BLACKSBURG – Virginia Tech Athletics announced the addition of Brad Minter to the strength and conditioning staff for football as an assistant director on Monday. Minter joins an experienced group of performance coaches under the direction of Ben Hilgart, Associate AD for Strength & Conditioning.
Minter spent this past spring at Mercer where he was a strength and conditioning graduate assistant. At Mercer, he designed and conducted daily training programs for men's and women's soccer and track and field while assisting football and multiple other sports.
Prior to working at Mercer, Minter gained valuable knowledge and experience in two SEC weight rooms. The Hueytown, Ala. native started at the collegiate level at South Carolina, where he worked directly with the football program, before heading to LSU for the 2017 football season. In Baton Rouge, Minter also assisted the men's and women's basketball programs, tennis, golf, volleyball, softball and baseball.
Minter earned his degree in health science from Furman University in 2017 where he was also a member of the football team.
