POCATELLO, Idaho – November 18, 2019 - The Idaho State Athletics Department has received a multi-year commitment from Bingham Healthcare in support of the strength and conditioning program.
In its first year, this commitment will provide $100,000 to the athletic department to support the addition of an assistant strength coach to the strength and conditioning staff. It will cover additional costs such as certification, professional development and required continuing education for the strength coaching staff.
"The Bingham Healthcare Strength and Conditioning Program is of critical importance to the health, well-being and enhanced performance of student-athletes," said Athletic Director
Pauline Thiros. "This gift will touch every one of them, impact every team, and will elevate the level of competitive performance and safety. It will help place Idaho State Athletics on a more level playing field with our competitors."
Prior to this commitment, Idaho State athletics employed only one strength and conditioning coach for over 300 student-athletes and 15 athletic programs, placing the Bengals soundly at the bottom of the Big Sky in terms of strength staff. Now Coach
Dan Ryan and his soon-to-be assistant will be able to provide better care and more individualized attention to all the student-athletes.
"This is huge for the Idaho State strength program," Ryan said. "I am excited for this gift as it will allow us to continue to enhance the performance and training of our student-athletes. This will let us continue to make improvements to ensure that we have a high-level training facility."
"We are grateful and humbled to support the athletics program at Idaho State, which has played such a significant role in the lives of so many Idahoans throughout the years," said Jake Erickson, CEO of Bingham Healthcare. "Our gift is a testament to the leadership and vision of
Pauline Thiros, as well as
Dan Ryan and his team. As the official team doctors of Idaho State Athletics, our orthopedic and sports medicine team is looking forward to this on-going collaboration. Our first priority is always to ensure Idaho State's athletes are kept safe and have the best medical coverage in case of an injury during a game or practice."
This gift represents a significant step forward for Bengal Athletics, according to Thiros, "This type of support is critical to our efforts to build the athletic program the community wants. We need to grow in these partnerships, and I am grateful to Bingham for their willingness to invest in student-athletes."
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About Bingham Healthcare
Bingham Healthcare is a non-profit health system located in East Idaho. As the largest network of doctors, surgeons, and specialists in the region, their services include a growing number of hospitals, surgery centers, and physician offices in Idaho Falls, Ammon, Shelley, Blackfoot, Chubbuck, and Pocatello, Idaho.
In addition, Regence Blue Shield of Idaho and Blue Cross recognizes Bingham Healthcare Orthopedics as a Blue Distinction® Center for higher quality knee and hip replacement surgeries, as part of the Blue Distinction Specialty Care program. Blue Distinction Centers are nationally designated healthcare facilities that show expertise in delivering improved patient safety and better health outcomes, based on objective measures that were developed with input from the medical community.
For more information, visit
www.binghamhealthcare.org or call (208) 785-4100.
