Nick Saban has apparently made a decision on who will fill Scott Cochran’s considerable shoes in the strength and conditioning program, as Indiana’s David Bailou has reportedly accepted the job.
A former Indiana fullback (heck yeah Son!), Ballou has overseen the Hoosiers’ strength program the last two seasons. He spent the 2017 season at Notre Dame serving as co-director of football strength & conditioning.
Prior to his time at Notre Dame Ballou was the head strength coach at IMG Academy in Florida.
Bailou graduated from Indiana with a bachelor’s in Kinesiology, then earned an master’s in human movement and spent more than a decade running high school strength and conditioning programs.