Russ Buller II Bio
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Russ Buller enters his fifth season as the strength and conditioning coach at Tulane but begins his first campaign as the Wave's Director of Strength and Conditioning (Olympic Sports). Buller will head up the strength and conditioning efforts for baseball, men's and women's tennis.
Buller has seen the strength and conditioning efforts from the perspective of an athlete and coach, competing in track and field while an undergraduate at LSU while earning his Bachelors of Science degree in Exercise Physiology.
The Westlake, La. native enjoyed a very successful career, starting with his time at LSU and finishing in 2008 with a fourth place showing at the USA Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore. From 2000-08, Buller was a member of the USA National Team and ranked among the top-10 pole vaulters in the World, reaching the #3 ranking in 2006. That season, he won the USA Outdoor championship with a vault of 5.80-meters (19'1"), defeating reigning Olympic silver medalist Toby Stevenson for the title.
Three times an Olympic Trials finalist, Buller was an alternate on the 2008 USA Olympic Team. He competed at such international competitions as the Track and Field World Cup, Pan American Games, the World University Games and the World Championships. Buller's best international finish came at the 2003 Pan American Games where he took the silver medal.
While a collegiate at LSU, Buller won a pair of Penn Relay Championships - becoming just the second man to clear 18-feet at the prestigious event - and claimed All-American honors five times in the event. He left LSU in 2000 as the NCAA Indoor (5.80m) and Outdoor (5.71m) Champion, school record holder and claimed a pair of SEC Indoor titles and four SEC Outdoor championships. A two-time All-American sprinter, as well, Buller ran the lead leg on a pair of NCAA bronze medal 4x100-meter relay squads. In the classroom, he was an LSU Dean's List and Directors Cup Award winner, while also earning a spot on the SEC Academic Honor Roll during his time in the Purple and Gold.
His professional career has included stops as the Head Track and Field coach and Strength coach at McNeese State University and a resident athlete/volunteer strength, speed and conditioning coach at the USA Olympic Training Center in San Diego. Buller also spent time as the assistant strength and conditioning coach for the San Diego Padres Organization. He has continued to worked as the director of fitness, nutrition and wellness for "Cooking Light Magazine's" Lifestyle Cruises publication that is produced by Time, Inc.
Buller received his Bachelors of Science degree in Exercise Physiology from LSU. Buller resides in New Orleans with his wife, Dr. Dana Ellis-Buller, a former Olympic pole vaulter, who is in her second year of residency in Dermatology at Tulane, and their daughter, Zoë Blayze Buller, who was born Feb 2, 2013.
Work Contact Info:
504-314-7222 Office
337-302-4573 Cell
rbuller@tulane.edu
Education:
Bachelor of Science, Exercise Physiology, Louisiana State University (LSU) 2001, Baton Rouge, LA
NSCA Registered Strength Conditioning Coach (RSCC)
NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialists (CSCS)
CPR/First Aid/AED
USA Track and Field Level I & II
| Past Experience: | |
| Tulane University, New Orleans, LA Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach | Sept 09-Present |
| Fitness and Nutrition Consultant for Time Inc./Cooking Light Magazine | 2002-Present |
| San Diego Padres Major League Baseball Organization, San Diego, CA Minor League Strength and Conditioning Coach (Seasonal) | 2008-2009 |
| USA Olympic Training Center, San Diego, CA Volunteer Strength, Speed, & Conditioning/Resident Athlete | 2005-2008 |
| McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA Head Track and Field Coach/Speed & Strength Coach Asst. Track and Field Coach | 2003-2005 2002-2003 |
| Louisiana State University (LSU), Baton Rouge, LA Volunteer Track and Field/Strength Coach | 2000-2001 |
