UL Strength Coach (2005-2010) Rob Phillips

[RaginFan2]

I'm not "DC" but I "Do Care" enough to dig up some info

Most recently Rob Phillips - was senior assistant strength and conditioning coach of the NFL's Cleveland Browns.

From what I can gather he followed Butch Davis from the University of Miami where he held the same position.

Rob Phillips was born December 3, 1971, Fort Wayne, Indiana.

He attended Tennessee, did not play ball, but may have been active in the program?

Phillips first S&C Coaching stint lasted 2 seasons at Western Carolina 1997, 1998

Miami 1999,2000

Cleveland Browns in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

University of Louisiana 2005 . . .

He may have been somewhat familiar with UL since he coached with Carl Smith who was at Louisiana from 1974-78 . . .and later the Saints.

Thanks, Turbine! As they say, you da man!

[Boomer]

I cringe when I hear the name Carl Smith.....I keep seeing his curly mullet hanging from the back of his Saints lid. Was he the OC during his tenure at UL?

Yes he was and ran the first shotgun with Roy Henry----The most victories ever called by a NO coord.(96)--Coached the heisman winner last year at USC!--The new off coord for Jaxville!!!---Plans to come back and live in the Laf. area when retired---Son is a GA at LSU!!!

[Cadien]

Thank you, Boomer, for pointing out those things about Carl Smith. Who knows, he might one day want to finish his career as head coach at UL. He'd be an excellent choice. (Assuming we ever have another opening.. )

His wife is from Scott.

[gorcajun]

Diane is a personal friend of the family. Carl and Diane have 3 boys. Yes I think it is their plan to retire to the Lafayette area.

[NewsCopy]

You can't miss Rob Phillips.

He's the one striding purposefully between rows of Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns, exhorting them, talking to them and cajoling them through their pre-practice stretching routine.

UL's new strength and conditioning coach has been on duty for a week and has already brought an enthusiastic personality to the scene. It's a good mix with coach Rickey Bustle's staff.

"Rickey Bustle and Brent Pry are pretty good recruiters," Phillips said of the two Cajun coaches most active in bringing him on board.

"I was really impressed with the things they believe in. I got a chance to watch their practice, and I saw the intensity and the discipline they had.

"I also wanted to get back to the South."

Phillips worked previously at Tennessee, at Western Carolina and then at the University of Miami, before following Butch Davis from the Hurricanes to the NFL's Cleveland Browns. That's where UL found him, ready for a new challenge.

The rest of the story

Bruce Brown
bbrown@theadvertiser.com

[NewsCopy]

Think all strength coaches have overdeveloped muscles and underdeveloped brains? Rob Phillips knows Newton's Second Law of Motion and puts it to use every day. He talks about the central nervous system and posterior chain strength, of athletes having long levers and fast-twitch fibers. He can throw out terms that would send people scrambling for the dictionary in the absence of a master's degree in human performance - which he has. The University of Louisiana's head strength and conditioning coach takes care of those stereotypes and more, and at the same time has brought a 21st-century approach to what used to be a race to see who could lift the most iron. "It's just like the country's approach to fitness," Phillips said. "It's all fads. You take this nutritional supplement or buy the Abdomenizer and you're going to achieve some results, but not for long. "Everything works, but only for so long. The key is to find things that work and keep improving on those." Phillips arrived at his theories on strength and conditioning, and the development of strength, power and speed, at several stops during his career. The most recent came with the Cleveland Browns of the NFL prior to coming to UL last August, just before the start of the athletic year. "That was exciting, fun, seeing all the excitement that the college guys have," Phillips said. "We try to put them on a program from day one and let it evolve for four or five years. The goal is for them to be better when they walk out the door in four years." The rest of the story Dan McDonald dmcdonald@theadvertiser.com

[NewsCopy]

Home for the University of Louisiana's athletic strength and conditioning program is a 6,500-square-foot weight room located in the UL athletic complex. UL strength coach Rob Phillips says the facility is good. It's just not big enough to accommodate 16 sports. "We can comfortably work about 20 at a time in here," Phillips said. "It's a good college weight room. But with the limited staff we have and having 350 or 400 athletes using this room, there's not enough time to work it the way we want it. The rest of the story Dan McDonald dmcdonald@theadvertiser.com

[shof]

OK, so what is the latest on our weight room? Has it already been expanded, or is that one if the things still to come?? Sure sounds like we have a great guy running the program.

[Hammer58]

Glad to see they finally got him some assistants. I don't think the last guy had one.

[RaginFan2]

Glad to see they finally got him some assistants. I don't think the last guy had one.

Wow! That guy sounds absolutely great! We are lucky to have somebody like him on staff for our athletes. Great job to whoever found him and got him here! Love his attitude.