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GREG FINNEGAN
SPEED-STRENGTH & CONDITIONING
Director of Speed-Strength
& Conditioning
Greg Finnegan is in his second year as
Colorado’s director of speed-strength and
conditioning, joining the Buffalo staff on
May 28, 2003 after serving five years as the
assistant strength and conditioning coach
for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National
Football League.
Finnegan, 35, is no stranger to college
athletics, as prior to working five seasons
with the Jaguars, he spent two-and-a-half
years as the director of Speed, Strength &
Conditioning at Boston College. Prior to be
named as BC’s top man, he was an assistant at both BC (six months) and
Kansas State (two years).
At Jacksonville, he performed a variety of duties, including developing
and implementing strength, speed and conditioning programs;
research methods to improve all areas of the program (speed, strength,
power, balance, agility, flexibility, conditioning, supplementation and
injury prevention), consult and advise the athletes on proper nutrition,
and developing instructional methods of teaching technique. He also
dabbled a bit in coaching, assisting the defensive staff in breaking down
opponent film and helping the defensive line coach in practice. He was
on the staff of the ’99 Jaguar team that posted a 14-2 regular season
record and advanced to the AFC Championship game. At Boston
College, he oversaw the conditioning programs for 33 varsity teams, one
of the largest Division I-A programs on the East Coast.
Finnegan has worked with some of the best football players in the
country, including former Buffaloes Deon Figures, Chris Hudson and
Chris Naeole, as well as Tony Boselli, Mark Brunell, Jimmy Smith and
Fred Taylor, all while with the Jaguars.
He earned bachelor’s degree in 1992 from Cornell University, where
he was the first-team all-Ivy League center in both 1989 and 1990 and
team captain his senior season in 1991. He received his master’s from
Kansas State in 1994 in exercise physiology, and it was in Manhattan
where he began his career as a graduate teaching assistant. While finishing
his degree at Cornell, he also had six months of experience as a
student athletic trainer, assisting with injury rehabilitation and performing
a research study on nutritional supplements.
Academically, he was a four-time member of the Deans’ List, twice at
both Cornell and Kansas State, and had earned an appointment to the
U.S. Air Force Academy out of high school.
He is also a published writer, authoring several articles on his profession
in strength and conditioning trade publications.
Born February 21, 1969 in Toledo, Ohio, he is married to the former
Lyn Kendrick and is the father of four, daughter Abigail (9) and sons
Benjamin (7), William (4) and Nathaniel (1).
TRAVIS REUST
Assistant Speed-Strength
& Conditioning Coach
Travis Reust is in his third year as an
assistant speed-strength and conditioning
coach on the Colorado staff, coming on
board in time for football two-a-days in
August 2002.
He coordinates the training programs
for the men’s and women’s basketball
teams, in addition to men’s and women’s
golf and women’s tennis. He also assists
with the football program.
Reust, 34, came to Colorado from fellow
Big 12 Conference school Oklahoma State,
where he had worked one year as a graduate assistant in the Cowboys’
strength and conditioning operation. Prior to heading to OSU, he spent
four years as the head strength and conditioning coordinator at East
Central University (Ada, Okla.). He also worked as an assistant coach for
all four years, tutoring the defensive tackles.
He earned his bachelor’s degree in education (exercise science) in
2000 from ECU, where he also earned his master’s in education (sports
449
administration) two years later. His roots at ECU date back to 1994,
when he was the director of all personal trainers at the school’s
Wellness Center.
Born March 9, 1970 in Oklahoma City, he graduated from Moore
(Okla.) High School in 1988. Following high school, he was a competitive
body builder for six years as well as a personal trainer. He is married to
the former Brooke Crawford, and the couple has two children, daughter
Kassidy (5) and son Kaden (3).
SARAH RAMEY
Assistant Speed-Strength
& Conditioning Coach
Sarah Ramey is in her second year as an
assistant speed-strength and conditioning
coach on the Colorado staff, coming to CU
in July 2003 from the staff at Kansas State
University.
At Colorado, she is responsible for the
training regimens for volleyball, soccer and
men’s and women’s skiing.
Ramey, 24, worked one year as a graduate
assistant at Kansas State, which
followed a five-month internship with Mike
Boyle Strength and Conditioning in
Winchester, Mass.
She earned her bachelor’s degree in exercise science from Wichita
State in May 2002, graduating with an impressive 3.83 grade point average.
She began worked toward her master’s in kinesiology at Kansas
State, and has completed over half of the work required is anticipating
earned the degree in December 2003.
At Wichita State, she lettered three times in volleyball playing middle
blocker and the right side, earning the Missouri Valley Conference’s
Academic Excellence Award in 2000. She developed an interest in
strength and conditioning during her college days as an athlete and
began pursuit of a career in the field early in her career.
Born May 14, 1980 in Sterling, Colo., she graduated from Andover
(Kan.) High School, where she lettered in volleyball and basketball. She
is single.
VERNON STEPHENS
Assistant Speed-Strength
& Conditioning Coach
Vernon Stephens is in his second season
on the Colorado speed-strength and
conditioning staff, joining the department
on September 1, 2003. He is responsible for
working with both football as well as the
men’s and women’s cross country and
track teams.
Stephens, 29, came to Colorado from his
alma mater, North Florida, where he
started the Division II school’s strength
and conditioning program there in 1999
for the Ospreys’ 14 programs and 230
student-athletes.
He spent two off seasons with the National Football League’s
Jacksonville Jaguars as a part-time strength coach under Jerry Palmieri
in 2002 and Mark Asanovich in 2003. This is where he first met CU’s
strength coach Greg Finnegan, as he was an assistant in ’02 when
Stephens first worked with the NFL club.
He graduated from the University of North Florida in 1997 with a
bachelor’s degree in Health and Exercise Science. While at UNF, he was
an undergraduate member of Sigma Upsilon chapter Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity, Inc.
Born November 30, 1974 in Jacksonville, Fla., he graduated from
Stanton College Preparatory School in 1992, where he lettered three
times in basketball. During his college days, he was a youth Sunday
School Leader at the Westside Baptist Church. His hobbies include eating
out, weightlifting, watching NBA and NFL games, cooking and
watching the Food Network. He married the former Tali Shepherd this
past May 29.