-- Rhea launched a consulting company in 2001 and helped NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL teams, International Olympic programs and college athletic departments. He provided direction to his clients in areas like speed training, injury prevention and performance optimization.
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According to an article from Stack.com, Indiana players saw their average top running speed increase by three miles per hour after working with Rhea in his first year in the program.
“Team speed is what wins football games,”
Rhea told Stack.com. “Those kind of improvements are a combination of the intense work ethic of our players and the fact Dave Ballou and I are willing to invest a ton of time into individualizing this as best we can for our players.”
-- Rhea advanced to full professor of kinesiology at A.T. Still University where he taught courses in sports conditioning and exercise physiology. He has published nearly 100 studies in sports performance enhancement, as well as has lectured in seven different countries.
-- Rhea played football for three years at both UNLV and Southern Utah University. He received his bachelor of science degree in physical education from Southern Utah in 1998, a master of science in exercise science and physical education from Arizona State in 2001 and a master of science in sports management from American Public University in 2016.
-- Rhea earned his doctorate of philosophy in 2004 from Arizona State with an exercise and sport science academic focus and an athletic performance enhancement research focus.
Looks like the real get here for us might be Matt Rhea, someone with actual knowledge of how to prevent injuries and train players in the proper way. Wouldn't be surprised if Saban secretly wanted to get rid of Cochran and his old school ways.
