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Strength Coaches It's no coincidence that a
large number of Olympic weightlifters who have competed for the Gayle Hatch
Weightlifting Team in Baton Rouge, Louisiana have gone on to become coaches
at universities and weightlifting clubs throughout the United States.
In addition to a strong schooling in strength training and top level
competition, Gayle Hatch has instilled in these athletes a sense of right and
wrong and 'a can do' and I'll help attitude that any one would be proud to
have. Gayle Hatch athletes have
been members of three out of the last four U.S.A. Olympic Teams in
weightlifting and Coach Hatch served as men's Head Coach for the 2004 US
Olympic Team. Many of his athlete's have won U.S.A. Junior and
Senior National Championships. Like Coach Hatch, these athletes aren't
showy. They just train hard and keep making improvements. Outstanding Gayle Hatch Strength Coaches Brad Roll - Head Strength
and Conditioning Coach for the NFL Cleveland Browns. He had previous NFL Head
Strength and Conditioning Coaching jobs at Tampa Bay, Buffalo and
Okland. While serving as Head Strength and Conditioning
Coach at the University of Miami (FL), the Hurricanes won two NCAA
Football National Championships (1989,1991). Roll was Head Strength and
Conditioning Coach for the Kansas Jayhawks working closely with the National
Championship Basketball Team (1988). In 1981-1986, he served as Head
Strength and Conditioning Coach at Southwestern LA now called Louisiana
Lafayette from 1981-1986. It was during these 5 years that he
studied Olympic Weightlifting under hall of fame coach, Gayle Hatch. Tom Moffitt - Head
Strength and Conditioning Coach at Louisiana State University (LSU). In
2011 LSU won the SEC Football Championship with a 13-0 record.. In 2007 LSU
won the BCS National Championship and were SEC Football
Champions. 2003 BCS Football National Champions and SEC Football
Champions; 2004 Sugar Bowl Champions; 2001 S.E.C. Football Champions. Moffitt
came from the University of Miami where his contributions were instrumental
in Miami winning the 2001 BCS Football National Championship; Before
coaching at Miami, Moffitt spent four seasons as associate strength and
conditioning coach at the University of Tennessee. His contributions were a
vital part of Tennessee's football team winning the BCS National Championship
in 1998. Moffit was named the 1999 Collegiate Football Strength and
Conditioning Coach of the Year by the Professional Football Strength and
Conditioning Coaches Society. In 2003, Moffitt was named College Strength and
Conditioning Coach of the Year by the American Football Monthly. Scott Cochran - Head
Stength and Conditioning Coach at University of Alabama. Alabama has won 3
out of the last 4 BCS National Championships. Alabama won the 2013 BCS
National Championship defeating Notre Dame 42-14. Alabama won the 2012
BCS National Championship defeating LSU 21-0. In 2010 Alabama
defeated University of Texas 37-21 in the BCS National Championship
Game. In 2009 Mark Ingram was named the Heisman Trophy Winner. In 2008 Alabama had a record of 12-2
and won the SEC Western Division Title. Before becoming Head Strength
and Conditioning Coach at Alabama in 2006, Cocharan severed three years as
Strength and Conditioning Coach for the New Orleans Hornets. 2003 Cocharan
was a graduate assistant strength coach for LSU's BCS National Championship
Football Team. Johnny Long Jr. - Head
Strength and Conditioning Coach for football at the University of
Tennessee. Long has played a key roll in Tennessee's consistent
improvement on the football field during the Phillip Fulmer era, including
two SEC titles and the 1998 BCS National Championship. Jeff Dillman - In 2012
Jeff was named the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at the University of
Florida. Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at Appalachian State. In
2007 Appalachian State's Football Team defeated number 5 Michigan by a score of
34-32. No division 1-AA team had ever beaten a team ranked in the
Associated Press Poll. It was one of the biggest upsets in sports history.
The game was played at the "Big House" in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Appalachian State won the 2006 and 2007 1-AA Football National Championship.
