Article from 2020: Rams hire Justin Lovett as new head strength coach
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Have we had more injuries since 2020 than before? I don't remember but I do know last year we had more injuries than ever. Coincidence?
Rams hire Justin Lovett as new head strength coach
Mar 09, 2020 at 02:20 PM
Stu Jackson of the Los Angeles Rams headshot, Thursday, May 20, 2021, in Thousand Oaks, CA. (Jeff Lewis/LA Rams)
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THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – The Los Angeles Rams have hired Justin Lovett as their new head strength coach.
Lovett joins the Rams after three seasons as the director of football strength & conditioning for Purdue University. Prior to joining Purdue, he spent three seasons at Western Kentucky, helping the Hilltoppers to back-to-back Conference USA championships (2015 and 2016) and two straight bowl victories (2014 Popeyes Bahamas Bowl and 2015 Miami Beach Bowl). Western Kentucky also produced five NFL Draft picks during Lovett's tenure, highlighted by a school-record-tying three in 2016 which included current Rams tight end Tyler Higbee.
Before landing at Western Kentucky, Lovett spent two seasons working with the University of Georgia's football strength and conditioning staff. Current Rams running back Todd Gurley was among the 15 players drafted by NFL teams during Lovett's two seasons working with the Bulldogs.
Lovett first broke into the NFL as an intern with the Broncos in 2009, spending three seasons in Denver before returning to the college ranks.
Lovett is certified by the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association (Strength and Conditioning Coach Certified), National Strength and Conditioning Association (Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist) and National Academy of Sports Medicine (Performance Enhancement Specialist and Corrective Exercise Specialist). He earned a bachelor's degree in exercise and sports science from Colorado State in 2003 and a master's degree in exercise science from California University of Pennsylvania in 2012.
Experience:
2003-04: Director of Sports Performance at Miramont Sports Center in Fort Collins, Colorado
2004-08: Aurora (Colo.) Grandview High School head strength and conditioning coach
2008-09: University of Texas at El Paso head soccer strength and conditioning coach, assisted with football and softball
2009-12: Denver Broncos intern (2009), assistant strength and conditioning coach (2010-2011)
2012-14: University of Georgia assistant football strength and conditioning coach
2014-16: Western Kentucky University head football strength and conditioning coach
2016-20: Purdue University director of football strength and conditioning
#HelmetHornsMatter
“Well, the color is good, I like the metallic blue,” Youngblood recently said while laughing, via NFL Journal. “The horn is terrible. It looks like a ‘C.’ When I first saw it on the logo I honestly thought it was a Charger logo.
“Now when I see it on the helmet, it just isn’t a ram horn. There is no distinct curl like a mature ram horn. I don’t know how the Rams could get that wrong. That is your symbol and it has been for what? Seventy years or more? Longer than I have been alive? It’s just not us, it’s not the Rams.”---Mr. Ram Jack Youngblood
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/03/2023 06:18AM by Ramsdude.
Rams hire Justin Lovett as new head strength coach
Mar 09, 2020 at 02:20 PM
Stu Jackson of the Los Angeles Rams headshot, Thursday, May 20, 2021, in Thousand Oaks, CA. (Jeff Lewis/LA Rams)
Senior Staff Writer
link
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – The Los Angeles Rams have hired Justin Lovett as their new head strength coach.
Lovett joins the Rams after three seasons as the director of football strength & conditioning for Purdue University. Prior to joining Purdue, he spent three seasons at Western Kentucky, helping the Hilltoppers to back-to-back Conference USA championships (2015 and 2016) and two straight bowl victories (2014 Popeyes Bahamas Bowl and 2015 Miami Beach Bowl). Western Kentucky also produced five NFL Draft picks during Lovett's tenure, highlighted by a school-record-tying three in 2016 which included current Rams tight end Tyler Higbee.
Before landing at Western Kentucky, Lovett spent two seasons working with the University of Georgia's football strength and conditioning staff. Current Rams running back Todd Gurley was among the 15 players drafted by NFL teams during Lovett's two seasons working with the Bulldogs.
Lovett first broke into the NFL as an intern with the Broncos in 2009, spending three seasons in Denver before returning to the college ranks.
Lovett is certified by the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association (Strength and Conditioning Coach Certified), National Strength and Conditioning Association (Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist) and National Academy of Sports Medicine (Performance Enhancement Specialist and Corrective Exercise Specialist). He earned a bachelor's degree in exercise and sports science from Colorado State in 2003 and a master's degree in exercise science from California University of Pennsylvania in 2012.
Experience:
2003-04: Director of Sports Performance at Miramont Sports Center in Fort Collins, Colorado
2004-08: Aurora (Colo.) Grandview High School head strength and conditioning coach
2008-09: University of Texas at El Paso head soccer strength and conditioning coach, assisted with football and softball
2009-12: Denver Broncos intern (2009), assistant strength and conditioning coach (2010-2011)
2012-14: University of Georgia assistant football strength and conditioning coach
2014-16: Western Kentucky University head football strength and conditioning coach
2016-20: Purdue University director of football strength and conditioning
#HelmetHornsMatter
“Well, the color is good, I like the metallic blue,” Youngblood recently said while laughing, via NFL Journal. “The horn is terrible. It looks like a ‘C.’ When I first saw it on the logo I honestly thought it was a Charger logo.
“Now when I see it on the helmet, it just isn’t a ram horn. There is no distinct curl like a mature ram horn. I don’t know how the Rams could get that wrong. That is your symbol and it has been for what? Seventy years or more? Longer than I have been alive? It’s just not us, it’s not the Rams.”---Mr. Ram Jack Youngblood
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/03/2023 06:18AM by Ramsdude.
