USC averaged fewer than 100 yards rushing per game in 2020, its lowest total since 2001. Running backs coach Mike Jinks knows the Trojans have to get better.Stiner, 35, spent the previous three seasons at Notre Dame working under acclaimed strength coach Matt Balis as the Irish finished 33-5 and had several players succeed at the NFL scouting combine.
Before the Irish, Stiner worked for one season as the assistant director of football performance at Cincinnati, where“His knowledge and passion for developing student-athletes to reach their full potential is well recognized by his peers and has made him a highly respected coach in the field,”said in a statement.
That system certainly worked at Notre Dame, where Irish coach Brian Kelly revamped the program’s strength and conditioning staff after a 4-8 finish in 2016. That’s when Stiner, who also worked at Florida International, Central Arkansas and Mississippi State, was hired.Stiner is the third strength and conditioning coach in four seasons for USC, which hired Ausmus in 2019 to replace Ivan Lewis, who left to lead the Seattle Seahawks’ strength and conditioning staff.
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