Since 1976, Samson Equipment, Inc. has designed, manufactured, and sold heavy duty industrial-strength weight lifting equipment to top high schools, colleges, professional teams, health clubs, all five branches of the military, and recreation facilities all over North America, Europe, Asia, and the Caribbean.

Our equipment line includes a wide variety of free weight racks and benches as well as selectorized machines and plate loaded equipment.

Samson Equipment’s philosophy is derived from its roots. When Dave Schroeder was beginning his coaching career in the early 1970’s one of his basic foundations of conditioning was weight training. He was coaching at the High School level so funds for purchasing equipment were very limited, yearly budgets were tight. He began planning a weight room and decided to purchase equipment to fill the room so that by year five his room would be complete. He began his purchases with his limited budget but found that by year three the equipment he purchased in year one was already breaking and was in need of repair or replacement. He also had problems getting equipment repaired and sustained long periods of down time waiting for repairs to be completed. This interfered with his team training. He could not fulfill his five year plan to equip his room due to the poor quality of weight training equipment available on the market at the time. He saw a dire need for heavy duty and biomechanically sound weight training equipment designed specifically for the school market.

Samson’s philosophy is to manufacture the best heavy duty, industrial strength, affordable weight training equipment with the best warranty on the market.

We use only the best materials in our construction as shown on our website (see “Samson Difference”). Since we are customer oriented we strive to design our equipment to meet the customers changing needs which includes custom designs. We are a one stop shop company that will fulfill the customers needs from facility design to equipment installation on both large and small scale. Samson’s customer service is outstanding with little or no equipment down time. We always treat our customers with professionalism and fairness. Our customers can always trust and rely on Samson to get the job done right.

For more information call 1-800-472-6766 or visit www.samsonequipment.com

Bowling Green Falcons - Women’s Staff

Ask any coach in the country which staff deserves credit for consistently getting their team to overachieve and more likely than not Bowling Green’s staff will be mentioned. BasketballScoop staff posed just that question to over 10 coaches last week and nearly every one of them included Bowling Green in the conversation. “Their offense just keeps attacking and they constantly make adjustments on defense…they are just not much fun to try to beat” said one opposing coach. Another veteran of the game told us, “They shoot the three; but what really beats you is that they get to the line nearly 30 times a game.”

BasketballScoop believes head coach Curt Miller and his staff deserve credit for doing a great job. We spoke with coach Miller this week who said, “I’m really fortunate to have such a great staff. They are very loyal, in fact we’ve never lost a coach.” In speaking about associate head coach Jennifer Roos, Miller said, “Jennifer has to be one of the best basketball coaches in the country. On the court, she is like our defensive coordinator…she leads the huddle and makes all the adjustments. She also is the best manager of a program that I have ever seen.” Miller points out that the staff meets 2 or 3 times a day, they all contribute and all are part of every decision made. On assistant coach Brandi Poole, Miller adds, “Brandi is the best multi-tasker I’ve ever been around.” When asked about assistant coach Kevin Eckert Miller responded, “Kevin is a great basketball coach; and an incredible recruiter. He has developed relationships and opened doors that used to be closed to mid-majors. He’s the type of guy you want to have on your staff, dedicated and reliable.” Coach Miller is also quick to point out Monique Rosati, Basketball Operations, as being a very “instrumental” part of the staff. “She does an unbelievable job of taking care of things off the court.”

When BasketballScoop asked another well regarded opposing coach about coach Miller, he responded with, “Curt’s such a good guy that it’s hard not to root for him.” At 20-2 overall and 9-0 in conference we think that coach Miller is well deserving of the credit that he clearly has earned.

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Dr. Ron Bradley concluded his sixth year as the associate head coach with the Tiger men’s basketball program in 2008-09. He also serves as the team’s recruiting coordinator. Prior to his hire at Clemson in the summer of 2003, he served as the associate head coach at James Madison University for one season.

Bradley has had a positive impact on Clemson defensively during his six years with the school. He is credited with helping implement Clemson’s patented pressure defense.

Bradley served as a head coach for 16 years, five at Eastern Nazarene (1976-81) and 11 at Radford (1991-2002). He compiled a 289-175 record at those institutions, a .623 winning percentage. During his 16 years as a head coach, Bradley’s teams posted winning records 15 times, and won 20 or more games six times. In 10 different seasons his teams won at least 18 games.

Prior to his season at James Madison, Bradley coached at Radford University in Virginia for 12 seasons, including 11 as the head coach. He succeeded Oliver Purnell as the Radford head coach in 1991-92. During his 11 years as head coach, Bradley compiled a 193-124 (.609) record. He won four conference titles, and led the Highlanders to their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament in 1997-98. That season, Radford posted a 20-10 overall record, including a 10-2 mark in conference play, along with the Big South Conference Championship.
A native of Quincy, MA, Bradley played basketball at Eastern Nazarene under his father, Carroll. He was a three-time NAIA honorable mention All-America choice. He ranked sixth in the nation in scoring his sophomore year, and 15th as a junior.

Bradley was selected by the New York Nets in the American Basketball Association (ABA) draft in 1972 as a junior eligible. He played semi-professional basketball for three seasons before beginning his coaching career at Eastern Nazarene in 1976-77.