Recognized in the March issue of American Football Monthly as Samson's Division I-A Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year, Butler begins his seventh season at Rutgers as Head Football Strength and Conditioning Coach. In 2005, he was promoted to Assistant Director of Athletics for Strength and Conditioning.

Prior to joining the Scarlet Knights’ staff, Butler served as the Director of Speed, Strength and Conditioning at Dartmouth College for five years. Before his stint at Dartmouth, Butler worked four years at East Carolina University in the strength and conditioning program. He began his coaching career as a graduate assistant for three years at ECU while earning his master's degree and was soon promoted to Assistant Director of Strength and Conditioning in 1995.

Butler, who earned a Mechanical Engineering degree from Bucknell University in 1991, designed the state-of-the-art, 15,500 square foot strength and conditioning facility in the expanded Hale Center. He incorporated the latest technologies, including digital video analysis, a 60-yard FieldTurf track and other amenities for developing the complete football player.

Jason Gallucci is in his ninth year at Princeton and his seventh as the head varsity strength coach for both football and basketball. Head coach Roger Hughes has consistently credited Gallucci for much of the recent success of the football team, which includes the 2006 Ivy League title.

Gallucci also oversees the strength training facilities in Princeton Stadium, Jadwin Gym and Baker Rink while working directly with many of Princeton’s 38 varsity programs. He runs a staff of four strength coaches. Gallucci came to Princeton after three years as a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach for the Penn State football team. He also volunteered as the head strength coach for Penn State’s boxing team and coached three individual national champions.

John McKenna is in his 11 season as Athletic Performance Director at Notre Dame High School, and has been a strength coach for over 28 years. Coach McKenna was the first strength coach inducted into the New Jersey Coaches Hall of Fame. His program has been featured in various local and national publications. He trains all athletic teams at Notre Dame High School, along with running a series of very successful youth strength training programs. Coach McKenna has trained several professional athletes like Gary Brackett, Indianapolis Colts and Dan Koppen of the New England Patriots, along with many others. Coach is also the strength coach for the Rider University Swimming and Diving Team.

John Sisk, a former assistant strength coach at Clemson since 1997, serves Bobby Johnson’s Vanderbilt staff as Director of Strength, Speed and Conditioning. Sisk, 32, is in control of a Commodore football conditioning program that unveiled a state-of-the-art, $800,000 weight room earlier this year.

Sisk, a native of Waynesville, N.C., played football at Western Carolina, graduating with a degree in sports administration. He spent three years as an assistant at his high school alma mater in Waynesville before joining the Furman conditioning staff in 1993.

Two years later, he was named to guide the strength and conditioning program at Western Carolina. In 1997, Sisk joined the Clemson staff where he served until accepting the Vanderbilt post.

Jason Loscalzo joined Boston College in January 2007 as Head Strength & Conditioning Coach for football. In his role, he is responsible for all aspects involved in the development, coordination, implementation and supervision of Strength and Conditioning for the entire Eagle program including nutritional advice, supplementation, analysis and programming for team and individual athletes.

Before assuming his post at Boston College, Loscalzo was a Top Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach for Football at Auburn University. During his tenure with the Tigers, Loscolzo also served as Head Strength & Conditioning Coach for Softball and Head Strength & Conditioning Coach for Baseball (May 2004 – Sep 2005).

Loscalzo is a Certified Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coach (CSCCA), a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (NSCA) and a Level I Certified Olympic Strength Coach (USWF).

Nineteen-year coaching veteran Joe Kenn was named the strength and conditioning coach at the University of Louisville on January 4, 2008. Kenn joins the Louisville staff after spending seven seasons at Arizona State University, including five as head coach of ASU's Sports Performance program. Originally named ASU's head strength and conditioning coach for football in January, 2001, Kenn came to ASU after serving as the director of strength and conditioning at the University of Utah from 1999 -2000.

A member of the NSCA and AFCA, Kenn was the head strength and conditioning coach at Boise State from 1994-99, but spent nine years total at Boise State (1991-99). His first coaching assignment came as an assistant football and strength coach at Pine Crest Preparatory School in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (1989-1990). He then became the assistant strength and conditioning coach at Wake Forest University in 1991.

Kenn was named the College Strength and Conditioning Professional of the Year in 2002 and has been a finalist for the award four times during his career. He also earned conference recognition in 1998 (Big West Conference) and again in 2000 (Mountain West Conference). Kenn earned his Bachelor of Science degree in health and sports science from Wake Forest in 1988 and his strength and conditioning specialist certification in 1990. He then earned his Master of Arts degree in curriculum and instruction from Boise State in 1993.