2008-09 Vandals - University of Idaho Athletics

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Scott Gadeken came to Moscow from Louisiana State
University, where he was an assistant for the nationally
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prominent football program and head strength coach for
the men’s and women’s basketball teams.
Gadeken Gadeken helped the Tiger football team win a share of
the national championship in 2003 and helped the LSU
Strength Coach
women’s basketball team reach the NCAA Tournament
Fifth Season Final Four in 2004 and the Elite Eight in 2003.
Midland Lutheran 1994 In 2001, Gadeken was a finalist for the National Strength
and Conditioning Association’s National Strength Coach
of the Year Award.
Before heading to LSU, Gadeken was at Kansas State as the head strength coach for the nationally recognized
women’s basketball team in addition to the baseball and volleyball teams. He also served as a football assistant.
In 1994, Gadeken earned NAIA All-American Honorable Mention honors as well as Academic All-American Honors
as a football player at Midland Lutheran College.
“We’re excited to have Scott in our program,” Director of Athletics Rob Spear said. “He obviously fits the mold that
we’re after in terms of being from a very successful athletic program at LSU. He also brings the same proven strength
and conditioning philosophies which we already have implemented here.”
Gadeken and his wife, Stacey, have two sons, Brandon and Wyatt.
Nate
Barry
Assistant Strength Coach
Third Season
Idaho 2008
Nate Barry came to Idaho in 2004 and has spent three
years as an assistant under head strength and conditioning
Coach Scott Gadeken. Barry comes from Portland,
Oregon.
He is a member of the National Strength and Conditioning
Association and is a USAW certified sports performance
coach.
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