Making an impact in collegiate sport, measuring impact and the art of communication with Andrew Murray (Director of Performance and Sports Science at the University of Oregon)

In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast, I have the pleasure in speaking to Director of Performance & Sports Science at the University of Oregon, Andrew Murray. I wanted to get Andrew on the podcast because he has worked on 3 different continents over the last 4 years, moving from working in Scotland to Qatar and now to Oregon. With Andrew having such a diverse background across 3 continents and 3 massively different cultures, naturally, we dive into how he dealt with that as well as the language barrier and how he communicated with coaching staff, colleagues and athletes.

In this episode, you will learn -

• Who is Andrew Murray (background, education and current role)
• Measuring impact of a sports scientist
  • Auditing provision (what are the questions we want to ask...)
• Managing & maximising multiple data streams
  • does it affect the scoreboard...
• The art of communication
• Managing student-athletes
  • getting the best of both worlds

Andrew can be found on Twitter @Cudgie

This episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast is sponsored by Vald Performance, the team behind the NordBord and the new Groinbar, a hip and groin strength measuring solution. They can be found at valdperformance.com and you can get more information on the groin bar at groinbar.com and on Twitter @groinbar.

This episode is also sponsored by Forcedecks. If you want to know more about ForceDecks, listen to episode #139 of the Pacey Performance Podcast with co-founder, Dr. Daniel Cohen.

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Enjoy

PP