You know, you guys will fall in love with this guy.
And he's more important than me or all the assistant coaches
'cause he's the one you're with all the time.
Wilson. All right, guys. I'm honored to be here.
I'm so honored to get started
and work in this program with you guys.
I grew up in this conference.
I grew up as a kid wanting to be the best version of me,
but my job is to help get you there.
I'm going to do whatever it takes to get you there.
But now let's talk the present, what we're going to create.
We do Olympic lifting. We do the power cleans.
We do all that. We do the sprint mechanics.
We focus a lot on individual specific position groups
when it comes to your training. All that.
The most important thing, guys, is mindset.
What's it going to be, man? What do you want to create?
While the arrival of the Lane Train
brought a lot of eyes to the head coach,
his supporting staff know how to bring the party to the 'Sip.
[Speaking gibberish].
Got to tone it down a little bit.
[Speaking gibberish]. Let's get it.
And Head Strength and Conditioning Coach Wilson
Love does not know the words "Tone it down."
Now it's the main event, right here, right now.
Man, the Wilson Love weight room
is the craziest thing you can imagine.
You know, we're in there, rowdy.
We're in there jumping up and down, high energy,
just getting after it.
When you're in the weight room with Wilson
Love, you better be ready for a show.
Ready? Breakdown. Drive. Drive.
It's time to break something. Break something.
I honestly don't know if anybody can get up
to the energy level of Wilson Love.
It's pretty hard. He's ramped up every day.
Every time I walk in, I hear him screaming, it's kind of good.
[Blowing whistle].
[Screaming]. Take a knee.
Take a knee. Take a knee. Let's get it. It's a party.
[Blows whistle]. We got two more things.
It's a damn party, guys. First one's in place.
We got 180 hip turns as fast as you can, in place.
Fast, fast. His party starts at four A.M.
every day, while most of us are still sleeping.
So, um, you know, it's hard to say
you're going to have this energy and, you know, this program
the way that we talk about it if it doesn't start down there.
Like, if there's an energy meter, like, I promise you,
it would be the same no matter what mood he is in,
same exact energy mode every single day.
Someone can look on the outside and be like,
"Well, he probably doesn't keep that up all day."
And I can walk in the hallway and...
[Screaming].
That's the energy you want.
That's the energy like, man, I'm ready to work.
And if you have the energy, you're like, shoot, I feel good,
I'm energized,
my body's excited, let me go work,
and then you end up working extremely hard.
But you're having fun doing it. Don't be scared now, offense.
Don't be scared now, offense. I love it.
[Barking].
It's just who I am, you know.
There's not, like, a faking it thing, like,
"Oh, strength coach is going to be crazy."
No, I'm like this when I go eat supper at the house,
when I'm cooking, you know. This is who you are.
[Screaming].
I mean, of course, you know,
he's going to come out there and bring the energy,
but as soon as he taps into the weight room,
it's like a switch go off.
You know, he's focused on everything,
your angles, you know, mobility, just everything.
So, he's a really good coach. Other knee back.
Other knee back. Inside knee down.
Inside knee down. Shoulders back. Shoulders back.
Hips. Hips.
I saw your feet go like that. It's right here.
It's normal. It's normal. Hey, scoot that a tad back.
Do you need a pad for your foot or is it fine? Coach
Love always comes up and checks on me,
come and asks how I thought about the workout,
how I felt about what it worked, how it worked,
did it do what he wanted, how -- what it does to make us feel.
He continues to learn. He's very innovative.
He always wants input from coaches to combine
what he does in the weight room
with how each position moves specifically.
Is that too high? Feel that? That's probably good.
Good? You good? Just tight? Are you cramping?
He understands each position is different.
You're not all going to be doing the same exact lifts.
It is all, you know, movement-specific.
So, if you're a quarterback, you're not going to be doing
the same thing as the D-liners. You want to get faster,
this is how you get faster right here. Drive.
Get 1.5-plus. Let's go. Drive. Faster. Come on.
Hey, scoot back a tad bit more. You want to get that lean, okay?
Drive. Naturally, as a strength coach,
you can't get caught up in doing what the norm is.
I mean, end of the day,
you got to see what's best for the football player.
There's reasons to it why we do certain things,
why a D lineman needs this,
why a wide receiver needs certain things.
If you don't train them for the football player they are,
I mean, you're not making them a better player.
[Whistle blows].
From their first meeting,
Wilson Love made it clear that being a better player
was not only applicable on the field.
The first thing he ever told us when we got here is he gave us
a list of all their numbers, him and his assistants, said,
"If y'all ever need anything, call us.
You know, 24/7, we're available."
But, man, know this, I'm not just your strength coach.
If you ever need anything, I'll be the first one there.
And Coach is going to bring his staff, it's the same way,
'cause we ain't in it for all this other stuff.
We in it for y'all.
He really does care about all of his players,
not only in the aspect of developing us
but, hey, like, what can you do off the field
that makes you a better person. It's not just about being crazy.
That's not what strength coaching is.
It's about teaching the kids, guiding the kids,
but, more importantly, serving the kids,
making sure they know what they got to do every single day.
Shame on me if I can't teach a kid how to do a lift,
how to do a running technique, how to jump properly,
cut properly, because that's my job.
But also more shame on me if I can't help a kid off the field.
I love Coach Wilson. He asks me about my son almost every day.
He asks me about how am I doing, you know. He just keep in touch.
We keeping close bases, man, you know. He's a good dude.
He's a funny guy, you know. Every time you see him,
he going to say something funny or just be like, "What's up?"
You know, he going to make conversation with you
and just make you feel comfortable with him.
Man, stop playing with me like that, bro.
Man, stop playing with me, bro.
Try me. Do what you do. Try.
Try. Do what you do.
Get a little pep in your step, playa.
Get a little pep in your step, girl.
Yo, you about that life? Girl, you ain't ready.
Girl, you ain't ready. Good? Keep your head up. All right?
Come talk to me sometime, okay? How bad you want it?
You want to be great? You want to be great?
You don't want to just be a number.
Be a dude now. [Blows whistle].
Them as a person comes first. Football comes after that.
So, I always want them to know, like,
you have somebody here for you, if it's one o'clock
in the morning, anytime, it doesn't matter.
The door is always open for you to show them guys,
like, we're not just here to coach you.
We're here to be there for you. He's like a big brother.
You just -- it's still "Yes, sir,"
"No, sir," but I know he has my best interest
and the whole team's best interest,
and he truthfully loves all of us
and wants the best for us.
I spend more time with these kids
than your actual family members. And they become your family.
So, shame on me if we're not going to help get you right,
because we truly do love these kids.
So, make it a blessing. We here, right, Elijah?
We here, right, Jay Jones? We here.
God gave us another day, Tisdale.
So, by God, don't -- who cares about tomorrow?
We're here.
[Crowd cheering].
[Cross-talking].
Fourth quarter, baby. This team got fight.
So much fight.
I love these kids, man. You got to love what you do, man.
You know, my last name's Love, but, at the same time, it's real
because every single day, like, I tell my wife how blessed I am
just to serve these kids, just to be around those kids.
They're an incredible group of guys.
Like, it's the best job in the world.
You cannot beat it. And that's why I love it,
because there's so many people that wish they could have this.
There's so many people that can't have this,
that can't do things they want to do in life.
I'm blessed to be able to do this.
And I'm going to make the best of it.
[Music fades out].