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2016 MEDIA GUIDE
Raimond Braithwaite
Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach
12th Year at Iowa
Raimond Braithwaite is in his 12th year as
assistant strength and conditioning coach
with the University of Iowa football program.
Braithwaite was a member of the Iowa staff
from 2002-04 and rejoined the Hawkeye
program after serving as the head strength and
conditioning coach at Delaware State (2005-07).
The Hawkeyes posted a perfect 12-0 regular season record in
2015, winning the West Division of the Big Ten Conference. Iowa
participated in the 2016 Rose Bowl following a last-minute loss to
Michigan State (16-13) in the Big Ten championship game and ended
the season in the top 10 in the national rankings.
Iowa has participated in January bowl games the past three
seasons, including the 2014 Outback Bowl, the 2015 TaxSlayer Bowl
and the 2016 Rose Bowl. The Hawkeyes have ranked in the final top
10 of both major polls five times in the past 14 seasons.
Iowa has appeared in nine January bowl games since 2001 and
have recorded January bowl wins over Florida (2004 Outback), LSU
(2005 Capital One), South Carolina (2009 Outback) and Georgia Tech
(2010 Orange).
Iowa has won 116 games over the past 14 seasons, including 69
Big Ten games. Along with the 2015 division title, the Hawkeyes
earned a share of the Big Ten title in both 2002 and 2004 and tied
for second in 2009. Iowa has finished in the Big Ten’s first division in
13 of the past 15 years.
At Delaware State, Braithwaite helped lead the Hornets to a 25-9
record in three seasons. In 2007, Delaware State finished 10-2, the
best season in school history. The Hornets also won the Mid-Eastern
Athletic Conference with a perfect 8-0 record. Delaware State was
ranked as high as eighth during the season and finished the season
ranked 15th after a loss to Delaware in the first round of the playoffs.
Delaware State was 7-4 in 2005 and 8-3 in 2006.
Braithwaite assisted in opening a new 10,000 square-foot weight
facility at Delaware State, which is one of the largest in the region.
Delaware State was coached by Al Lavan, who served on the
Baltimore Ravens staff with Iowa Coach Kirk Ferentz. Lavan finished
as the runner-up for national Coach of the Year honors in 2007.
Braithwaite first joined the Iowa football program after serving
as a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach at Florida
State University during the 2002 spring. Braithwaite worked with
the football and women’s golf teams at Florida State, where his
responsibilities included lifting technique instruction, organization
of football lifting groups, assisting in the administration of torso
development and dynamic warm-up to football lifting groups and
assisting in the maintenance of equipment in the weight room facility.
Braithwaite served as an intern at Florida State during the fall of
2001, assisting in the instruction of workout programs for various
FSU athletic teams, including football, softball and men’s and
women’s golf.
Braithwaite earned a bachelor’s degree in Sports Science from the
University of West Florida in 1999 and earned his master’s degree in
Science in Exercise Physiology from Florida State University in 2001.
Raimond is a certified member of the Collegiate Strength and
Conditioning Coaches Association (CSCCa).
Braithwaite competed in both football and basketball at New Berlin
Central HS in New Berlin, New York.
Raimond was born Nov. 11, 1977, in Queens, New York. Raimond
and his wife, Jenny, have three children, daughters Cameron and
Maxine, and a son, Conner.
STRENGTH & CONDITIONING STAFF
Justin Lima
Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach
Fourth Year at Iowa
Justin Lima is in his fourth year as an assistant
strength and conditioning coach with the
University of Iowa football program.
The Hawkeyes posted a perfect 12-0 regular
season record in 2015, winning the West
Division of the Big Ten Conference. Iowa
participated in the 2016 Rose Bowl following a
last-minute loss to Michigan State (16-13) in the Big Ten championship
game and ended the season in the top 10 in the national rankings.
Iowa has participated in January bowl games the past three
seasons, including the 2014 Outback Bowl, the 2015 TaxSlayer Bowl
and the 2016 Rose Bowl. The Hawkeyes have ranked in the final top
10 of both major polls five times in the past 14 seasons.
Lima joined the Iowa staff from the University of Maryland, where
he worked with the Terrapin football team for two seasons, assisting
the Terrapins to a bowl eligible season his final year.
Lima is a strength and conditioning coach (SCCC) certified through
the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association, and a
Level 1 Exercise Nutrition Coach (Pn1) through Precision Nutrition.
Lima attended Bridgewater State University, where he played
offensive line for four years. Justin earned his bachelor’s degree in
criminal justice and master’s degree in Strength and Conditioning,
both from Bridgewater State.
While working on his master’s degree he served internships at
Harvard University and the University of Iowa. Lima worked with the
Hawkeye football program in the summer of 2012.
Lima was born May 23, 1987, and is a native of Mashpee,
Massachusetts. His wife’s name is Megan, and the couple resides
in Coralville.
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