Arizona Cardinals Strength Staff Updates

0:00On April 3rd, the Arizona Cardinals finally dropped their strength in conditioning staff updates on Thursday, right before the offseason program. Kicks off. Shay Thompson is sticking around as director of football performance, and they promoted Kyle Sammons to lead strength coach after parting ways with. Evan Marcus, who came in last year with head coach Jonathan Ganon, Sammons was already on the team as assistant and sports science coordinator since 2023, so this feels like a smooth, internal move. They also let go of three assistants, Mark Naylor, Jason Bengoach, and Evergatheron, while keeping Buddy Morris as senior reconditioning coordinator. For injured players, to fill those spots, they brought in Matt King, Rich Pruitt, and Aaron Sanchez as assistant strength coaches. Sanchez will team up more with Morris on reconditioning. All three are fresh to the NFL, coming from college programs, with Sammons having stints at Nevada and Washington before joining the cards. These guys bring solid college pedigrees.

1:00King spent 14 years, most recently at Michigan State. Pruitt worked 11 years at North Georgia then. Three at Exos and Phoenix training pros, and Sanchez overlapped with Sammons at Washington and Seattle University. No big shake up, just targeted tweaks. This announcement lines up perfectly with last year's April 1st reveal, so the cards are geared up and ready to build strength heading into the offseason grind. We've been listening to NFL News today, AI-powered football coverage.