Note: This story was originally published Jan. 24, 2018, and updated Jan. 28, 2018, when CSU football coach Mike Bobo acknowledged that strength coach Ryan Davis was leaving for Maryland.

Ryan Davis, the strength and conditioning coach for CSU’s football program for the past four seasons, has left to fill the same role at Maryland under new coach Mike Locksley.

Colorado State University coach Mike Bobo and Davis himself confirmed the move Monday night. It was first reported by the Coloradoan on Thursday, citing sources close to the CSU program who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Maryland had not yet announced the hire.

"I appreciate everything Ryan Davis has contributed in his four years of service to our football program and our student-athletes," Bobo said through a school spokesman. "He was one of the first hires I made when I came to Colorado State, and he has made a big impact on the development of the young men in this program. We wish him all the best with his new opportunity at Maryland."

Davis had posted a farewell message, thanking the CSU community for "allowing me to be a part of such a special place for the last 4 years."

Davis, who updated his Twitter profile to reflect his new position as the director of strength and conditioning for Maryland's football program, also thanked CSU athletic director Joe Parker, the Rams athletes he has worked with and Bobo. Working for Bobo, he said, "has made me a better teacher, a better coach, and most importantly a better man."

Davis, 34, is the second staffer to leave CSU’s football program this week. Cornerbacks coach Eric Lewis left after one year with the Rams to become the defensive backs coach at Boston College under coach Steve Addazio. Boston College formally announced his hiring Friday.

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Davis came to CSU as part of Bobo’s original CSU staff in January 2015. He had spent the previous three seasons at Samford, the last two as the head of strength and conditioning for all of the university’s sports programs.

Davis, who gave a presentation on strength and conditioning earlier this month at the American Football Coaches Association’s annual convention, has also worked in the strength and conditioning programs for football at Alabama and Louisville and for multiple sports at West Florida, where he earned a master’s degree in education.

Davis earned his bachelor’s degree in health and exercise science and played college football at Rowan University, an NCAA Division III school in Glassboro, N.J.

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