Page 61 - Toledo Football Media Guide - 2012

THE COACHES 61

JohnWalters

Head Football Athletic Trainer

JohnWalters is in his second year as the head athletic trainer for the football program at the University of Toledo.

Walters spent the 2009-10 seasons as

an assistant athletic trainer at Auburn, where he worked

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RudyWade

Director of Football Strength and Conditioning

Rudy Wade is in his second year as the football strength and conditioning coach at the University of Toledo. His eforts on a daily

basis have helped the Rockets improve physically on almost every level.

primarily with the 2010 national champion Tigers’ football team.

A native of Dearborn Heights, MI, Walters earned his bachelor’s degree in sports medicine from Central Michigan in 2005 andhismaster’s degree fromGeorgia State in 2007. He began his career as an intern at Auburn in 2005, then worked as a graduate assistant at Georgia Tech before becoming the head athletic trainer at Huntingdon College in Montgomery, AL in 2007.

Wade, a 2001 graduate of Ball State, previously was the strength and conditioning coach at UW-Green Bay from 2004-11. He coordinated the strength and conditioning programs for all 16 Phoenix sports. He also spent one season as an assistant strength coach at Marquette, one year as an intern at Notre Dame and two years as a graduate assistant at Bowling Green, where he earned his master’s degree in education. Wade is a native of Indianapolis.

Wade and his wife Julie have two children, Connor (4) and Myla (2).