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Before the first year under FIU Coach Butch Davis, FIU football strength and conditioning coach Chad Smith altered the Panthers training program to help produce the results Davis wanted.
Smith tailored the offseason program to help the Panthers get stronger and more explosive on the field.
"We changed the training strategies to focus more on pure power and strength," said Smith, who begins his sixth season as FIU football's strength coach. "In the winter we didn't run as much to pack on the pounds. The methods changed. It was for them to take the last couple of sets to failure.