Over Ten Years of the Strength Report
by Rex LardnerManaging Editor
Nebraska�s Boyd Epley is generally regarded as the father of collegiate strength and conditioning. Epley convinced Nebraska Head Coach Bob Devaney in the late 60�s that a strength and conditioning program would make the Husker players bigger, faster, and stronger. Devaney approved the program but he told Epley, �If any of our players get slower, you�re fired.�
With a strength and conditioning program in place, Epley helped Nebraska become a national power in