UCLA hires Keith "Thump" Belton as S&C Coach

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[OrangeXtreme]

UCLA Hires Keith Belton as Strength and Conditioning Coach

UCLA has announced that it has hired Keith Bolton as the new strength and conditioning coach...

247sports.com

 

[sutomcat]

Congrats Thump!

 

[NJCuse97]

I don't think I knew his name was Keith!

 

[McNabb2Brominski]

Apparently our boy was head strength coach for the Mavs. Got canned today.

Sources: Mavs fire top health, performance staff

The Mavericks have dismissed head athletic trainer Dionne Calhoun and athletic performance director Keith Belton, among others, sources tell ESPN.

www.espn.com

 

[orangemass]

Apparently our boy was head strength coach for the Mavs. Got canned today.

Sources: Mavs fire top health, performance staff

The Mavericks have dismissed head athletic trainer Dionne Calhoun and athletic performance director Keith Belton, among others, sources tell ESPN.

www.espn.com

Fat Luka

 

[Guy Fawkes]

Apparently our boy was head strength coach for the Mavs. Got canned today.

Sources: Mavs fire top health, performance staff

The Mavericks have dismissed head athletic trainer Dionne Calhoun and athletic performance director Keith Belton, among others, sources tell ESPN.

www.espn.com

Wow did not put two and two together when ESPN had the bombshell Mavs dysfunction article two weeks ago.

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www.espn.com

 

[orangenauburn]

Beltons going to be the fall guy

But why was an NFL / College Football guy hired for the NBA to begin with?

Nico Harrison is going to go down as one of the worst GMs of all time

 

[SUFan44]

Beltons going to be the fall guy

But why was an NFL / College Football guy hired for the NBA to begin with?

Nico Harrison is going to go down as one of the worst GMs of all time

Yeah, appears he should have never been hired to be honest.

 

[sufandu]

Beltons going to be the fall guy

But why was an NFL / College Football guy hired for the NBA to begin with?

Nico Harrison is going to go down as one of the worst GMs of all time

Him having a background in football doesn't disqualify him from training basketball players. Jordan used the same personal trainer for baseball as he did for basketball and the guy changed his program based on the sport. A S&C at that level (on most levels really) should have enough knowledge to train a number of sports.

 

[Cheriehoop]

Him having a background in football doesn't disqualify him from training basketball players. Jordan used the same personal trainer for baseball as he did for basketball and the guy changed his program based on the sport. A S&C at that level (on most levels really) should have enough knowledge to train a number of sports.

I agree but it appears he didn’t have the S&C certifications required.

“As ESPN reported in April, Belton did not have the certifications from the National Strength and Conditioning Association that the NBA's collective bargaining agreement states are required to be employed as a strength coach for a team.”

The above is contained in this article. Sources: Mavs fire top health, performance staff

 

[Newhouser]

I agree but it appears he didn’t have the S&C certifications required.

“As ESPN reported in April, Belton did not have the certifications from the National Strength and Conditioning Association that the NBA's collective bargaining agreement states are required to be employed as a strength coach for a team.”

The above is contained in this article. Sources: Mavs fire top health, performance staff

When I first read that I was wondering how he ever got hired or how the league allowed it.

 

[cayugacuse]

When I first read that I was wondering how he ever got hired or how the league allowed it.

Seems Thump may want to look into getting that cert.

 

[sufandu]

I agree but it appears he didn’t have the S&C certifications required.

“As ESPN reported in April, Belton did not have the certifications from the National Strength and Conditioning Association that the NBA's collective bargaining agreement states are required to be employed as a strength coach for a team.”

The above is contained in this article. Sources: Mavs fire top health, performance staff

Ok. I didn't read the article. I'm surprised he could get hired at UCLA without that.