Elitefts SPP: Evan Simon Interview

Evan Simon Head Football Strength & Conditioning Coach Oregon State University   Topics in this Podcast The Journey The most important aspects of arriving at a new school and implementing your program Big 10 - Pac 12 Stigma Goals of the Winter phase An overview of the winter program individual differences with speed components Using Prilipen’s chart to adjust volume rotating auxiliary movements Indicator Movements Olympic Lifting Overhead Lifting Manager of Stress Assessments of athletes mobility concerns with prehabilitation Spring Ball considerations Staff development (advice for young coaches 2 ways to get jobs demanor and coaching cues How can people reach Coach Simon Evan Simon Bio

Courtesy: Oregon State University Athletic Communications Release: 12/23/2014

Evan Simon was appointed Oregon State’s head football strength and conditioning coach in January of 2015. His duties include the development, implementation and monitoring of all strength and conditioning aspects of the Beavers’ football program. Simon arrived in Corvallis after two years as the head strength and conditioning coach at the University of Wisconsin. He helped the Badgers to New Year’s Day appearances in the Capital One Bowl and Outback Bowl. Prior to working in Madison, Simon was the director of strength and conditioning at Utah State University from August 2009-January 2013. The Aggies appeared in two Famous Idaho Potato Bowl games – USU hadn’t played in a bowl game since 1997 prior to his arrival. From January 2006-July 2009, Simon was the associate director of strength and conditioning at the University of Utah. He was part of staff that led Utah to a 13-0 season, a victory over Alabama in the Sugar Bowl, and a final national ranking of No. 2 following the 2008 season. The native of Lexington Park, Md.,  also spent 15 months as the head strength and conditioning coach at Davidson College in North Carolina and over two years as a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach at the University of Kentucky. Simon has been a speaker at several national strength and conditioning conventions. He is a certified strength and conditioning specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association and a certified strength coach via the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association. He is a 2002 graduate of Frostburg State in Maryland with a bachelor’s degree in health and physical education, and holds a master’s degree (2004) from Kentucky in exercise physiology. He and his wife Linda have two daughters, Abbi and Robyn. SIMON PROFILE Assignment: Football Strength and Conditioning Coach Year at OSU: 1st Hometown: Lexington Park, MD   Education:  B.S. in health and physical education from Frostburg State (2002); master’s degree in exercise physiology from Kentucky (2004)      PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Football Strength and Conditioning Coach - Oregon State, 2015-present Football Strength and Conditioning Coach – Wisconsin, 2013-2015 Director of Strength and Conditioning – Utah State, 2009-2013 Associate Director of Strength and Conditioning – Utah, 2006-2009 Head Strength and Conditioning Coach, Davidson – 2004-06 Graduate Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach, Kentucky – 2002-04 BOWL GAMES 2015 Capital One Bowl 2014 Outback Bowl 2012 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl 2011 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl 2009 Sugar Bowl 2007 Poinsettia Bowl 2006 Armed Forces Bowl