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SHERMAN RETAINS RUBIN AS STRENGTH/CONDITIONING COACH; LOVAT ALSO STAYS
posted 01/19/00
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| Barry Rubin |
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| Mark Lovat |
New Green Bay Packers Head Coach Mike Sherman, losing no time in making his first coaching staff decision, announced today that he has retained Barry Rubin as strength and conditioning coach.
Rubin was originally named to the position by then Head Coach Ray Rhodes January 16, 1999, replacing Kent Johnson, who had resigned to become a member of Mike Holmgren's Seattle coaching staff last season.
Sherman also announced that Mark Lovat will continue as the team's strength and conditioning assistant.
Rubin, possessor of a 19-year background in his field, joined the Packers organization May 19, 1995, following a third tenure as head strength coach at Northeast Louisiana University. thus becoming the first full-time strength and conditioning assistant in club history.
He began his career in the strength and conditioning field in 1981 as a graduate assistant at Northeast Louisiana following his graduation from Northwestern (La.) State University. In addition to seven years of service at Northeast, in three separate stints, he also spent two years as head strength coach at Louisiana State, one year as a personal trainer to then-Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Bubby Brister and four years at a health club in Monroe, La.
The 42-year-old Rubin was a tight end and punter as a collegian at Northwestern (La.) State from 1978-80, where his teammates included future NFL performers Bobby Hebert and Mark Duper. He was named to the Jewish All-America football team in 1979, a year in which he set a school record with a 75-yard punt.
Earlier as a prep, Rubin was an all-district running back and punter at Neville High School in Monroe, La. A three-year letterman in football, Rubin also lettered three times each in baseball and basketball and twice in track.
Lovat, 30, is in his third tour of duty with the Packers. Prior to returning in a full-time capacity as strength and conditioning assistant in 1999, he had served two internships in the club's weight room, in 1992 and 1998.
An accomplished athlete, Lovat earned a Division I baseball scholarship to Butler (Ind.) University, starting three seasons at shortstop and second base for the Bulldogs.
The son of former Packers offensive line coach Tom Lovat, he is a graduate of Carmel, Ind., High School, where he was a member of a state championship football team in 1986 and captain of the baseball team (1988).
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