Former Roughrider receiver and 2009 Plaza of Honour inductee Dan Farthing rejoins the Roughriders, this time in Football Operations as the Head of Strength and Conditioning.

Farthing is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist with the National Strength and Conditioning Association and a Certified Exercise Physiologist. He is a Consultant to the Canadian Sport Centre Saskatchewan and the Sport Medicine and Science Council of Saskatchewan.

He graduated with Greatest Distinction from the College of Kinesiology at the University of Saskatchewan and was awarded the President’s Medal as the Outstanding Graduate at 2002 Fall Convocation. He continued his post-graduate education in the College of Kinesiology and Health Studies at the University of Regina and holds a Masters of Physical Activity Studies degree. His experience as a player will be an invaluable resource for current Roughrider players as he helps them with strength and wellness programming.

He spent 11 years as a receiver with the Roughriders and currently sits fourth all-time in receptions (384) and eighth all-time in receiving yards (5,097). After starring with the Huskies, he was chosen second overall in the 1991 CFL Draft. He entered the Huskies’ Wall of Fame in 2011.

A former Canada West MVP, Farthing helped the Huskies win their first Vanier Cup, in 1990.

Farthing and his wife, SueAnn, have three children — Jasmine, Theron and Ella.