Brad Roll was named the Browns’ Strength and Conditioning coach on January 17, 2013. He brings 32 years of coaching experience, including 19 seasons in the NFL.
Roll spent 2012 as the assistant strength and conditioning coach (football) at the University of Southern California, following stops on the professional level with the Oakland Raiders (2008-11), St. Louis Rams (2006-07), Buffalo Bills (2004-05), Miami Dolphins (1996-2003) and Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1993-95). He was the head strength and conditioning coach in Tampa Bay, Buffalo and Oakland.
Brad Roll was named the Browns’ Strength and Conditioning coach on January 17, 2013. He brings 32 years of coaching experience, including 19 seasons in the NFL.
Roll spent 2012 as the assistant strength and conditioning coach (football) at the University of Southern California, following stops on the professional level with the Oakland Raiders (2008-11), St. Louis Rams (2006-07), Buffalo Bills (2004-05), Miami Dolphins (1996-2003) and Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1993-95). He was the head strength and conditioning coach in Tampa Bay, Buffalo and Oakland.
He was the strength and conditioning coach at the University of Miami (Fla.) from 1989-92, where he helped the Hurricanes capture two National Championships. Prior to that, Roll was at the University of Kanas for two seasons (1987-88) where he worked with the Jayhawks’ 1988 National Championship basketball team. Roll spent six years (1981-86) at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette after spending one season (1980) at his alma mater, Stephen F. Austin State University.
A native of Houston, Roll played center at Blinn (Texas) Junior College and Stephen F. Austin State. He was a team captain during his final two seasons at Stephen F. Austin, earning both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education while attending. He also studied at the Moscow (Russia) Sports Institute during the summers of 1985 and 1986, as well as with the German Olympic weightlifting coaching and training staff in Leipzig (Germany) in 1987. From 1998-2011, he served on the executive committee of the NFL Coaches Association. In 2003, Roll was inducted into the professional category of the USA Strength and Conditioning Coaches Hall of Fame. In 2005, he was inducted into Stephen F. Austin State Ring of Honor.
Brad Roll’s Coaching Background:
1980 Stephen F. Austin State University, graduate assistant
1981-86 University of Louisiana-Lafayette, strength and conditioning coach
1987-88 University of Kansas, strength and conditioning coach
1989-92 University of Miami (Fla.), strength and conditioning coach
1993-95 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, strength and conditioning coach
1996-2003 Miami Dolphins, assistant strength and conditioning coach
2004-05 Buffalo Bills, strength and conditioning coach
2006-07 St. Louis Rams, assistant strength and conditioning coach
2008-11 Oakland Raiders, strength and conditioning coach
2012 University of Southern California, assistant strength and conditioning coach
2013- Cleveland Browns, strength and conditioning coach
