Todd Barbour took over the Cougars' Strength and Conditioning department in September of 2019 as WSU's Assistant Director of Athletics for Strength and Conditioning. The long-time strength coach came to Washington State after an 11-year stint as the head of Strength & Conditioning for Olympic Sports at the University of Arkansas.
During his time with the Razorbacks, Barbour led a staff of six strength coaches that over saw 16 Olympic sports and over 300 student-athletes. Barbour was in charge of developing all aspects of Arkansas performance training, creating sport specific conditioning, speed, and strength programs for the 16 programs. In addition to his duties as the head of the department, Barbour was a member of the university's Performance Team, Diversity Committee, Eating Disorder Management Team, and the NSCA Board of Directors.
Prior to taking over Arkansas' Olympic Sport strength program, Barbour spent five years at Oregon State University as an assistant strength and condition coach. While in Corvallis, Barbour was the number one assistant for the Beavers' football team while also working as the head strength and conditioning coach for the Baseball, Softball, and Men's and Women's golf teams. He was charged with designing and implementing all aspects of the sport specific conditioning, Strength, Power, Linear Speed, Multi-directional Speed, Energy system development, Regeneration, Post injury reconditioning for all four teams.
Outside of his work collegiately, Barbour also was the Co-Founder and Director of the Performance & Wellness Institute from 2004-08 in Greely, Colo. The institute specialized in designing, developing, and implementing the principals for fitness, regeneration, rehabilitation, and pre-habilitation for individuals seeking to better their athletic performance. In addition, Barbour developed and implemented, with The Point Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinical Director Scott Kasola, protocols for orthopedic evaluations, injury screens, athletic consults, emergency procedures, “Performance inhibitors”, and post-surgical workout evaluations with Scott Kasola and Dr. Thomas J. Pazik.
Barbour is certified as a strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association, along with being a Registered Strength and Conditioning Coach (RSCC*D) with distinction and was awarded the NSCA’s highest distinction the Registered Strength and Conditioning Coach with Emeritus (RSCC*E) in January of 2023. He also holds the Speed and Agility Coach Certification through the National Sports Performance Association, and USA Weightlifting Level 1 certification and is on the State of Washington Board of Directors for the NSCA.
Barbour and his wife Angie are both graduates of the University of Idaho where they each lettered in Track and Field. The couple has three children, Tysen, Ayden, and Tanner.
