Talkin’ Pitt #3 Building a Sports Science Department- Chris Hoppe & Evan Facher

Talkin’ Pitt Episode Three has a special guest host, Director of Olympic Sports Strength & Conditioning Aaron Duvall. Coach Duvall chats with Executive Associate Athletic Director, Administration Chris Hoppe, and Evan Facher, Vice Chancellor for Innovation and Entrepreneurship & Associate for Commercial Translation in the School of Medicine. Coach Duvall gets a unique opportunity of hearing the origin story of how Pitt’s Sport Science Department got started. Chris and Evan both give their thoughts on the future of the Sports Science Department. Finally, they provide a valuable gem called “Prove the Concept” that can be added to any strength and conditioning or sports science department.   It was a pleasure to have Chris and Evan on hope you all enjoy the podcast and HAIL 2 PITT.

 

Pitt Sports Performance Instagram

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Pitt Sports Performance Twitter

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Chris Hoppe

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Evan Facher

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Influences 

Steve Waterfield- Athletic Director, Oakland University

 

Heather Lyke- Athletic Director, University of Pittsburgh

 

Drew Marrochello- Athletic Director, Boston University

 

Music Credit

Music Unlimited, “The Podcast Intro”.