Moderating: Olympic Sports Strength & Conditioning Roundtable - Track & Field
Chris serves as Director of Athletic Performance for Olympic Sports and additionally oversees the Track and Field and Men’s and Women’s Golf programs, as well as organizing the Baylor Athletics Performance Clinic.
Prior to Baylor, Ruf served as an Assistant Strength Coach at South Florida (USF). While at USF, Ruf also worked at Rich Lansky's OPTI as a strength coach and assisted with Team Florida Gulf Coast Weightlifting. Prior to USF, Ruf spent eight seasons at Iowa State University as an Assistant Strength Coach with their football program. During that time, ISU went to five bowl games and won the first two bowl games in school history.
Ruf received Bachelor's degrees in health and physical education with an athletic training minor from Luther College where he played football. He received his Master's in exercise science from Iowa State in 2003. Ruf is certified by the National Strength and Conditioning Association and the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association. In the Spring of 2016 Ruf became a Master Strength & Conditioning Coach (MSCC).
