Epley Returns to Nebraska

Epley Returns to Nebraska
October, 6 2014
Boyd Epley returned to Nebraska as Assistant Athletic
Director to oversee the Husker Power Strength and
Conditioning Department, the strength and conditioning
facilities, budget and staff. His first order of business was to
make adjustments to the Husker Circuit in the Alloy
Strength Complex to make it completely ground based for
the nine sports that train there.
Boyd’s new Headquarters
Mike Riley is Nebraska’s new Football Coach
Boyd didn’t waste any time
taking advantage of the five
million dollar Nebraska
Athletic Performance
Research Lab (NAPL) He
moved testing for all sports to
the NAPL and began creating
all new school performance
testing records.
Soon the Nebraska football team and eleven other sports were setting records in Lab.
Coach Mike Riley says “We have Boyd Epley, he’s like a scientist with research lab expertise
to give our players a picture of who they are, but also a vision of where they can go.”
Vertical Jump on Force Plates
Mike Arthur timing the
10 Yard Dash
Pro Agility Run on new Red Turf
Mike Arthur is shown administering the 10 Yard Dash in the NAPL. Mike’s title is now Director
of Strength and Conditioning Performance Research. He is instrumental in the evaluation of
the testing results Integrating motion capture and force plate data into performance testing
results and of course the Performance Index that he and Dr. Chris Eskridge developed in
1985. A section of red field turf with a shorter knapp was installed for the Pro Agility in the
NAPL to give the student-athletes the best opportunity for a successful effort.
2015 January 6
Jenna Epley Beideck and husband Chase have a second
son named Colt on January 6, 2015. The photo to the right
shows Cash seeing his new brother Colt for the first time.
2015 January New Strength Staff NU Football Program
Several changes were made to the Nebraska Strength and
Conditioning Staff in 2015.
The biggest change was hiring Mark Philipp as Head
Strength Coach for Football.
Mark was made Captain
for the Suh weight room
in the Osborne Complex
and hired four assistant
strength coaches. His
Associate Head Strength
coach and longtime friend
is Tim Rabas. Willie
Jones was the one
strength coach that was
retained from the
previous staff. Jamie Belt
and Andrew Erwin were
also added as Assistant
Strength Coaches for
Football.
Tim Wilson, CSCS
Head Men’s Basketball
Strength Coach
Cash meets Colt
Mark Philipp - Head Men’s Football Strength Coach and his staff, on his
left is Tim Rabas, on his left is Willie Jones, Andrew Erwin and Jamie Belt.
Tim Wilson was made
Captain for the Hendricks
Strength Complex in the
Devaney Sports Center
for Rusty Ruffcorn and
Jon Pfeifer. Lauren Harris
was made Captain for the
Alloy Strength Complex in
the Hawks Championship
Center for Brian Kmitta
and Lucas Novotny.
Lauren Harris, CSCS
Head Softball and Rifle
Strength Coach
2015 February 1
Boyd and Jane were surprised
to be guests of Gatorade at
their 50th anniversary
celebration hosted at the
Super Bowl in Phoenix. We
were very humbled to be
included along with some
incredible athletes such as
Michael Jordan, Peyton
Manning, Derek Jeter, Usain
Boldt, J.J. Watt, Mia Hamm
and many others.
Husker Power policies and
procedures were updated into
a document call THE
BLUEPRINT. All phases of the
Husker Power Program were
reviewed, analyzed and
shared with Human Resources
to bring the policies into
alignment with University
policies and Athletic
Department policies. THE
BLUEPRINT included the new
and improved Ten Principles
which are now on Display in
each of the three weight
rooms for student-athletes.
Peyton, Derek, Mia and Michael
Boyd and Jane at Super Bowl
What a tremendous experience a Super Bowl is – many thanks to
Gatorade for including us
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Husker Power Ten Principles
have been updated
J. R. Epley is a G.A Strength Coach
at the University of Michigan
J.R. Epley
In Michigan
working on
his Master’s
Degree. His
mentors are
Mike Favre
and Bo Sandoval. His Men
and Women’s Cross Country
Teams each won the Big 10
title in 2015. The first since
1998. His Women’s Track
athletes won in 2016.
2015 June
The SUH weight room
went through a major
facelift as Mark Philipp
requested Power Lift to
switch out the twenty half
racks for twenty double
half racks making forty
lifting stations in basically
the same footprint. Mark
also helped design Power
Lift drop boxes for Olympic
lifts.
2015 July
2015 Suh Strength Complex
Steve Waterfield, Executive Associate Athletic Director approved several staff changes for the
Husker Power Strength and Conditioning Department. Lauren Harris was promoted to
Assistant Director in addition to her duties as Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for
Softball and Rifle. Lucas Novotny was promoted from Intern to Head Baseball Strength and
Conditioning Coach and Chelsea Barr who was at Indiana has been hired to assist Brian
Kmitta with strength and conditioning for Volleyball and Track & Field in addition to being the
floor supervisor in the Alloy Strength Complex.
