achievement for the individual’s position. It comprises four tests in strength (bench press, squat, push jerk and power clean) and five tests in performance (vertical jump, 40-yard time, 10-yard time, sit-reach test and 20-yard shuttle). Assisting Gentry in the weight room this year are three full-time assistant strength and conditioning coaches. Terry Mitchell is the assistant director of strength and conditioning. Former football players Jarrett Ferguson and Keith Short serve as coordinators for strength and conditioning. Sam Brown, a former Virginia Military Institute football player, and former Hokie football player Mason Baggett are graduate assistants for football’s strength and conditioning program.
Elite Level Hokies Jason Worilds • defensive end • 2007, 2008 Purnell Sturdivant • linebacker • 2007 Kenny Younger • fullback • 2007, 2008 John Kinzer • fullback • 2005 Chris Burnett • defensive tackle • 2004 Brandon Frye • offensive lineman • 2004, 2005, 2006 Jimmy Martin • offensive lineman • 2004 Will Montgomery • offensive lineman • 2004, 2005 Darryl Tapp • defensive end • 2004 James Anderson • linebacker • 2003, 2004, 2005 Cols Colas • defensive end • 2002 Vegas Robinson • linebacker • 2002 Josh Spence • fullback • 2002 Ernest Wilford • wide receiver • 2002, 2003 Larry Austin • defensive back • 2001 Jarrett Ferguson • fullback • 2000, 2001 Matt Lehr • offensive lineman • 2000 Browning Wynn • tight end • 2000
Mind & Body
nd Body
Kenny Jefferson, Greg Boone and Ed Wang (counter-clockwise from top) are just three of the many Tech players who have benefited from Coach Mike Gentry's strength and conditioning program.
Virginia Tech Football All-Time Elite Club
Bold type indicates records type indicates records setBold in Spring 2006 testing set in Spring 2009 testing
Bench Press
Back Squat
Power Clean
Push Jerk
Vertical Jump
40 Yard Dash
J. Grove 500 ‘03
W. Boatwright 755 ’91
K. Robertson 405 ‘07
W. Montgomery 410 ‘05
P. Prioleau 43.5 ’97
D. Hall 4.15 ’03
J. Redding 500 ’99
N. Marshman 710 ‘06
J. Allen 395 ‘05
C. Burnett 405 ‘05
L. Austin 42.5 ’00
E. Royal 4.22 ‘06
B. Frye 485 ‘06
B. Frye 705 ‘06
N. Marshman 391 ‘08
W. Briggs 401 ‘01
I. Charlton 42 ’98
D. Russell 4.23 ‘03
S. Render 480 ‘06
P. Moronta 700 ‘89
D. Taylor 390 '08
J. Engelberger 401 ‘99
P. Summers 42 ’97
M. Vick 4.25 ‘00
A. Chamblee 475 ‘89
M. Lehr 700 ‘00
W. Montgomery 390 ‘05
D. Taylor 400 ‘08
K. Jones 41.5 ’03
L. Austin 4.26 ’00
M. Udinski 475 ‘82
A. Nelson 700 ‘02
D. Perez 380 ‘07
C. Bird 390 ‘00
J. Anderson 41.5 ‘04
R. Carmichael 4.26 '09
W. Jackson 475 ‘96
C. Burnett 700 ‘04
J. Grove 376 ‘00
J. Martin 390 ‘05
A. Midget 41.5 ’97
L. Suggs 4.27 ‘00
K. Short '99 460
J. Redding 685 ‘99
N. Adibi 366 ‘02
K. Short 387 '98
G. Wilds 41.5 ’02
B. Dillard 4.28 ‘08
D. McGrath ‘03 460
T. Washington 680 ‘97
C. Beasley 361 ‘99
J. Baron 386 '95
R. Cooper 41.5 '08
T. Drakeford 4.28 ‘92
W. Montgomery 460 ‘05
R. Cockrell 670 ‘88
G. Nosal '09 360
J. Petrovich 386 ‘93
M. Vick 41 '00
A. Davis 4.29 '99
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