“Epley
is arguably the single most important individual
in the history of strength and conditioning in
college athletics.” ~
John Lukacs, ESPN
Boyd
Epley is the most decorated strength coach in
history. In fact, he is the only strength coach
to have won 5 National Championship rings!
BOYD
EPLEY Hall of Fame Strength Coach
BIO:
Boyd
Epley presently serves as Assistant Athletic Director
for Strength and Conditioning at Nebraska. Epley oversees
the Husker Power Strength and Conditioning Department.
When hired by former Athletic Director Bob Devaney
in 1969, Nebraska became the first university to have
a paid strength coach. Epley was Devaney’s only
Head Strength Coach then worked under Tom Osborne
for 25 years as his only Head Strength Coach. After
35 years Epley moved into an associate athletic director
position to oversee the design and construction of
the Tom and Nancy Osborne Athletic Complex and Hawks
Championship Center.
He
retired from NU in 2006 then served eight years in
Colorado Springs with the National Strength and Conditioning
Association (NSCA), the organization he founded in
1978. For his national contribution in strength and
conditioning, Epley was named a 2014 Lifetime Achievement
Award winner by the President’s Council on Fitness,
Sports and Nutrition. Epley won the first National
Strength Coach-of-the-Year Award in 1980, and in 1993
he was presented the NSCA’s first-ever Lifetime
Achievement Award. In 2009 the NSCA Board of Directors
changed the name of the award to the Boyd Epley Award
for Lifetime Achievement. Epley was named to the U.S.
Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Hall
of Fame in June 2003.
He
was also honored on the March 2001 cover of American
Football Monthly magazine, which tabbed him, “the
Godfather of Strength and Conditioning”. Lindy’s
magazine recognized Epley as one of its Top 100 Most
Important College Football Sports Figures of the Century.
BOOKS:
The
Path to Athletic Power is the Nebraska strength
and conditioning program for the Huskers 1969-2004.
Every player that attended four or more years went to
four bowl games and won at least one Championship Ring.
Building Linemen - This book focuses
on building muscle mass. Even though he includes facts
and stories about some of the forty-eight All-American
linemen he was privileged to work with, this book will
help any athlete gain strength and become better conditioned.
TRAVELING
FROM:
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SPEECH TOPICS:
Three
Traits of Exceptionally Successful People
Audience: Businesses, Associations and Non-Profits
Length: 60 minutes
Four Steps to Success
Audience: Coaches and Athletes
Length: 60 minutes
Game Speed and How to Develop It
Audience: Coaches and Athletes
Length: 60 minutes
Walk-ons to All-Americans
Audience: High School or College Coaches and Athletes
Length: 60 minutes
Reducing
Your Risk Profile
Audience: High School or College Coaches and Athletes
Length: 60 minutes
