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USA Today
29-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Texas A&M HC Bucky McMillan has hired his new Strength & Conditioning coach
Texas A&M HC Bucky McMillan has hired his new Strength & Conditioning coach The Rich family is excited to be back! 👍💪🏀 — Darby Rich (@CoachDarby_Rich) May 28, 2025 New Texas A&M head coach Bucky McMillan has all but finished putting together is 2025 coaching staff, which now includes longtime strength & conditioning coach Darby Rich, who returns to College Station after serving under former head coach Billy Kennedy for eight seasons. After stints with Memphis, Texas Tech, and the Texas Longhorns, Rich is back with the Aggies and will work with one of the most talented rosters Texas A&M has had under the previous two head coaches. During his 28 years of coaching experience, including last season with the Longhorns, Rich has been a part of nearly a dozen NCAA Tournament teams, while helping to develop Texas freshman guard Tre Johnson, who is expected to be selected in the first round of the 2025 NBA Draft. For those unaware, every S&C coaches in college basketball are nearly as important as the head coach in terms of getting players in shape, ranging from strength training to endurance, especially in McMillan's intense system that relies on speed and offensive efficiency, meaning practice reps are vital to get accustomed to what McMillan will expect once the 2025 season begins. Texas A&M's 2025 staff now includes Associate Head Coach Mitch Cole, Assistant Coaches Kyle Keller, TJ Cleveland, and Frank Haith, Director of Operations | Assistant General Manager Warren Fitzpatrick, and, of course, S&C Darby Rich. Contact/Follow us @AggiesWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Texas A&M news, notes and opinions. Follow Cameron on X: @CameronOhnysty.
New Indian Express
26-05-2025
- Sport
- New Indian Express
From the diary of a strengthening coach
Training manual For someone who found joy in mentoring and working with young athletes, Arun believes being in S&C is more than just teaching. 'It is a lot about personality and personal interaction; how you conduct yourself. Technical knowledge comes last. They have to be comfortable. They have to trust you. All this happens earlier. Even before you can impress them with the results. Then come the results,' he explains. A thumb rule they have to follow while working with athletes is to try and keep them injury-free. 'Nobody can assure anybody that I keep you injury-free. You can try to minimise the risk of injury. Whatever you do, on the field in the gym or the field in your training session, has to translate to the sport. When you put everything together and get the desired results they have in mind, that is when you are successful. When they come back to you and say this is what I have been feeling,' he says. Arun believes personal training plans are easy because the results are pretty fast if they adhere to them. 'Augmented feedback is really good. You have one session now, a speed session, you record their time, and two weeks later, they see an improvement. Whether it is about agility or linear speed, or endurance, they are sold. They know it works. Even if it is a shorter spell because cricketers are the most worked athletes in any sport because they play throughout the season. So if you are able to keep them injury-free during the season or minimising the chances of injury here and there, they can say okay. If they come back to you again and again, you know you have made a mark,' says Arun, an ACE and CSCS certified S&C coach.
USA Today
12-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Notre Dame men's basketball makes a big weekend addition to its coaching staff
Notre Dame men's basketball makes a big weekend addition to its coaching staff While many Strength & Conditioning coaches aren't viewed as big components for a basketball program, Notre Dame head coach Micah Shrewsberry thinks much differently about the position. Over the weekend, the Irish hired Jon Sanderson to lead their S&C program, as he is viewed as one of best around the country. The Ohio State alum started his career at North Carolina before heading to Marshall then Clemson, but had been leading Michigan's program for 15-years, then recently leaving the program to take over duties at Vanderbilt last season. Sanderson helped the Wolverines make five-straight Sweet 16's, making it to the Elite Eight four of those times. According to Notre Dame's press release, he's the only person to make the Final Four as a player and coach. Shrewsberry knows that this coming season will be extremely important in his Notre Dame career, after compiling 28-38 record over his first two years. This hire of Sanderson could push the Irish over the hump, and hopefully make a return to the NCAA Tournament this fall.
