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Jonas Sahratian, (pronounced suh-RAY-shun) strength and conditioning coordinator for the Kansas Jayhawk men's basketball team for the past five years, is in his first year with the University of North Carolina athletic department. Sahratian will coordinate strength and conditioning for men's basketball and also works with the swimming and diving team. He worked with Carolina head coach Roy Williams in Lawrence from January 1999 to April 2003. In 2003-04, he worked with KU coach Bill Self and also coordinated strength and conditioning for the volleyball, swimming and diving teams. A native of Detroit, Mich., Sahratian graduated from Western Michigan University in 1997 with a bachelor of science degree in exercise science. In 2000, he received his master's in exercise physiology from Kansas. In addition to working with Kansas athletics, Sahratian interned for two years at the Chicago Bulls/Vermeil's Sports and Fitness in Deerfield, Ill. He worked there during the Bulls' NBA championship seasons in 1996-97 and 1997-98. Sahratian is a certified strength and conditioning specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association and a certified club coach through USA Weightlifting. |
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