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Kevin Boss is a Exercise Science alum and former football tight end. After a successful 6-year NFL career, highlighted by a Super Bowl XLII victory with the New York Giants, Kevin moved to Bend and founded Boss Sports Performance<\/a>. The passion and tireless work ethic that allowed Kevin to chase his NFL dream is the same drive and passion that he now uses to help build Boss Sports Performance into one of the Northwest\u2019s premiere Athlete Performance Center.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/wou.edu\/education\/files\/2019\/12\/KBossArticleA.jpg” title_text=”KBossArticleA” admin_label=”Image without Caption” module_class=”aks-mod aks-story-pic aks-image-Ncaption” _builder_version=”4.4.7″ width=”100%” animation_style=”fade”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Story Text” module_class=”aks-mod” _builder_version=”4.4.7″]<\/p>\n When I was a freshman in high school, I had a former football coach of mine show me the weight room and I instantly fell in love. 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