Star press Article on Neu

Goetz said that she wants to see more resources poured into the strength and conditioning department, and not just in regard to football. She said that there are only three full-time staff members for about 450 athletes. She didn’t want to draw a correlation between a thin strength and conditioning department and the number of injuries Ball State has had the last two football seasons, just that she thinks it is an area, along with nutrition, that the athletic department can improve upon to give its athletes better support.

During halftime of the season finale at Miami, Ball State president Geoffrey Mearns told a story on the radio broadcast about how Neu, in the immediate aftermath of a thrilling overtime win over Western Michigan, didn’t go straight into the locker room to celebrate. Instead, he waited on the field until the marching band finished playing so he could greet them and thank them for their support on such a cold night. He was the only coach left on the field.