STAFF
Meet the Staff TODOR PANDOV
KELLY PIERCE
STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COACH
ACADEMIC ADVISOR/TUTOR COORDINATOR
The Miami basketball strength and conditioning program operates under the guidance of strength and conditioning coach Todor Pandov. “It’s great to have Todor back in the Miami basketball family,” said Coach Haith. “As a former player, he understands the physical and mental demands of the season, and he knows what is necessary to help our student-athletes reach and maintain peak conditioning. He will be an asset to our program.” A 2003 graduate of Western Kentucky, Pandov spent the last two seasons as the strength and conditioning coach for his alma mater. Pandov previously served on the Hurricanes’ staff as a graduate manager during the 2007-08 campaign when Miami advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Prior to that, Pandov was an assistant coach at St. Edward's (Texas)
Kelly Pierce is in her third season as the academic advisor for the Miami men’s basketball team. She also works with the football team and coordinates the tutor program for more than 350 studentathletes. Prior to working with in Athletic Academic Services, Pierce was a special education teacher at Coral Gables Senior High School.
and a volunteer at Texas, assisting the program during its 2005-06 campaign when the Longhorns went 30-6 and advanced to the NCAA’s Elite Eight. While at Texas, he worked with Todd Wright, who is widely recognized as one of the top strength and conditioning coaches in the nation. Originally from Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Pandov played three seasons for the Hilltoppers. After a breakout sophomore campaign, averaging 8.8 points and 3.3 rebounds per game en route to a 28-4 record, a Sun Belt Conference Regular Season and Tournament Championship and an appearance in the NCAA Tournament, Pandov was slated to be a starter entering his junior season in 2002-03. But after scoring 12 points and grabbing five rebounds in 23 minutes at top-ranked Arizona in the season-opener, he went down with a season-ending knee injury. Following the conclusion of his collegiate career, Pandov played professionally for Eiffel Towers in Holland in 2004-05, earning AllStar honors. He and his wife, Kimberly, have one son, Mason (2), who was born in Miami during Pandov’s first stint with the Hurricanes.
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Andreu Swasey Head Strength & Conditioning Coach
Cols Colas Strength & Conditioning Assistant
Jimmy Goins Strength & Conditioning Assistant
VIctor Ishmael Strength & Conditioning Assistant
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Andrew Klich Strength & Conditioning Assistant
A 2008 Miami graduate, Pierce earned a bachelor’s in education, majoring in exceptional student education and creative writing. She is currently working towards her master's in community and social change at UM. The Hurricanes have continued to stress high standards on and off the court. Over the last five years, the Hurricanes trail only Duke in All-ACC Academic Team selections with eight: Jack McClinton (2007, 2008, 2009), Jimmy Graham (2006, 2007), Brian
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Asbury (2006), Adrian Thomas (2006) and Antoine Allen (2010). Outside of her work with the Hurricanes, Pierce also assists a home for orphaned, abandoned and malnourished children in Guatemala. She travels to Guatemala twice a year on a medical mission with Misioneros del Camino, where she volunteers with doctors in a small town seeing patients during the day and spends her evenings with the children at the home.
Christopher Doell Assistant Director of Academics
Barbara Stratton Learning Specialist
Andrea Foley Academic Advisor