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The Roy File
INTRO
TRAVIS ROY
STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COORDINATOR
PREVIEW
Travis Roy enters his third season as the strength and conditioning coordinator for the LSU baseball program. Over the past two seasons, he has trained 12 Tigers that were selected in the Major League Baseball Draft. Prior to his current appointment at LSU, he 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 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. 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 States
Appointed at LSU: Birthdate: Hometown: High School: College: Postgraduate:
August 2015 April 24, 1990 Baton Rouge, La. Redemptorist HS, 2008 LSU, 2012 LSU, 2014
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 he was a member of the Kansas City Chiefs staff that won Super Bowl IV in New Orleans over the Minnesota Vikings.
TIGERS
JAMIE TUTKO
CORY COUTURE
VIDEO COORDINATOR
ATHLETIC TRAINER
COACHES REVIEW
Jamie Tutko joined the LSU Baseball staff in the summer of 2016 as the program’s first full-time video coordinator. Tutko videotapes all of the Tigers’ scrimmages and games at different camera angles and develops scouting reports that assist the LSU coaches in game preparation. Tutko, a Tampa, Fla., native, most recently worked as video coordinator for the Miami Marlins’ AAA affiliate in New Orleans, La. from 2014-16. Prior to his appointment with the Marlins, he was the video coordinator for the Cincinnati Reds’ affiliate in Billings, Mont., from 2012-13. Tutko also worked in 2011 as an account executive for the Daytona Cubs in Daytona Beach, Fla., assisting in ticket and concessions operations and creating promotional ideas. He served as an intern at the Major League Baseball Winter Meetings in 2009 and 2010, assisting in the operation of the event. Tutko earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in sport business in 2011 from Saint Leo University, where he was captain of the baseball team and was named to the Dean’s List. He earned a master’s degree in business administration from Saint Leo in 2015.
Cory Couture is in his fifth 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 working 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. They have two sons, Cruz and Joaquin.
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