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Bill Foran accepts the NSCA 2017 Professional Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year award

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Bill Foran, MS, CSCS, RSCC*E was named the NSCA's 2017 Professional Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year. Coach Foran is the fourth recipient of the award, which has been handed out since 2014. A Strength and Conditioning Coach since 1978, Foran began his career with three years at the high school level, and then spent nine years at the college level before joining the professional ranks with the Miami Heat where he has been for the last 28 years.

A graduate of Central Michigan University, Foran earned a dual degree in Physical Education and Health Education in 1977 and his Master’s Degree in exercise physiology from Michigan State University in 1981. Bill is the former president and co-founder of the National Basketball Conditioning Coaches Association (NBCCA) and a published author.  He is the main author of three books titled “Condition the NBA Way”, “NBA Power Conditioning”, and “Complete Conditioning for Basketball”. Bill was also the sole editor of “High Performance Sports Conditioning.”

While at the University of Miami, Bill was part of the 1987 Football National Championship and prepared the team for the 1989 National Championship. Foran has also been part of three NBA Championships in 2006, 2012 and 2013.

Additionally, Bill was named as the 2009 Co-NBA Strength Coach of the Year, sharing the title with Dwight Daub of the Oklahoma City Thunder. The award, in its inaugural year, was voted on by the fellow NBA Strength and Conditioning Coaches. In 2014, Bill was inducted into the USA Strength and Conditioning Coaches Hall of Fame.

For more info about strength and conditioning, visit https://www.nsca.com.

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