2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE

TED
RATH
Assistant Strength
& Conditioning
Years with Lions: 7
Years in NFL: 7
Ted Rath returns for his seventh season as the
Lions assistant strength and conditioning coach
after joining the team during the 2009 offseason.
He had spent the previous two years as the
assistant director of strength and conditioning for
his alma mater, the University of Toledo. Rath was a
linebacker for the Rockets (2003-2006) and helped
them claim the 2004 MAC Championship and earn
two bowl game berths, including the 2004 Motor
City Bowl at Ford Field.
While working with Toledo’s strength and
conditioning program, Rath directed the strength
regimens for all 15 of their Olympic Sports. He
also assisted with all phases of football training
protocols, including design and implementation
of their workouts. Prior to being named assistant
director, Rath worked as a graduate assistant
and focused on the strength programs for men’s
basketball, baseball, track, cross country, golf
and swimming.
Rath, along with Coordinator of Physical
Development Jason Arapoff, started the annual
Detroit Lions Strength and Conditioning Clinic in
2011. The event is a forum for providing, sharing
and exchanging information in the ever changing
world of strength & conditioning.
After graduating from Toledo with a degree in
Physical Education, Rath started his professional
career at nearby Crestwood (Dearborn Heights,
Mich.) High School where he was an assistant
football coach as well as their director of speed
and strength training. The Monroe, Mich., native
is certified through the Collegiate Strength and
Conditioning Coaches Association (C.S.C.C.A.).
Rath is a member of the advisory board for
UltimateStrengthAndConditioning.com and is a
contributing expert for Stack Magazine. He has
written articles for multiple publications and
speaks at numerous conferences and football
camps throughout the year.
Rath was born November 22, 1983.
RATH’S COACHING BACKGROUND
Detroit Lions................................................. 2009-
Assistant Strength and Conditioning.....................2009-
Toledo........................................................2007-09
Assistant Director of Strength & Conditioning.....2008-09
Graduate Assistant Strength & Conditioning .... 2007-08
Crestwood (Dearborn Heights, Mich.) H.S.........2007
Asst. Football Coach/ Director of Speed and Strength Training...2007
EVAN
ROTHSTEIN
Offensive Assistant/Research
& Analysis
Years with Lions: 4
Years in NFL: 4
Evan Rothstein enters his fourth season with
the Detroit Lions. Rothstein was hired in 2012 and
spent two seasons as the team’s special teams
quality control coach. In 2014, Rothstein became
the team’s special projects coach where he worked
with the defense in addition to assisting Head
Coach Jim Caldwell in day-to-day operations and
game day tasks. He returns in 2015 as the team’s
offensive assistant. In this role, Rothstein will work
with the offensive staff in all facets of preparation
for the team’s weekly opponents in addition to
continuing to assist Coach Caldwell.
Rothstein arrived in Detroit after spending two
seasons (2010-11) as the offensive quality control
coach for the Syracuse University Orange football
program. For the fall of 2009, Rothstein interned
with the Syracuse University football video
operations department before returning briefly
to SUNY Cortland as their offensive line coach for
the spring of 2010. He returned to the Syracuse
University football staff as their offensive quality
control coach in July of 2010.
As an undergraduate student at SUNY Cortland,
Rothstein began his coaching career with the Red
Dragons where he served as the student assistant
offensive line coach, quality control and director
of video operations from the fall of 2006 to the
spring of 2009.
Rothstein was born April 20, 1988. The Merrick,
N.Y. native attended Bellmore John F. Kennedy High
School, earning recognition as a National Football
Foundation and College Hall of Fame Scholar
Athlete for the Cougars. Rothstein graduated
SUNY Cortland with a bachelor of science in sport
management in 2009 and a master of science in
sport management in 2012. He and his wife, Carol,
married in July of 2013.
ROTHSTEIN’S COACHING BACKGROUND
Detroit Lions................................................. 2012-
Offensive Assistant/Research & Analysis............2015-
Special Projects.............................................................2014
Quality Control/Special Teams........................... 2012-13
Syracuse....................................................2010-11
Quality Control....................................................... 2010-11
SUNY Cortland................................................2010
Offensive Line................................................................2010
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