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TRAVIS Travis Roy enters his first season as the strength and conditioning coordinator for the LSU baseball program. He most recently worked as the strength coach for the Florida State baseball team that claimed the 2015 Atlantic Coast Conference tournament championship. Roy, a Baton Rouge native, went to Florida State in 2014 after spending three seasons at LSU as a graduate assistant for the football and baseball teams and a semester working with the Tiger volleyball team. He earned his bachelor’s degree from LSU in kinesiology with an emphasis in fitness studies in 2012, and then completed his master’s degree at LSU in
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kinesiology with an emphasis in sports management in 2014. While Roy was a graduate assistant at LSU, the Tiger baseball team captured the SEC Tournament title in 2013 and 2014 while earning a trip to the College World Series in 2013. Over a two-year span, Roy trained 13 Tigers that were selected in the MLB First-Year Player Draft and 18 underclassmen that were drafted from the football team. In 2011, Roy worked as an intern at Gayle Hatch Weightlifting, training three individuals that competed in the 2011 AAU Junior Olympics. Roy began training with Hatch, who was the head strength coach for the USA in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, at the age of 11. In 2005, Roy won gold at the AAU Junior Olympics and was named the Most Outstanding Lifter for his age group. Roy is certified by the National Strength Coach Association (NSCA) as a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS). He also holds a Level 1 certification by the United
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Brent Bonvillain will work this season as the Tigers’ undergraduate assistant coach as he pursues an LSU degree. Bonvillain pitched at LSU in 2012 and 2013 after transferring from Delgado Community College in New Orleans. He helped lead the Tigers to the 2013 College World Series, posting a 3-0 mark and a 2.70 ERA in 50 innings with 25 walks and 37 strikeouts. Bonvillain was voted to 2013 NCAA Baton Rouge Regional All-Tournament Team after defeating Louisiana-Lafayette in the regional championship game. He was also named in 2013 to the Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll.
States Weightlifting Federation (USAW-1). Roy’s family is certainly no stranger to strength and conditioning as his great-grandfather, Alvin Roy, was the first strength and conditioning coach in college and professional football. Alvin won a national championship at LSU in 1958 and trained Heisman Trophy winner Billy Cannon. Alvin would also go on to capture an AFL world championship with the San Diego Chargers in 1963, and Appointed at LSU: August 2015 he was a member of Birthdate: April 24, 1990 the Kansas City Chiefs Hometown: Baton Rouge, La. High School: Redemptorist staff that won Super HS, 2008 Bowl IV in New Orleans College: LSU, 2012 over the Minnesota Postgraduate: LSU, 2014 Vikings.
Cory Couture is in his third season as the LSU Baseball Athletic Trainer after serving two years as an assistant athletic trainer on the Florida State sports medicine staff. Prior to arriving at Florida State, Couture served as head athletic trainer at Loyola University in New Orleans for four years. Before moving to New Orleans, he completed a year internship with the Carolina Panthers of the NFL. Couture graduated from Florida State in 2006 with a master’s degree in sports sdministration. While pursuing his degree, he also worked as a graduate assistant for two years with the FSU football team.
Couture received his bachelor’s degree in kinesiology/athletic training from LSU. During his time as an undergraduate student, he spent four years working in the LSU Athletic Training Program as an athletic training student. Couture also worked two preseason internships with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. A native of Patterson, La., Couture and his wife Ana were married in July of 2011.
The Couture File Appointed at LSU: January 2014 Birthdate: February 16, 1982 Hometown: Patterson, La. Wife: Ana Son: Cruz, born Feb. 2015 High School: Patterson HS College: LSU, 2004 Postgraduate: Florida State, 2006
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