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Ray Wright
Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach
8th NFL Season • 7th with Texans
Ray Wright enters his seventh season as assistant
strength and conditioning coach for the
Houston Texans. Wright assists Dan Riley in all
aspects of the Texans’ exhaustive strength and
conditioning program.
Before coming to Houston, Wright spent one
season as the assistant strength and conditioning
coach at the University of Maryland, helping
the Terps capture the Atlantic Coast Conference
title and a berth in the Orange Bowl.
Prior to his stint in College Park, Wright spent
six months with the Chicago Bears as a college
and pro personnel assistant. He spent the 2000
season as the recruiting coordinator at Cornell
University.
Wright launched his NFL career with the
Washington Redskins in 1997, serving as a
scouting intern. He was promoted to college/
pro scouting administrator in 1998, then to the
club’s director of player programs in 1999.
Wright played football at Duke from 1990-95
before working as a personal trainer for one
year at Gold’s Gym in Durham, N.C.
A native of Fort Worth, Texas, Wright is a certified
strength and conditioning specialist and
has his United States of America Weightlifting
Coaching Certification. He is single and lives in
Houston.
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wright’s C O A C H I N G L E D G E R
2002-07 Assistant Strength & Conditioning Houston Texans
2001 Assistant Strength & Conditioning Maryland
2000 Recruiting Coordinator Cornell
1999 Director of Player Programs Washington Redskins
1998 College/Pro Scouting Administrator Washington Redskins
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Tidbit
Drafting Inside Out
Houston’s selection of T Duane Brown in the first round of the
2008 draft is a continuation of the team’s ongoing effort to build
along the line of scrimmage through the draft. Houston has
used five consecutive first-round picks on linemen, focusing on
the defensive side until this year. Brown joins DT Amobi Okoye
(2007, 10th overall), DE Mario Williams (2006, 1st overall),
DT Travis Johnson (2005, 16th overall) and DE Jason Babin
(2005, 27th overall) as Texans first-round picks on the line of
scrimmage.
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