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Good morning. Tampa Bay's new S&C coach has the Bucs feeling like they're back in college, Kentucky's Brandon Roberts breaks down the $3M weight room rebuild, and NCAA soccer just cleared wrist-worn devices for game day. Let's get into it.
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🏈 New S&C Coach Has the Bucs Feeling Like College Again
Something is different in Tampa this offseason. Buccaneers cornerback Zyon McCollum - now the longest-tenured corner in the room entering his fifth season - said the program has reached a level he hasn't seen since arriving. New strength and conditioning coach Chad Wade is the reason. "It's been grueling," McCollum told Pewter Report. "Everybody has been kind of saying it reminds them of a college program."
Wade, a longtime Bucs assistant who joined the organization in 2014, was promoted to head S&C coach this offseason. "We've always worked extremely hard, but I think this year is just taking it to a completely new level." Read More
🏋️♀️ Kentucky's $3M Weight Room Rebuild Is About More Than New Equipment
Brandon Roberts, Kentucky's new director of football sports performance, sat down with the Herald-Leader to break down what's actually changing inside the Joe Craft Football Training Center.
The $3M renovation approved in April goes beyond new machines - the staff gutted the layout entirely to open the floor plan, removed the artificial turf, and reorganized the room into dedicated upper-body and lower-body zones with weight racks in the middle. New Kaiser a400 machines track power, velocity, and range of motion. Perch cameras will provide biomechanical analysis at the racks. With that data, Roberts plans to build an individual profile for each player - think Madden attributes in real life. Monitors will display the top and bottom five players in power output and velocity daily. Roberts' philosophy on all of it: "The most important part is intent. It's effort and intent." Read More
⚽️ NCAA Soccer Clears Wrist-Worn Devices for Games
The NCAA approved a rule change for the 2026-27 season allowing data-collecting devices worn on the wrist or arm during games. That means WHOOP, Apple Watch, and similar tech may now be cleared for in-game use across all three divisions in both men's and women's soccer.
💪 Bucknell Promotes Justin McKenna
Justin McKenna has been promoted to Director of Basketball Performance at Bucknell, supporting both the men's and women's basketball programs.
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