Elitefts SPP: Chris Doyle Interview Elitefts Sports Performance Podcast

Chris Doyle

Head Strength & Conditioning Coach for Football

University of Iowa

 

Topics Covered in This Podcast


How Coach Doyle got started


Strength & Conditioning and Football
Same characteristics lead to success for any coach
Sport Coach - Strength Coach Relationship


Biggest area of concern with 1st year players


Be on Time, Listen-learn-apply, and work hard
Teach athletes how to think
Counter the recruiting process
Adopt the team mindset
We create habits and our habit creates us
Teaching the program


Assessments


Hybrid to FMS, back to a hybrid assessment
Commonalities of Corrections
The stack joint approach


Basic Off-Season Template


The mistake of peaking everything at once
3 phases of the off-season
Speed Training set-up
Higher exposure, shorter volume
Competitive Speed work. Measure it, rank it, post it


Exercise Selection


Exercises must be: ground based, multi-joint,  and three-dimensional
Five different levels in the program
Block Periodization with older athletes


In-Season concerns

Two different groups are either playing or not

It's important to know who we are

 

Iowa Football


We don't find talent we build it
How little can we train and still gain in-season
Technology to Modifying behavior vs modifying training
Uncommon discipline, uncommon maturity


Developing rapport with athletes


Everybody wants someone to believe in. Our job is to get people to believe in themselves - Dan Gable
Flexibility with athletes
Never allow your athletes to set the standards they don't know what they're capable of - Joe Moore
Get in the rack and not hiding in your office


Staff Development


Coach has learned more from his staff than they learned from him
Read together, program together, think together
Loyalty through the intern program


Advice for young coaches


Maintain a beginners mindset
How thirsty are you for knowledge?
Read on a variety of subjects
Go and visit good people
Watch the best work in your field
We don't coach weights we coach people - Johnny Parker
Want to get paid well, offer something money cant buy
Successful people aren't innovators they are early adapters - Mike Boyle




The Chris Doyle File


Chris Doyle is in his 16th year as strength and conditioning coach for the University of Iowa football program.

As the head of Iowa's strength and conditioning program, Doyle has helped the Hawkeye program participate in 11 bowl games since 2001, including the 2014 Outback Bowl. The Hawkeyes posted an 8-5 overall record in 2013, including a 5-3 Big Ten record to tie for second in the Legends Division. The Hawkeyes won bowl games following the 2008, 2009 and 2010 seasons, defeating ranked opponents in both 2009 and 2010. The Hawkeyes have ranked in the final top 10 of both major polls four times in the past 12 seasons.

Iowa has appeared in seven January bowl games since 2001. The Hawkeyes have won 6-of-11 bowl games under Kirk Ferentz and his staff, including four January bowl victories. The January Bowl wins have come over Florida (2004 Outback), LSU (2005 Capital One), South Carolina (2009 Outback) and Georgia Tech (2010 Orange).

Iowa has won 97 games over the past 12 seasons, including 57 Big Ten games. The Hawkeyes earned a share of the Big Ten title in both 2002 and 2004 and tied for second in 2009. Iowa has finished in the Big Ten's first division in 11 of the past 13 years.

Doyle is a certified strength and conditioning specialist with the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Association (CSCCa). He was presented with the certification of Master Strength and Conditioning Coach in May, 2013. The certification is considered the highest honor that can be achieved in the coaching profession of Strength and Conditioning, and represents professionalism, knowledge, experience, expertise and longevity in the field.

The NSCA named Doyle the Big Ten Strength Coach of the Year in 1999. He was one of 20 nominees for the Professional of the Year Award, given annually and selec