BATON ROUGE – Jack Marucci, LSU's longtime Director of Athletic Training, is moving to the role of Director of Performance Innovation, director of athletics Scott Woodward announced on Wednesday.
In his new role, Marucci, who has served as LSU's Director of Athletic Training for 25 years, will use his expertise in sports science to continue to develop new ways for all of LSU's student-athletes to prosper in competition. Marucci's new position is believed to be the first of its kind in college athletics.
"Jack has always had a knack for innovation, and this new position will allow for his groundbreaking ideas to be taken advantage of by our student-athletes across all sports," Woodward said.