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Purdue Basketball Names Braden Welsh the Director of Strength and Conditioning

Braden Welsh was named the Purdue basketball program's strength and conditioning coach on Tuesday. He spent the last two seasons at Temple following a sting with IMG Academy.

D.J. Fezler

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue basketball coach Matt Painter announced Tuesday morning that Braden Welsh was hired to serve as the team's strength and conditioning coach. 

Welsh spent the last two seasons at Temple and helped the Owls earn wins over USC, Texas A&M, Davidson, Wichita State and UConn in his first year under coach Aaron McKie. 

“I am incredibly excited to lock arms with the best. Coach Painter and the Purdue Basketball program have a great reputation for winning and doing things the right way,” Welsh said in a release. “I look forward to working with this program and preparing them for a deep run in the 2021-22 season.”

Before arriving at Temple, Welsh spent two years at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, as the physical strength and conditioning coach. His responsibilities included programming, delivery and scheduling for all 14 of the school's basketball teams. 

Before his time at IMG, Welsh was an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Illinois, primarily working with the men’s and women’s tennis teams. He also helped assist with the men’s and women’s basketball teams.

Welsh earned his bachelor’s degree in exercise science from Eastern Illinois in 2015,  and he has been a National Strength and Conditioning Association Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist since then. 

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D.J. Fezler is a staff writer for BoilermakersCountry.com. Hailing from The Region, he is from Cedar Lake in Northwest Indiana and has spent the last two years covering Purdue football and basketball. 

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