Lauren Harris Assistant Director
for Strength & Conditioning
Lucas Novotny Head Baseball
and Soccer Strength Coach
Chelsea Barr Assistant Strength
Coach for Volleyball and Track
2015 August
The NCAA legislation went into effect requiring all Division I Strength and Conditioning
Coaches to have accredited Certification. The NCAA recommended CSCS Certification from
the National Strength and Conditioning Association or SCCC Certification from the CSCCa for
all strength and conditioning coaches.
2015 October
Boyd was asked to judge the 2015 Mr. America contest in
Rodchester, New York. Bruce Ebel purchased the rights to
the Mr. America event and cleaned up the drug issues. He
asked Boyd if he would judge this year. He new that Boyd
had judged the Mr. America contest in Santa Monica,
California in 1977 and afterward was asked to replace R.
Countryman as the National Physique Judge. Boyd
declined the offer in 1977 and voiced his displeasure for the
rampant drug use that was involved at that time and never
judged a physique competition again until Ebel called. The
2015 winner, Cleveland Thomas was the first Mr. America
winner to be drug tested. Ebel then came to Nebraska to
interview Epley for a documentary film he is making and
had his cameras rolling for parts of the upset win over
Michigan State.
2015 Mr. America
Cleveland Thomas
2015 November
Boyd took a new approach to motivating the Nebraska student-athletes to train hard in their
off-season programs. Only the most talented student-athletes will be invited to a competition
in the NAPL. To qualify they must finish in the top 10% of their team on the Performance
Index which includes the Vertical Jump, 10 Yard Dash, and the Pro Agility Run.
T-shirt for Participating in the
Husker Power Athlete of the Year
T-shirt for scoring 500 points on
the Performance Index
T-shirt for 2000 or more points on
the Combined Index
2015 November
Baseball Strength Coach Lucas
Novotny with Ryan Boldt
Softball Strength Coach Lauren
Harris with Kikki Stokes
Ryan Boldt wins the first ever winner of the Husker Power
Athlete of the Year Competition. The top 5 Baseball players
from the three Performance Index scores are invited to the
NAPL to Squat. The Squat Index is added to the
Performance Index to see which student-athlete has the
highest Combined Index. Ryan posted a 2240 Combined
Index to edge out Elijay Dilday for the Husker Power Athlete
of the Year Award.
Kikki Stokes pictured with her strength coach (L) is the first
Softball Winner of new the Husker Power Athlete of the
Year Award. She combined her 1916 Performance Index
points with a 476 Squat Index for a record setting
Combined Index of 2392.
Husker Power
Athlete of the Year for
Track and Field
Track Strength Coach Brian
Kmitta with Nicholas Bartels with
a combined total of 1934
Track Strength Coach Brian
Kmitta with Tristen Sharp with a
combined total of 2380
HP Athletes of the Year
for Tennis
Tennis Strength Coach Jon
Pfeifer with Scott Elsass with a
combined total of 1438
Tennis Strength Coach Jon Pfeifer
with Mackenna Maddox-Herr with a
combined total of 2006
2015 December
The Tom Heiser Award was presented for the fourteenth
time to a Husker Power staff member who has overcome all
obstacles to succeed. The winner this year is Karen Cook.
Previous winners of the Heiser Award are: Nate Thomas,
Curt Thompson, Ken Williams, Rob Kobza, John Archer,
Tony Swenson, Danny Noonan, Rodger DeGarmo, Zach
Duval, Chris Wieseman, David Hofmaier, Shaun Huls, and
Josh Hingst.
Boyd with new Director of the
NAPL – Dr. Jack Ransone
Dr. Jack Ransone is hired
as the Director of the
NAPL. He comes from
Texas State University but
has worked with the
San Antionio Spurs and
represented several sports
at the Olympic games. He
is a Certified Athletic
Trainer and has a passion
for improving athletic
performance. He will be a
great help to Husker Power.
Mike Arthur
Director Strength
and Conditioning
Performance
Research
Dr. Jack Ransone and Mike Arthur developed a Movement Screen for football players to
identify possible postural imbalances. Mike and his assistant Dan Ridenour will then conduct a
Durability Program for select football players in the NAPL utilizing the technologies available in
the performance lab.
2015 NCAA Champions
Nebraska Volleyball Wins fourth NCAA Championship in
Omaha, Nebraska in front of the largest crowd to ever view
a volleyball game live. Strength Coaches Brian Kmitta and
Chelsea Barr have much to celebrate.
Nebraska defeats UCLA in Foster Farms Bowl
Strength Coaches Mark
Philipp, Tim Rabas, Willie
Jones, Andrew Ervin, and
Jamie Belt have the Big Red
Machine headed in the right
direction. What a way to
finish the 2015 season.
Coach Mike Riley relies on
Husker Power in the running
game to defeat UCLA.
Nebraska wins 4 th National
Championship with 3-0 win over
Texas