Athletic Department Org Chart

[BenEClone]

GoCycylones reports that Matt McGettigan, strength and conditioning coach, and Mike Motl, Video Coordinator, are likely to remain. Are they in the football "department" or do they also serve other sports? e.g. do MBB and WBB have their own strength and conditioning coaches or do they use McGettigan? My initial, rather uninformed instinct, is that "strength and conditioning" is what is lacking in the senior laden OL. Correct me if you think otherwise. This is an important function. For years, the strength and conditioning coach at Nebraska was credited with making 5th year home grown linemen into all conference performers.

If they answer to the football coach, does their retention suggest anything about the transition?

 

[ISUAlum2003]

Can you post link to that story? Coach Mac has said numerous times that McGettigan is one the best strength & conditioning coaches in the country. I hope he is able to stay with ISU.

 

[rkheil]

From what I have heard the OL performance has nothing to do with strength. It's been said that Mcgetty is a great strength coach and it would be bad to lose him.

He was assistant strength coach at Notre Dame before coming to ISU and had the opportunity to go back as head of strength and conditioning but chose to stay at ISU.

He would be sorely missed if he left.

 

[Nedrick]

Didn't he win Condition Coach of the year at one point?

 

[BenEClone]

http://www.midiowanews.com/site/tab6.cfm?newsid=17481041&BRD=2700&PAG=461&dept_id=554517&rfi=6

 

[Cyclone06]

Yah, from what I've been told he is becoming a national figure in the profession. To me it's great news he is staying!

 

[cycloneworld]

You want to see how the AD organization chart really lays out???


JAMIE POLLARD








EVERYONE ELSE

 

[isufbcurt]

I don't post on this site very often, but I felt obligated to say that Coach Getty is one of the best Strength coaches bar none in football. I have seen Getty turn boys from High School into Monsters (See Carstens and Moorehead for example). He is someone who takes his job very seriously and is continuously coming up with new techniques to help the players reach their full strength and speed potential. I will guarantee that the woes of this season are 0% due to Getty!!!!

 

[BryceC]

I believe he was national strength coach of the year in 2002, or something like that.

 

[arganbright2]

Coach McGettigan is the only coach that did his job this year or in past years. Ask Jordan Carstens if he thinks McGettigan was a good coach. The kid weighed 205 lbs when he graduated high school, then walked on, and i think he is playing in that league that only has the best players. Stupid post man.

 

[ISUAlum2003]

It's pretty cool to watch McGettigan run the pre-game warm-ups.

 

[ISUCycloneFever]

GoCycylones reports that Matt McGettigan, strength and conditioning coach, and Mike Motl, Video Coordinator, are likely to remain. Are they in the football "department" or do they also serve other sports? e.g. do MBB and WBB have their own strength and conditioning coaches or do they use McGettigan? My initial, rather uninformed instinct, is that "strength and conditioning" is what is lacking in the senior laden OL. Correct me if you think otherwise. This is an important function. For years, the strength and conditioning coach at Nebraska was credited with making 5th year home grown linemen into all conference performers.

If they answer to the football coach, does their retention suggest anything about the transition?

I can't speak in any certainly about Iowa State's situation, but more times than not, the head football strength coach generally heads the entire department at a University. So, while other sports have their own coaches, (and some may overlap between other, lower-budget sports) they all ultimately answer to the head football strength coach.

As I said, this is just what happens in general... not sure about the situation at State.

 

[isucy86]

FB Needs a New Strength Coach

If McGettigan is going to remain overseeing ISU's strength programs I have no problem.

However, the FB team needs a new strength coach for 2 reasons:

1) The strength coach is the guy players have the most contact with during the off season. If McGettigan is the FB strength coach I don't see a new attitude being promoted. I also think players would benefit from a new regiment.

2) People cite examples like Moorhead & Carstens putting on weight during the college careers, but look around there are those examples at all schools. Personally, I haven't been impressed with our fitness or strength. Our o-line looks like pillsbury dough boys. Guys like Zehr, Brant, etc should have been taking off weight over the last couple years instead of adding weight.

