Enter Chuck Klingbeil.
The former Dolphins defensive tackle (1991-95) was in his second year on the coaching staff at Michigan Tech. Klingbeil led the D-line and was the strength and conditioning coach for a program with no tradition and little budget.
Klingbeil had worked under world-class power lifter John Gamble, who had been his strength coach with the Dolphins. He borrowed liberally from Gamble's program when it came to getting the small-school Huskies in football shape.
"I tried to bring that edge of toughness," Klingbeil says, "that you've got to work all through the whole year. It's not a three- or six-month deal. Joe really took advantage of it, and obviously he grew. He grew quite a bit."
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