UL Strength Coach (2010-2011) Russell Whitt

[cajunfan32]

thanks JP. now get some sleep!!!

[duggie85]

Josh,

Do you know if the strength coach who joined the staff late this past season will be kept or will Hudspeth look for someone else?

P.s. Hopefully you will get your family back soon

igeaux.mobi

[that guy]

_ Josh,

Do you know if the strength coach who joined the staff late this past season will be kept or will Hudspeth look for someone else?

P.s. Hopefully you will get your family back soon

igeaux.mobi _

the strength coach is not purely a part of the football staff since he doesn't work just with football so he will be kept

[duggie85]

the strength coach is not purely a part of the football staff since he doesn't work just with football so he will be kept

That makes sense. Thanks!

igeaux.mobi

[Parrott]

Josh,

Do you know if the strength coach who joined the staff late this past season will be kept or will Hudspeth look for someone else?

P.s. Hopefully you will get your family back soon

igeaux.mobi

Thanks, Harrison ...

igeaux.mobi

[Parrott]

_ Josh,

Do you know if the strength coach who joined the staff late this past season will be kept or will Hudspeth look for someone else?

P.s. Hopefully you will get your family back soon

igeaux.mobi _

It's my understanding that Whitt will be kept, although Hudspeth wants to add more strength and conditioning staff. We'll see how that works out. Hudspeth led the strength and conditioning program when he was Delta State's offensive coordinator from 1999-2000, so I wouldn't be surprised to see him get more involved in that aspect.

[that guy]

_ It's my understanding that Whitt will be kept, although Hudspeth wants to add more strength and conditioning staff. We'll see how that works out. Hudspeth led the strength and conditioning program when he was Delta State's offensive coordinator from 1999-2000, so I wouldn't be surprised to see him get more involved in that aspect. _

we really do need more S&C coaches. having only 2-3 guys to take care of all the athletes really is far from an ideal situation. there are a lot of time when the S&C coaches are getting to work at 4 or 5 in the morning and not leaving until 7 or 8 at night and that takes a huge toll on there personal life as well as there professional life I'm sure. More times than not people on here want to blame the strength coaches for every injury that occurs and that is not fair but i do think that the athletes could get a lot more out of their workouts if the admin would commit a little more cash to the S&C staff fund

[moorecajun]

_ we really do need more S&C coaches. having only 2-3 guys to take care of all the athletes really is far from an ideal situation. there are a lot of time when the S&C coaches are getting to work at 4 or 5 in the morning and not leaving until 7 or 8 at night and that takes a huge toll on there personal life as well as there professional life I'm sure. More times than not people on here want to blame the strength coaches for every injury that occurs and that is not fair but i do think that the athletes could get a lot more out of their workouts if the admin would commit a little more cash to the S&C staff fund _

I don't think blaming the S&C coaches is what people were doing ... it is more like questioning; and if more staff could be added, I think it would make a drastic improvement for all involved. Better delegation, more personal supervision, etc.

[NewsCopy]

Release: 05/04/2011

Russell Whitt joined the University of Louisiana as the head strength and conditioning coach in the fall of 2010.

Whitt, who served in the United States Army as a Senior Special Forces Communication Sergeant in the 10th Special Forces Group, comes to Louisiana from Rice University where he was the assistant coordinator of strength and conditioning since March 2009.

At Rice, Whitt designed and implemented year-round strength, speed, mobility, cardiovascular conditioning and injury rehabilitation programs for football, baseball, track and field and swimming.

Prior to joining the staff at Rice, Whitt served in the United States Army from Aug. 2003-Jan. 2009. He was deployed to Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) V and VI.

Whitt developed and initiated a comprehensive pre-deployment conditioning program for his Special Forces Team prior to and during OIF V and VI. He received a combat infantry badge, two Iraqi campaign medals and an Army commendation medal with valor.

Whitt began his strength and conditioning career with graduate assistantships at Midwestern State University (Aug. 1995-June 1996) and the University of Texas (June 1996-May 1997). He performed an internship in the strength and conditioning department at the U.S. Olympic Training Center (May-Sept. 1997).

Whitt had stints as an assistant strength and conditioning coordinator for football at William and Mary (Dec. 1997-Aug. 1998) and Louisville (Aug.-Dec. 1998) before being named the head strength and conditioning coach at Sam Houston State in Dec. 1998.

At SHSU, Whitt served as an instructor in the kinesiology department and assisted in the design of a new weight facility. He also worked with current Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball coach Bob Marlin until Aug. 2003.

Over his career, Whitt has participated in the 1997 Fiesta Bowl, 1998 Motor City Bowl, I-AA football playoffs and NCAA men's basketball tournament.

Whitt earned his bachelor's degree in political science and administration from Abilene Christian University in 1994 and his master's degree in kinesiology from Texas in 1997. He is a certified strength and conditioning specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association.

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