SUPPORT STAFF Dale Holste
Director of Athletic Equipment Operations Dale Holste is in his 17th year at Boise State. He joined the Bronco athletic department in 1996. Holste was named the Athletic Equipment Manager Association’s District 8 Equipment Manager of the Year in 2005 and currently serves as the president of District 8 of the AEMA. Holste came to Boise State from Fort Hays State (Kan.) University, where he was the equipment manager and administrative assistant from 1990. Prior to his stint at Fort Hays State, Holste worked at Mesa
State (Colo.) College as an equipment manager from 1985-89. He has also served as an equipment manager at the Mile High Football Camp in Greeley, Colo., for the Denver Dynamite of the Arena Football League, as an intern for the Washington Redskins and for the Idaho Stallions of the Indoor Professional Football League. A native of Evergreen, Colo., Holste graduated from Fort Hays State in 1995. He is a certified member of the Athletic Equipment Managers Association. Holste and his wife Nancy live in Boise and have five children – Emily, Becky, Lacey, Kaycie and Craig.
Tim Socha
Head Strength and Conditioning Coach Tim Socha is in his seventh season as head strength and conditioning coach at Boise State. Socha joined the Bronco staff in May of 2006. Before coming to Boise State, Socha spent two seasons as the assistant director of strength and conditioning for football at the University of Louisville, where he helped the Cardinals to a pair of bowl games and an overall 20-4 record. Socha worked three years at the University of Wyoming, where he served as the assistant strength and conditioning coach for football and was the head strength and conditioning coach for wrestling, track and field and cross country.
From 1999-2001 Socha was a graduate assistant at Auburn University, where he assisted with football, baseball and softball and served as the head strength and conditioning coach for men’s golf. Socha is a 1999 graduate of the University of Minnesota with a degree in kinesiology and a minor in coaching. He received a master’s of education in exercise physiology from Auburn in 2001. Socha was a four-year letter winner in football with the Minnesota Gophers (1995-98) and worked as a student assistant in strength and conditioning after his senior season. Socha and wife Jessica have a daughter, Alexa (3) and a son AJ (1).
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