Marshall University Athletics
Football
Ashford, Ben
Ben Ashford
- Title:
- Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Performance
- Email:
- ashfordb@marshall.edu
- Phone:
- -----
Ashford began his first season as Marshall's Director of Sports Performance in 2021.
Ashford comes to Huntington from Samford, where he served as director of football strength and conditioning for six years.
Ashford developed and implemented year-round training protocols for Samford’s football student-athletes, and he oversaw the football strength and conditioning and nutrition staff. He planned and managed budgets for football strength and conditioning and performance nutrition.
Additionally, Ashford worked with athletic training to implement alternative strength programs for injured athletes. He also designed, implemented and led an ongoing drug and alcohol monitoring and recovery program.
Prior to coming to Samford, Ashford worked as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at the University of Alabama from 2013 to 2015, serving as the strength and conditioning coach for baseball and men’s tennis. He was a strength and conditioning intern at Alabama from 2012 to 2013.
Ashford earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Auburn University in 2004. He then earned a master’s in human performance from Alabama in 2013.
Ashford comes to Huntington from Samford, where he served as director of football strength and conditioning for six years.
Ashford developed and implemented year-round training protocols for Samford’s football student-athletes, and he oversaw the football strength and conditioning and nutrition staff. He planned and managed budgets for football strength and conditioning and performance nutrition.
Additionally, Ashford worked with athletic training to implement alternative strength programs for injured athletes. He also designed, implemented and led an ongoing drug and alcohol monitoring and recovery program.
Prior to coming to Samford, Ashford worked as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at the University of Alabama from 2013 to 2015, serving as the strength and conditioning coach for baseball and men’s tennis. He was a strength and conditioning intern at Alabama from 2012 to 2013.
Ashford earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Auburn University in 2004. He then earned a master’s in human performance from Alabama in 2013.
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