude of injuries. 

[Wag Tag]

The number one facility upgrade! We have 5,000 sqft weight room for all sports!!! We should have 10 to 15,000 sq ft just for football!!!!!

[El Paso Eagle]

Does the S&C coach coordinate for all sports or only football?

[Professor Lambeau]

Strength and Conditioning: https://meangreensports.com/sports/2018/7/6/strength-conditioning.aspx

Strength and Conditioning Staff: https://meangreensports.com/sports/2018/7/6/strength-conditioning-strength-staff-html.aspx

Director of Strength and Conditioning: https://meangreensports.com/staff-directory/zack-womack/52

[Pseudo Nym]

Great point!  This is an area where I think coaches and teams need to shift how they evaluate S&C coaches in the hiring process.  My first HC job, I was at a school with a very small budget, no money for S&C coach so I went to the D1 school in the area, talked to the Kinesiology folks, told them what I was looking for,  had no money for a salary but an opportunity, they'll have all the responsibility of a full-time S&C coach, we can offer college credit (like an internship) but most importantly, if they track everything they do and the results, they'll be able to show an increase in tangible metrics and present it in the form of graphs, charts, etc., in their first full-time job interview after graduation.

It was kind of like an "aha" moment, this hadn't really been done before, at least not for basketball, it wasn't the norm for the industry at the time and I'm not sure it's really caught on.  

That's where we should start though, open it up and tell candidates, send us whatever you think is the best way to show tangible results of your work with athletes.  It's time to rethink a lot of things in higher ed. and athletics and ban the phrase: "well, that's how we've always done it."  I mean, I can't help but think there may be someone out there who's sitting on a gold mine of ideas and has the proof to back it up, but doesn't have the connections to get an interview at D1.

If you're seeing charts like this for individual players, position groups, and overall, along with a strong command of the process and a vision for the program, the results should be obvious.  Different sport, but Baylor basketball this past season, every single player on that team (Starters through ballboy) was JACKED!  So much so, it was blatantly obvious they're S&C program was top notch, I remember thinking, whoever is behind that, you better be paying them well before someone comes a long in need with a blank check!

 

[denton_days]

I’m tied to Baylor pretty close, and one reason that they were so successful in the Rhule era is because they had such a strong S&C department that really built up the players in the times that the coaches couldn’t. 

[Wag Tag]

2 hours ago, El Paso Eagle said:

Does the S&C coach coordinate for all sports or only football?

Just football. The S&C coach for basketball wanted a facilty at the Pit. This would be mainly used during the season after or before practice. Looked at converting a reception room in the underneath side. School “No” is used for special events. They got a old racquetball court!! This is 20 x 40 with the original lighting imagine trying to lift with 12 guys with many over 6’6” . S&C along with nutrition, rehab with pools cold plung, and cryo are standards now for athletics!!

[Professor Lambeau]

2 hours ago, Pseudo Nym said:

Great point!  This is an area where I think coaches and teams need to shift how they evaluate S&C coaches in the hiring process.  My first HC job, I was at a school with a very small budget, no money for S&C coach so I went to the D1 school in the area, talked to the Kinesiology folks, told them what I was looking for,  had no money for a salary but an opportunity, they'll have all the responsibility of a full-time S&C coach, we can offer college credit (like an internship) but most importantly, if they track everything they do and the results, they'll be able to show an increase in tangible metrics and present it in the form of graphs, charts, etc., in their first full-time job interview after graduation.

It was kind of like an "aha" moment, this hadn't really been done before, at least not for basketball, it wasn't the norm for the industry at the time and I'm not sure it's really caught on.  

That's where we should start though, open it up and tell candidates, send us whatever you think is the best way to show tangible results of your work with athletes.  It's time to rethink a lot of things in higher ed. and athletics and ban the phrase: "well, that's how we've always done it."  I mean, I can't help but think there may be someone out there who's sitting on a gold mine of ideas and has the proof to back it up, but doesn't have the connections to get an interview at D1.

If you're seeing charts like this for individual players, position groups, and overall, along with a strong command of the process and a vision for the program, the results should be obvious.  Different sport, but Baylor basketball this past season, every single player on that team (Starters through ballboy) was JACKED!  So much so, it was blatantly obvious they're S&C program was top notch, I remember thinking, whoever is behind that, you better be paying them well before someone comes a long in need with a blank check!

 

I turned on Golf Channel recently and the OU men's golf (currently ranked #2) coach was being interviewed. He was asked: what is the goal for the off-season? He responded: "Get bigger, faster, and stronger."

[El Paso Eagle]

9 minutes ago, Wag Tag said:

Just football. The S&C coach for basketball wanted a facilty at the Pit. This would be mainly used during the season after or before practice. Looked at converting a reception room in the underneath side. School “No” is used for special events. They got a old racquetball court!! This is 20 x 40 with the original lighting imagine trying to lift with 12 guys with many over 6’6” . S&C along with nutrition, rehab with pools cold plung, and cryo are standards now for athletics!!

Thanks. Hopefully as we improve things like the S&C facilities and Locker rooms it will help attract higher level recruits and help keep our player safer.