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Maximum Focus Maximum Results Carolina\'s Jerry Simmons is the 2003 Samson Pro Strength & Conditioning Coach of the Year by: David Purdum © More from this issue

Directly after Super Bowl XXXVIII, six parked buses sat out in front of the locker room area outside Reliant Stadium. Three for New England, three for Carolina. The Patriots had just won their second Super Bowl in three years. Adam Vinaterri’s 41-yard game-winning field goal capped off an exhausting fourth quarter that saw 37 points scored, 18 in the last three minutes. Carolina strength and conditioning coach Jerry Simmons, dejected, wandered outside. Slowly, the teams started to filter out and into the waiting buses.

“I watched (the Patriots’) players start to get on their bus,” remembered Simmons. “There was not a lot of talking and laughing and having a good time. They were exhausted. I think both ....The full article can only be seen by subscribers.
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