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PANTALL ➤ STRENGTH COACH ➤ PENN STATE, ‘96 ➤ 5TH SEASON WITH BASKETBALL Pantall is in his fifth season as the strength and conditioning coach for the Nittany Lion and Lady Lion basketball teams and in his 13th year as strength and conditioning coach at Penn State, He joined the department in February of 1998 after serving as a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach for two years under long-time Nittany Lion football strength coach John Thomas. PANTALL FILE Over the past 15 years, he has Family: Wife: Sarah; Son: Scott, Daughter: Sadie worked with all of Penn State’s varsity athletic programs. He has also Hometown: State College, Pa. worked with many professional College: Penn State, 1996 (B.S.) athletes, including the Kinesiology & Health Education) Washington Redskins and Cincinnati Bengals football College Coaching Experience: teams. 1996-1997 Penn State (Grad Assistant) Pantall played football 1997-2005 Penn State Strength Coach for four years at Penn State and was a member of the 1995 Rose 2006-present Penn State Basketball Bowl championship team. Strength Coach After joining the team as a walkPlaying Experience: on in 1992, he earned three varsity letters and played in 36 1992-1996 Penn State football consecutive games. He graduatDID YOU KNOW?: three-year letterman ed from Penn State in 1996 Brad Pantall was a member of Penn State’s 1995 Rose with a bachelor’s degree in Bowl Championship team that went undefeated (12health education/kinesiology. 0) on the year, its first in the Big Ten. A kick snapper, In 1999, he completed his he played in 36 consecutive games for the Nittany Lions. Masters of Education in counselor education at Penn State. “Brad is hilarious. He has so much A State College native, energy. He really gets us going and Pantall was a two-year football his enthusiasm is a big help. Going letterman at State College into the weight room, a lot of your High School and a key figure in ability to make your lifts is your menthe Little Lions winning the tal attitude and he helps us a lot with District 6 Class AAAA title in that and our energy level in there.” 1991. He won the Steve Suhey – Talor Battle Award as the team’s top offensive lineman as a senior. Pantall and his wife Sarah reside in Philipsburg with their son, Scott, and daughter, Sadie.

BRANDON SPAYED ➤ ASST. STRENGTH COACH ➤ JUNIATA COLLEGE ‘10 ➤ 1st SEASON AT PENN STATE

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