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Zac Woodfin set to lead KU football strength and conditioning

Woodfin is expected to take over the strength and conditioning program
Woodfin is expected to take over the strength and conditioning program

Sources have told Jayhawk Slant David Beaty will hire Zac Woodfin as the head of strength and conditioning for the football program.

Woodfin is well-liked and respected at Southern Miss where he also held the interim athletic director position over the last three months. When Bill McGillis announced he was leaving to take the same position at San Diego, Woodfin was elevated to the head of strength and conditioning and interim A.D. Moving the strength and conditioning coach into the athletics director role is rare in college athletics.

In 2014 Woodfin was named the Football Scoop Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year. Woodfin moved to Southern Miss from UAB. While at UAB he oversaw the strength program that improved drastically in a short amount of time. When he arrived at UAB they were 2-10 and he helped them to a 6-6 record.

The UAB football program was cut in 2014. That’s when Southern Miss head coach Todd Monken quickly hired Woodfin. The Golden Eagles improved from 3-9 to nine wins in 2015. Monken credited Woodfin for what he did with the strength and conditioning program in a short time.

“Zach was a tremendous, tremendous hire,” Moken told the Sun Herald.

Prior to UAB he was an assistant strength coach for the Green Bay Packers. He worked as a specialist at Athlete’s Performance in Los Angeles with people in the NBA, MLB, NFL and Olympic athletes.

Woodfin played college football at UAB where he graduated with a degree in Exercise Science. He ended his career at UAB as the school’s all-time leader in tackles. He signed with the Green Bay Packers and Baltimore Ravens.

At Southern Miss he oversaw strength and conditioning for all 15 sports programs.

“He’s one of the best, young people in the industry,” said a source involved with college strength and conditioning.

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