Bingham Makes Commitment to Athletics

The Idaho State Athletics Department has received a multi-year commitment from Bingham Healthcare in support of the strength and conditioning program.

In its first year, this commitment will provide $100,000 to the athletic department to support the addition of an assistant strength coach to the strength and conditioning staff.  It will cover additional costs such as certification, professional development and required continuing education for the strength coaching staff.

Prior to this commitment, Idaho State athletics employed only one strength and conditioning coach for over 300 student-athletes and 15 athletic programs, placing the Bengals soundly at the bottom of the Big Sky in terms of strength staff.  Now Coach Dan Ryan and his soon-to-be assistant will be able to provide better care and more individualized attention to all the student-athletes.

“This is huge for the Idaho State strength program,” Ryan said. “I am excited for this gift as it will allow us to continue to enhance the performance and training of our student-athletes. This will let us continue to make improvements to ensure that we have a high-level training facility.”

“We are grateful and humbled to support the athletics program at Idaho State, which has played such a significant role in the lives of so many Idahoans throughout the years,” said Jake Erickson, CEO of Bingham Healthcare. “Our gift is a testament to the leadership and vision of Pauline Thiros, as well as Dan Ryan and his team. As the official team doctors of Idaho State Athletics, our orthopedic and sports medicine team is looking forward to this on-going collaboration. Our first priority is always to ensure Idaho State’s athletes are kept safe and have the best medical coverage in case of an injury during a game or practice.”