Conversely, I look at other positions like LB & DE and over the years it doesn't seem like guys adding size. I know there are limitations based on a kids physique- but overall I've felt our stength & conditioning wasn't a strength during the Mac years.

 

[arganbright2]

i dont think you really have a clue. Iowa state isnt getting top recruits. We are getting the good iowa kids and the florida and texas leftovers. Look at our top two players (blythe, meyer). They had a whopping three scholarship offers between the two of them out of high school. Half of the kids we get probably wouldn't play at drake. McGettigan puts the best possible product out on the field. The o-line struggles because we run 15 yard routes, have no blocking back in the back field, and other teams do that blitz thing from time to time because we have a 3rd and 8+ at least 7-10 times a game. The strength coach doesn't coach football

 

[isu_bub]

i dont think you really have a clue. Iowa state isnt getting top recruits. We are getting the good iowa kids and the florida and texas leftovers. Look at our top two players (blythe, meyer). They had a whopping three scholarship offers between the two of them out of high school. Half of the kids we get probably wouldn't play at drake. McGettigan puts the best possible product out on the field. The o-line struggles because we run 15 yard routes, have no blocking back in the back field, and other teams do that blitz thing from time to time because we have a 3rd and 8+ at least 7-10 times a game. The strength coach doesn't coach football

Thats a little harsh. Some quality schools have usually been in the mix on our guys we get.

 

[arganbright2]

it is a little harsh but its true. Alot of walk-ons end up making a difference on the team. I don't see alot of guys at Iowa that are walk-ons making a difference like they do at iowa state. Iowa gets the better recruits but the only reason we compete year to year is because our strength coach puts us in a position to get solid players out there

 

[Wesley]

At Nebraska, their strength coach also helps raise building funds.

 

[ceeboe]

i dont think you really have a clue. Iowa state isnt getting top recruits. We are getting the good iowa kids and the florida and texas leftovers. Look at our top two players (blythe, meyer). They had a whopping three scholarship offers between the two of them out of high school. Half of the kids we get probably wouldn't play at drake. McGettigan puts the best possible product out on the field. The o-line struggles because we run 15 yard routes, have no blocking back in the back field, and other teams do that blitz thing from time to time because we have a 3rd and 8+ at least 7-10 times a game. The strength coach doesn't coach football

First off be careful what you say around here. Maybe he has a clue, but it just differs from yours.

Secondly, if you are a fan of this team, then dont put them down on their athletic ability. Meyer and Blythe may have had only three schoolarship offers, but if I am not mistaken they are probably one of the best at their postion in the country. Meyer was predicted to be All Big 12 QB. Blythe, one of the best WR's in the nation. I say we got some excellant players even if they only had those offers. You dont need 20 offers to be a great player.

I agree, none of these players would play at drake, because they are better athletes than that. Not knocking on Drake football, but they do get most of the players that dont get offers to play for their school. But even some of those players could be better than the ones that do get offers.

If we didnt get good players, didnt have deceant coaching, and a program that could put together a winning program, then we wouldnt be on National TV. We wouldnt have beaten Iowa 5 straight years. We wouldnt have players playing and even starting in the NFL.

So again, watch what you say.

 

[LamaLooper]

Mike and Matt are both great guys (having worked with them in the Athletic Department). Unless things have changed since my time at ISU, Matt was dedicated full time to the strength and conditioning of the football team. Mike was dedicated to the football team as well, but his responsibilities may have increased with his tenure there.

I think loosing either one or both coordinators would be a tremendous setback for the future football staff. They provide a link for the players already in the program. They both have one national awards specific to their profession. ISU, under Mike, (believe this or not) was one of the first programs to utilize digital videography for producing videos for the football program (back when Gigabytes of data was a costly idea).

I congratulate Coach Mac and the entire ISU football family in its victory over Mizzo today.

 

[cyputz]

Keep in mind that the coaches can provide the facilities and try to keep you involved with your goals. However, it takes the kid to attain them. The strength coach is a blessing to ISU. To lose him would be a tremendous setback. He was the epitome of living by example. Some kids understand the context of sacrifice, some do not.