The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Madden named 2004 National Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year
02.25.2005 | Football
Texas Assistant Athletics Director for Strength and Conditioning Jeff Madden has been selected to receive the 2004 National Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year Award.
The award is given annually by the Professional Football Strength and Conditioning Coaches Society and will be presented at the Coaches Annual Banquet held in Indianapolis, Ind., on Friday, February 25.
"I'm extremely pleased and definitely excited," Madden said. "What a great honor to be recognized by the Professional Football Strength and Conditioning Coaches Society. It's a great team honor for our whole staff and recognizes the great success we've had this year."
"I've been very fortunate and blessed to coach tremendous athletes over the years. They?ve all been very successful when they do what you ask them to do. That's the main thing. The awards truly come from the athletes' work. We just kind of guide them and show them what to do. This honor is way up there. Anything that comes from a professional organization such as this is a really big honor for us."
Madden is in his seventh year at The University of Texas and has helped guide the Longhorns to four consecutive 10 (or more) win seasons for the first time is school history, capped by a 2004 campaign that featured an 11-1 record, UT's first BCS Bowl berth and a Rose Bowl Championship. Texas is one of just two programs nationally to have reach nine or more wins in each of the last seven years.
"Jeff has been great at what he does for a long time, and I really believe this was his best year ever," head coach Mack Brown said. "It's nice to see that his peers recognize that same thing. We're proud of him and very happy for him. I know I speak for our coaching staff and players, as well. It takes a lot of time and dedication on the part of Jeff and his staff, as well as the players, to create something as special as what we had this year."
"I think the fact that from all of the sweat and hard work these guys have put in to get in a national level game such as the Rose Bowl and the BCS, I think that put the icing on the cake," Madden said. "I feel really fortunate and thank everybody that had anything to do with us winning. It's big for our whole team."
Madden was inducted into the USA Strength and Conditioning Coaches Hall of Fame in June 2003. He was one of just 10 coaches nationally to receive the title of Master Strength and Conditioning Coach at the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association (CSCCA) convention in 2001.
Recognized worldwide as an authority on explosive power training, Madden was named the National Strength and Conditioning Specialist of the Year in 1996 by the International Sports Sciences Association. He also was recognized as a Master Elite Strength and Conditioning Coach by the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association in 2000.
In 1988, Madden was certified by the National Association of Speed and Explosion (NASE). The Longhorns strength and conditioning coach has played a critical role in the design and creation of some of the nation's leading collegiate strength and conditioning facilities. The Nassar Al-Rashid weight room is Madden's fourth facility, and contains state-of-the-art equipment that is user-friendly and second-to-none in design implementation.
Madden, who oversees strength training and conditioning for men's and women's intercollegiate sports at UT, has worked with more than 100 NFL players (including 24 first-round picks) and 16 Olympians during his 20-year career at Rice, Colorado, North Carolina and Texas.
A three-year letterwinner and 1983 graduate of Vanderbilt, Madden was a high school All-American in his hometown of Cleveland. After earning a degree in sociology with a minor in psychology and secondary education and a stint in the USFL, he served as both a graduate assistant football and strength & conditioning coach at the University of Cincinnati in 1983.
He began his career in strength training and conditioning at Rice in 1984 and moved to Colorado in 1989. As assistant athletics director at CU, he coordinated strength and conditioning programs for all 15 of the Buffaloes' intercollegiate sports. Madden then joined the athletics staff at North Carolina following the 1992 season.
Madden came to UT from North Carolina, where he served as associate athletics director for student-athlete development. At Carolina, Madden was responsible for 28 intercollegiate varsity sports and more than 750 student-athletes.
Included among his students are two Heisman Trophy winners -- Rashaan Saalam of Colorado (1994) and Ricky Williams of Texas (1998). He has also worked with two Thorpe Award winners, which recognizes the nation's outstanding defensive back, and two Butkus Award winners, which salutes the nation's top linebacker.
Madden is a member of the board of directors of Peak Performance USA, is on the editorial advisory board of Sports Speed magazine and is a certified expert by the National Association of Speed and Explosion. He also has a 602-pound bench press to his credit, making him one of the top bench pressers in the world.
Madden was certified in May 1991 by the International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA), recognizing him as one of the world leaders in the profession of sports development. He also was a unanimous selection to the ISSA Board of Directors.
