Off-season & In-season Speed Training with Kyle Bolton, Oregon Football Director of Speed & Performance

In this episode, Les Spellman sits down with Kyle Bolton, Oregon Football Director of Speed & Performance, to break down how a top program actually builds, measures, and keeps speed all year long. They get into Oregon’s offseason blueprint, GPS and testing, how they balance Big Ten size with real game speed, and what NIL + the transfer portal mean for today’s strength/speed coaches. Kyle also shares what separates college speed work from combine prep and what athletes should be doing now if they want a shot at the league later.

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Episode Timestamps

• 00:00 – Intro & Kyle’s path to Oregon
• 02:30 – Building Oregon’s offseason speed plan
• 07:15 – Testing, GPS, and making data actually useful
• 12:00 – Getting bigger for the Big Ten without losing speed
• 21:30 – In-season speed, “go” drills, and game-speed standards
• 35:15 – Fastest dudes on the team & what they’re hitting
• 42:25 – NIL, coaching future, and where the job is headed
• 55:25 – Combine prep vs college speed & advice to athletes