John Lott (football coach)

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John Lott
Date of birth:	May 9, 1964 (1964-05-09) (age 44)
Place of birth:	Denton, Texas
Career information
Position(s):	Offensive tackle
College:	North Texas
Organizations
As player:
1987 1988	Pittsburgh Steelers New York Jets
Stats at NFL.com

John Lott (born May 9, 1964 in Denton, Texas) is a former American football offensive tackle who became most famous as a strength and conditioning coach for several National Football League teams and for being the coach at the bench reps session at the NFL Scouting Combine. His "soundtrack" is very popular and the NFL Network puts a microphone on him every during every workout.

He started as an offensive lineman for the University of North Texas and was named All-Conference twice and All-American his senior year. Lott was a team captain and was even the strongest man in school history. He played two seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Jets before joining his alma mater at North Texas to oversee the eleven Varsity programs. In 1991 he was named strength and conditioning coach for the University of Houston where he stayed until 1996. A year later he was hired by the New York Jets where he was the strength and conditioning coach for eight seasons, from 1997 until 2004. He worked with Ken Whisenhunt on the Jets team in 2000. Whisenhunt is now the head coach of the Arizona Cardinals. From 2005–2006 he was the strength and conditioning coach for the Cleveland Browns before being hired by the Cardinals in 2007.