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UTEP strength staff gets creative with workouts during shutdown

UTEP offensive lineman Bobby DeHaro does his teambuildr workouts in the morning and footwork and additional conditioning with trainer Rick Trevizo. El Paso Times

By the calendar, a college sports season should last about four months, but the work never ends.

As soon as the final buzzer sounds or timer stops, the off-season begins and the strength and conditioning staff becomes the de-facto head of the program.

That means right now Kevin Schadt, UTEP's Director of Strength and Conditioning, and his staff that includes six full-time coaches, has suddenly and unexpectedly taken charge of 250 student-athletes across 15 sports that just had off-season forced upon them by the coronavirus.