re: MIKE ELKO NAMED AS THE 30TH TEXAS AGGIE COACH | tAggyArk™ OC and AD Search Thread

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Duke director of football sports performance David Feeley has informed Duke's players that he will be following Mike Elko to Texas A&M, @GigEm247 has learned

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Former Duke head coach Mike Elko is headed to College Station and he's bringing a highly regarded strength and conditioning coach with him from Durham. Duke Director of Football Sports Performance David Feeley has informed Duke's players that he will be following Elko to Aggieland.

Feeley came to Duke from Miami in January 2022 and is given a lot of credit behind the scenes in terms of the Blue Devils' development as a program from a three win team in 2021 to a nine win outfit in 2022. One person indicated that they went from being performers to athletes under Feeley via his system. They lifted far more than they did under the previous regime and transfers noted that warm ups were harder than the entire workouts they did at their previous programs.

Feeley was with the Hurricanes while they finished with a 21-15 record, including three bowl invitations and a final ranking in the 2020 Associated Press top-25. He helped design programs which emphasized availability over the course of an entire season and was considered to be very much into mobility and injury prevention. As a result, it was reported that no plays were missed due to soft tissue injuries over the course of his three seasons which resulted in record player availability. In addition, the Hurricanes also outgained and outscored opponents two-to-one in yardage and points during the fourth quarter of the 2021 season.

Feeley and his strength group were named the runner-up for the NFL Play Smart Play Safe grant, in partnership with the Miami Dolphins. This initiative took into account the success of Miami’s strength and conditioning program’s via the primary prevention of hamstring injuries.

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