Before becoming Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at Appalachian
State Dillman served as Head Basketball Strength and Conditioning Coach for
LSU's men’s and women’s 2006 final four basketball teams. Vic Viloria –Named Head
Strength and Conditioning Coach at Florida State University in 2010. In2014
Florida State won the BCS Championship game over Auburn University by a score
or 34-31. Jamie Winston a member of the Florida State Football Team was named
Joe Danos - In 2013 Joe
Danos was named assistant strength coach for the NFL's New York Giants. Gayle
Hatch weightlifter, Joe Danos served as assistant strength and conditioning
coach at Florida State and SMU. He was a graduate assistant at LSU from 2003
- 2006. Ethan Reeve - Head
Strength and Conditioning Coach at Wake Forest University. Wake Forest
University won the 2006 Atlantic Coast Conference Football Championship. This
was their first ACC Championship in thirty-six years resulting in the Demon
Deacons going to the biggest bowl game (Orange Bowl) in school history. 2008
Wake Forest University defeated Navy 29-19 in the EagleBackBowl. That
established the winnningest senior class in Wake Forest Football
history. The Demon Deacon's' sixteen seniors finished with a 32-19
record, three bowl appearances and the 2006 Atlantic Coast Conference
Championship. Reeve also was the strength coach for the 1995 U. S. Women's
Rowing Team which won four gold medals and one silver medal. Wake Forest has
also won three Men's National Championships in field hockey and one Men's
National Championship in soccer since Ethan Reeve became head strength and
conditioning coach. Paul Jackson - In 2012
Paul Jackson was named Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at Ole
Miss. In 2011 Jackson was Head Strength Coach at Southern Miss where
they won the Conference USA Championship With a record of 12-2. Kurt Hester - In 2013 Kurt
Hester was named Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for football at
Louisiana Tech. Hester was Strength and Conditioning Specialist for L.
S. U.'s 1996 and 1997 N. C. A. A. National Championship Baseball Teams. The
1997 team set an NCAA record by hitting 188 home runs for the season. Eric Ciano - In 2010 Eric
Ciano was named the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Buffalo
Bills of the NFL. Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at Georgia Tech.
Ciano previously served as head strength and conditioning coach at
Louisiana Tech from 1999-2001. Louisiana Tech won the WAC Football
Conference Championship in 2001. Before that Ciano served as graduate
assistant at Tennessee from 1997-1999. Tennessee won the 1998 BCS
National Championship. In 2009 Georgia Tech won the ACC Championship
with a regular season record of 11-2. Brett Bech - In 2011 Brett
Bech was named First Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Dallas
Cowboys. Melissa Moore - Head
Strength and Conditioning Coach LSU for Women's Basketball and
Softball(College World Series in softball 2012,Final Four 2007 and 2008, SEC
Champions 2008), Softball (SEC Tournament Champions 2007, Super Regional
2007), Women's Tennis (SEC West Champions 2007), Assistant Strength and
Conditioning Coach for 2007 LSU Football BCS National Champions, member of
Gayle Hatch Weightlifting Team Joey Guarascio-2012 Head
Strength and Conditioning Coach at Northwestern State University at
Natchitoches, LA. Brandon Howard-2012 Head
Strength and Conditioning Coach at Southeastern State University at Hammond,
LA. In 2013 Southeastern State University claimed its first conference
title in more than 50 years and won it’s first playoff game in the FCS. They made it to the quarter finals and
ranked in the nations top 10. Jeff Earls - In 2013 Jeff
Earls, a member of the Gayle Hatch Weightlifting Team, was named assistant
strength and conditioning coach at Tulane University. Tulane has now joined
the Big East Conference. Jeff Earls previously served as assistant strength
and conditioning coach at Purdue University. Chad Englehart - In 2010
Chad Englehart was named assistant strength and conditioning coach for the
Washington Redskins of the NFL. In 2009 Englehart was named head strength
coach for the Florida Tuskers of the United Football League. The
Tuskers finished with a 6-1 record and the regular season championship. Frank Bourgeois - In 2009
Frank Bourgeois was named Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at Midwestern
State University in Wichita Falls, Texas. 2011 Midwestern State went 10
and 0 and won the Lone Star Conference Championship. Bourgeois served as strength
and conditioning intern under Vic Viloria at Southern Methodist University
2007-2008. Served as strength and conditioning intern under Tommy
Moffitt at LSU in 2009. Member of the Gayle Hatch Weightlifting Team.Randall
Dorvin - In 2011 Rardall Dorvin was named assistant strength and conditioning
coach at Ole Miss University. Mike Chapman - In 20013
Mike Chapman was named assistant strength and conditioning coach at Penn
State University. Zack Womack - Head
Strength and Conditioning at East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma. He
served 5 years as assistant strength coach for football at the University of
Illinois. Also served as assistant at the University of Florida and
University of Memphis. Milton Williams - Formerly
Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for L. S. U. While Williams was at
L. S. U. the football and basketball teams won S. E. C. Championships. Jesse Barksdale - Head
Strength and Conditioning Coach for the University of New Orleans Basketball
Team. U. N. O. won back to back Sun Belt Conference Championships in
the 1995-96 and 1996-97 seasons. Mike Robinson - Head
strength coach at McNeese State University; 2003 Football Southland
Conference Champions; 2002 played for the NCAA Division II National
Championship and lost to Western Kentucky in the championship game; 2001
Football Southland Conference Champions. |