Tennessee shares results from first offseason training program under Derek Owings
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Tennessee is seeing immediate results from hiring new strength and conditioning coach Derek Owings earlier this offseason.
Owings moved to Knoxville one day after helping Indiana win the National Championship at the end of last season. On Wednesday morning, Tennessee released the results from Owings’ first 14-week training program as the head strength coach for the Vols.
Per Tennessee, Tennessee’s players collectively gained over 867 pounds of muscle and lost about 218 pounds of fat. Additionally, Tennessee says 33 players added 11 pounds or more of muscle mass over the 14-week program.
Owings, whose official title is director of football sports performance, is among the nation’s most-respected strength coaches. He’s spent the previous 6 seasons under Curt Cignetti, including the last 2 campaigns with the Hoosiers.
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Spenser is a news editor for Saturday Down South and covers college football across all Saturday Football brands.
