UConn Strength and Conditioning Coordinator Matt Balis leads the team through stretching drills before practice number five on August 6, 2014.

UConn Strength and Conditioning Coordinator Matt Balis leads the team through stretching drills before practice number five on August 6, 2014.

Having been around the UConn Huskies football program since Bob Diaco was hired, the other major thing noticeable besides the change in culture is the difference in the players after the season and now.

The reason behind that is strength and conditioning coordinator Matt Balis.

He has literally reshaped the players bodies. Honestly, if you saw some of them in January and bumped into them now, you’d be shocked.

Watch below as the players talk about Balis as well as Balis’ reaction to what QB Tim Boyle had to say about him.