Updated: Sept. 2021Brad Roll serves as Tennessee’s sports performance coach for the volleyball and men’s tennis programs in addition to his duties as a performance analyst for all Olympic sports. He came to Rocky Top in July of 2016 and boasts more than 40 years of collegiate and NFL performance training experience.Roll is one of three sons born to Bill and Antoinette Roll. He was born in Houston, Texas, on July 4, 1958, and grew up there playing football and baseball and throwing the discus. His interest in strength and conditioning began with his high school offensive line coach, who stressed basic weightlifting movements and techniques. This coach had developed an extremely effective year-round strength and conditioning program at a time when most high school programs, and even many collegiate programs, did not have one.A talented football center, Roll earned a starting role at Blinn College in Brenham, Texas, and later transferred to Stephen F. Austin, where he started every game a...
