The new 110,000 sq. ft. Cyndi and Kenneth Long Family Football Operations Center brings everything Gamecock football under one roof for the first time in the program’s history. The building features a 26,000 sq. ft., two-story weight room with sliding garage bay doors that open onto the practice field, coaches’ offices, equipment room, nutrition, new locker room, a game room, a 15-seat movie theater, team meeting rooms, a team dining area, barbershop, and the Darius Rucker recording studio.
The athletic training room, designed by Counsilman-Hunsaker, is adjacent to the weight room and focuses on rehabilitation and recovery. The training room features three pools, zero-gravity chairs, and a float chamber, as well as hyperbaric oxygen chambers which allow players to inhale pure oxygen as a form of therapy.
Aquatic amenities include:
125 sq. ft. Hot Tub
- Stair entry
- Hydrotherapy bench
350 sq. ft. Cold Tub
- Stair entry
- Hydrotherapy bench
100 sq. ft. Swim-Ex model 600T Therapy Pool
- Treadmill
- Deep well area
- Multiple therapy stations