Just before fall camp started this past season, Notre Dame football was stunned by the sudden resignation of [autotag]Matt Balis[/autotag], their strength and conditioning coach. Balis was very highly regarded and was a big reason for Notre Dame turning things around since the year he arrived in South Bend, 2017.
The position was filled on an interim basis for this season but it looks like Notre Dame is close to making a new hire and its one that comes with decades of big-time experience.
According to Football Scoop, former Denver Broncos strength coach Loren Landow is in negotiations to join the Notre Dame staff.
Landow has trained some of the biggest-named Broncos in recent years including Von Miller and Peyton Manning. He’s also trained several Olympic athletes.
According to the Football Scoop report:
Multiple sources told FootballScoop that Freeman & Co. talked about the Notre Dame position with, among others, Aaron Wellman, most recently at Indiana University but who also has helmed the programs at Michigan and for the NFL’s New York Giants; additionally, sources told FootballScoop within the past week to 10 days that Notre Dame engaged discussions with Alabama strength coach David Ballou.
I won’t pretend to know who’s a great strength and conditioning coach and who isn’t. I am just pleased to see that Marcus Freeman and company seemingly went everywhere to try and bring in the actual best candidate – unlike how the offensive coordinator role went down last off-season.