It's all about team development at Penn State, and head coach James Franklin recently emphasized that point during a stop on the Coaches' Caravan.

It goes beyond preparing his student-athletes to be successful on the football field. For them it pertains to the classroom and for life beyond sports. It doesn't stop with the players, either, he said.

“That's the thing that I'm probably most proud of,” he said. “And when I talk about development I'm talking about the assistant coaches, I'm talking about the strength staff, I'm talking about the academic staff. I'm talking about the whole complete picture."

The latest example of team development comes from with inside the weight room in the Louis and Mildred Lasch Building under the tutelage of head strength and conditioning coach Dwight Galt III.

Penn State's Chuck Losey, an assistant director of performance, was recently honored as a master strength and conditioning coach by the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches association (CSCCa).

“This is an incredible honor for Chuck,” CSCCa executive director Dr. Chuck Stiggins said via press release. “Being named a Master strength and conditioning coach signifies a commitment to the student athlete, the Penn State university athletic program, and the strength and conditioning profession. We are honored to have Coach Losey as a member of our association and to have him join the ranks of the Master Strength and Conditioning Coaches. He is truly a model of an outstanding strength and conditioning professional.”

With the award, Losey joins a fraternity of 186 other strength and conditioning coaches to earn such recognition from the CSCCa. Three of them are employed by Penn State.

Losey joins Galt III and Nittany Lion football letterman Brad Pantall, who oversees strength and conditioning for the Lady Lions basketball team, as jacket winners..

Considered the highest honor in the S&C profession, Losey was awarded a blue jacket last week during a ceremony in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. His mentor, Galt III, was also his presenter.

Losey followed Galt III to Penn State after serving three years in the same position at Vanderbilt. A Vandy alumnus – he was a 31-game starter at defensive end for the Commodores from 1998-2002 – he joined Galt III's staff after a six-year stint at Tennessee State. There he was in charge of 11 men's and women's collegiate sports.