Laramie, Wyo. (Jan. 4, 2018) -- Eric Donoval has been named the Associate Director of Sports Performance for Football at the University of Wyoming.  Donoval comes to Wyoming from Louisiana State University and will join the staff of new Director of Sports Performance Ben Iannacchione, with whom he worked at LSU.
     
Donoval was an Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach for the LSU football program from 2013-17, and also served as the Head Strength Coach for women's volleyball at LSU.  He worked directly in training the Tiger defensive backs and wide receivers.  Donoval also created and taught the speed workouts for the entire Tiger football team.  He was the head of the Polar GPS monitoring system utilized by LSU football to monitor and evaluate student-athletes' physical activity during both training sessions and competitions.  He worked with the highly respected strength and conditioning coach, Tommy Moffitt, at LSU.
    
Prior to becoming a full-time assistant at LSU, Donoval served as a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach for the Tigers starting in the fall of 2010 through 2012.  He worked with the sports of football and baseball as a graduate assistant, while serving as the head strength coach for both women's volleyball and men's golf.  He began at LSU as an intern in the summer of 2010, working with football and baseball. 
      
During his time at LSU, the Tigers won the Cotton Bowl at the conclusion of the 2010 season.  LSU played in the BCS National Championship game following the 2011 season, finishing as the national runner-up to Alabama.  In 2012, LSU appeared in the Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl.  The Tigers won the Outback Bowl following the 2013 season, and appeared in the Music City Bowl in 2014.  LSU captured the Texas Bowl Championship in 2015, won the Buffalo Wild WIngs Citrus Bowl in 2016 and appeared in the Citrus Bowl following the 2017 season.
     
Donoval was a student strength and conditioning coach and mentor at his alma mater, Wisconsin-La Crosse, from January 2008 to April 2010 while completing his undergraduate degree.
    
He was an accomplished college running back and return specialist at Wisconsin-La Crosse, earning First Team All-Conference honors as a return specialist and Honorable Mention All-Conference honors as a running back as a senior in 2008.  Donoval was named his team's MVP in 2008, and also earned Honorable Mention All-Conference honors as a return specialist as a junior in 2007.  He lettered in football all four years (2005-08) at Wisconsin-La Crosse.  He also lettered in track and field his freshman year of college before giving up that sport to focus on football.  He competed in the 100 meters, 200 meters, 4 x 100-meter relay and 4 x 200-meter relay.
    
Following his college career, Donoval played football for the Wisconsin Wolfpack of the Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL) in Madison, Wis., from January 2009 to April 2010.  He was a starting running back and slot receiver for the Wolfpack.  Donoval led the CIFL in rushing and was a league MVP nominee in 2010.
    
The Sheboygan, Wis., native completed his bachelor's degree in exercise and sport science with a concentration in strength and conditioning from Wisconsin-La Crosse in 2010.  He received his master's degree in kinesiology and sport pedagogy from LSU in 2012.
    
Donoval began his new position at Wyoming on Jan. 4, 2018.