Chad Traver is in his fourth year as an Assistant Football Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Cougars.
Traver joined Washington State from Ole Miss and after spending the 2015 season as the Director of Coliseum – Assistant Strength and Conditioning coach for the University of Southern Mississippi. At Southern Miss, Traver oversaw the training programs for men’s basketball, women’s basketball and volleyball programs in addition to assisting with the speed training of the football program.
Traver spent the 2014 season as a volunteer assistant football strength coach at the University of Mississippi. Prior to Ole Miss, Traver worked as an intern with the Washington State football strength program in 2014 and again in 2015. He began his career as a graduate assistant at the University of Louisiana – Monroe (2008-09) and later worked at Augustana College (2010-13) and Morningside College (2013-14).
Traver was a two-sport athlete at the University of Sioux Falls in football and wrestling, earning his bachelor’s degree in exercise science in 2008. He earned his master’s degree in applied exercise physiology at Louisiana-Monroe in 2010.
