The Purdue Football Performance Complex will be located on the north side of Mollenkopf Athletic Center and on the south side of the outdoor football practice fields. The main entry is located on the west side off of John R. Wooden Drive adjacent to the R parking lot. The site will feature terraced landscaping, an outdoor strength training turf outside of the new weight room and the exercise hill on the west side of Mollenkopf will remain. The football team will easily access the outdoor practice fields or the indoor practice field from their locker room in the new building.

FIRST FLOOR
The First Level of the new facility is where the team will spend the majority of their time. From the team hall, the main corridor, one can access the locker room, equipment room, athletic training, sports performance center, fuel stations, stairs to the outdoor practice fields and the loading dock.

SECOND FLOOR
The entrance lobby will provide a clear and grand entrance into the football performance complex. It will be both functional for the team and coaches as will as impressive to recruits and guests. The lobby will be an opportunity to showcase all of Purdue football greats and history. From the lobby visitors will proceed up to the coaches level on the third floor or players will proceed to the players’ lounge and meeting rooms.

THIRD FLOOR
The third level of the building houses the coached staff and video editing. All staff will now have proper offices and meeting spaces. Views of Ross-Ade Stadium, Mollenkopf and outdoor practice fields will all be featured from this level. Recruits will see the stadium from the closing room, practice can be watch from the blast room and a video balcony into the indoor practice facility now provides opportunity to video practice.

The new Locker Room will provide much needed space and aesthetics appropriate for a Big Ten team. The open plan will allow for the coach to address the entire team and no one will be left without a locker. The lockers will have a ventilation system and will be sized appropriately for all of their gear, including secured storage for their electronics during practice. The locker room is located in the most ideal location with time saving direct access to the Mollenkopf indoor practice field, sports medicine facility and hydrotherapy pools. The main access to the locker room will provide crucial access to nutrition and hydration stations to fuel their bodies.

The new weight room, at 20,500 square feet, will provide an open concept and enough room to have the proper programming areas for the entire team. We will have a proper nutrition station at the entrance of the sports performance area, a force plate area that measures each student-athlete’s strength improvement, sand pit that provides different training dynamics along with an outside metabolic plyometric area. Direct access to the sports medicine room encourages communication and coordination for every athlete as well as shared access to equipment. The weight room will provide an optimal training environment possible.

The new Atrium will provide a clear front door and grand entrance into the football performance complex. It will be both functional for the team and coaches as well as impressive to recruits and guests. The lobby will be an opportunity to showcase all Purdue football greats and history.

The team lounge is a very active area for our football student-athletes to congregate. They utilize the lounge between classes and prior to meetings. The new Player Lounge will be able to accommodate the entire team and coaching staff. At 3,100 square feet, this area will have many different programming opportunities, such as a team bonding area for playing games like pool, ping pong, etc. while also having areas where guys can capture much-needed rest, catch up on homework or watch television.

The Team Meeting Room would allow us to be able to accommodate everyone, at 2,900 square feet, while also being a fully dedicated meeting place for the entire team. The meeting room will be appropriately tiered and curved for the ideal intimate setting between coaches and players. The room will provide technology for flexibility in teaching and learning while saving precious regulated time.