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University of Oklahoma Athletics
OU Strength Program Highlighted by ESPN
February 23, 2006 | Football
NORMAN, Okla. -- Jerry Schmidt stays on the cutting edge in his drive to construct stronger, faster and mentally tough Oklahoma players. If there is a contraption or drill out there that will help build better players, OU's strength coach knows about it, writes Ivan Maisel.
The article was released on ESPN.com Thursday. This excerpt is followed by a link to the complete article:
If you set out to find the cutting edge of strength training, it would make sense to start at the University of Oklahoma, where Jerry Schmidt, a Harvard man, has the job title (director of sports enhancement) and the reputation that make it clear he is the 500-pound bench press of strength coaches.
National championships follow the 43-year-old Schmidt from weight room to weight room: His teams earned rings at Notre Dame (1988), in his second year as an assistant at Florida (1996) and in his second year at Oklahoma (2000), where he came from Gainesville with head coach Bob Stoops.
Schmidt's laboratory is the Everest Training Center, the hangar-sized indoor football facility up the street from Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. That's where Schmidt has the gadgets that make him Q to Stoops' James Bond.
"Look at how innovative he is," Stoops said. "He's always looking for better and more efficient ways to train. He's so dedicated to that."
Read complete article at ESPN.com
The article was released on ESPN.com Thursday. This excerpt is followed by a link to the complete article:
If you set out to find the cutting edge of strength training, it would make sense to start at the University of Oklahoma, where Jerry Schmidt, a Harvard man, has the job title (director of sports enhancement) and the reputation that make it clear he is the 500-pound bench press of strength coaches.
National championships follow the 43-year-old Schmidt from weight room to weight room: His teams earned rings at Notre Dame (1988), in his second year as an assistant at Florida (1996) and in his second year at Oklahoma (2000), where he came from Gainesville with head coach Bob Stoops.
Schmidt's laboratory is the Everest Training Center, the hangar-sized indoor football facility up the street from Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. That's where Schmidt has the gadgets that make him Q to Stoops' James Bond.
"Look at how innovative he is," Stoops said. "He's always looking for better and more efficient ways to train. He's so dedicated to that."
Read complete article at ESPN.com
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