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Out with strength coaching. In with performance: Rhea and Ballou have created a one-of-a-kind program

Alabama opens the doors on its new Sports Science Center, another innovative step towards nutrition and conditioning for athletes. With its opening, the program will also see some new faces leading the S&C program.

And, honestly, it was probably time.

We loved Coach Scott Cochran’s work at Alabama over the last dozen years. For most of those, Alabama was one of the most physically dominant and freakishly-strong programs in the country. But, if you’ve looked around lately, Alabama simply is not demonstrably larger or stronger or faster at most positions than their title-contending peers. Others have closed the gap — Georgia, LSU, Auburn, and Clemson notable among them.