One of the biggest off-season stories within the South Carolina football program was the transition the team had under the new director of strength and conditioning. Luke Day. Below is the video of the energetic strength trainer orchestrating winter workouts.
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Day, who has both college and professional experience, comes to Carolina after spending the 2020 season as the top strength and conditioning coach at Marshall University, his second stint with Thundering Herd. Day worked on the University of Colorado team in 2019.
Day initially joined Herd as the top strength and fitness coach in January 2016, a role he held for three seasons. He was recommended by Scott Sinclair, Day’s predecessor, who in three years transformed the strength of the herd and the philosophy of conditioning during a series of three seasons followed by 10 or more victories for coach Doc Holliday’s team. Day and Sinclair – who moved from MU to the role of strength and conditioning director in Georgia – previously worked together at UCF under the command of veteran strength technician Ed Ellis.
“Luke is highly recommended by people I trust,” said Beamer when signing Day. “I spoke to many strength coaches about our position and after spending 90 minutes on the phone with him, I had no doubt that he was by far the best. best candidate. He has a great vision for the development of the players, both in strength and conditioning and in mental aspects, which is fundamental. “
Before his arrival at Huntington, Day spent a year as an assistant on the Cincinnati Bengals conditioning and strength team.
Day was born in Hamilton, Ohio, where he was significantly involved in the ministry of Hamilton’s dream center. Prior to his year with Bengals, he spent two years as a strength and conditioning assistant at UCF, after stints at the USF (2012) and Cincinnati (2011-12). He also served as a summer volunteer in strength and conditioning with the New Orleans Saints in 2010.
Day graduated from Hamilton High School in 2006 and went to Morehead State, where he played on the defensive line for two years. He moved “back home” to Miami (Ohio) and started working as a weight training intern and majored in physical education.
His first job was to design, develop and implement a strength training program at Mount Healthy High School in Cincinnati, and through that work he made connections with the University of Cincinnati, where he spent 14 months on the strength and conditioning team.
Day and his wife, Trisha, have a son, Jay and a daughter, Norah.