Boyd Epley Joins the Common Fans

Legendary Husker Strength and Conditioning Coach Boyd Epley joins the Common Fans to discuss how he went from a student athlete who was lifting weights to rehab an injury to becoming a nationally known pioneer in the strength and conditioning field. Enjoy Boyd's stories about being hired by Bob Devaney and Tom Osborne; Devaney telling him "if anyone gets slower, you're fired;" Osborne's pursuit of every possible advantage for his team; and Devaney later calling him the best hire he ever made.
This and so much more in our wide ranging conversation with Boyd Epley.
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[@timdonnelly4771]

Amazing story, and really didn’t realize Boyd’s total impact on strength training. I started school at NU in 1978, and he was definitely the MAN on campus.👍💪🤩

[@TJBirkelGBR]

Thank you Tim! I learned a lot too, he is really a pioneer in the whole field. Hope you'll check out some other Common Fan episodes as well!

[@markevans1494]

Really enjoyed this. My senior year I was on the powerlifting team...it was a club sport I believe. Mike Arthur was a student-coach (he was a junior). What a lot of people don't know is that in 1977, in Des Moines, Mike broke the world deadlift record for the 132lb class. I was also in that meet, so I got to see him do it. 3 of us drove up to Des Moines together to do the meet there. If my memory is correct, Mike went to work for Boyd full-time upon graduation. I didn't even know what powerlifting was before I got to UNL, but it turned into a lifelong hobby. I still compete to this day and actually squat and deadlift more now as an old guy than I did then. Boyd kept his finger in powerlifting so say hello to him for me.

[@TJBirkelGBR]

Thanks Mark! That is a really cool story, thanks for sharing. Hope you'll check out some of our other episodes as well.

[@commonfanGBR]

Awesome stuff, thanks for sharing Mark. Hope you'll subscribe to our UA-cam channel and check out some other episodes as well. GBR 4 LIFE!

[@theohiopodcast]

Great story about Woody Hayes. You know I'm going to love that! Awesome interview my friends.

[@TJBirkelGBR]

Thanks so much!

[@commonfanGBR]

Thank you! We really enjoyed that one.