Advancing Integration: Building Team Based Models in Div. I Athletics
Biography: Director of Sports Performance at the University
of Louisville Teena Murray oversees Cardinals' 21
Olympic sports, and is the lead performance
coach for the women's basketball team. She is
also adjunct faculty at Louisville.
In her 20 years in the industry Teena has worked at Cornell, UCONN and Louisville. She has also
worked as a consultant with USA Hockey, the International Ice Hockey Federation, the Florida
Panthers, Anaheim Ducks, and the Hartford Wolfpack, and from 2006-2010, she was the strength
and conditioning coach for the U.S. Women?s National Hockey Team.
Presentation Summary: The management of student-athlete health, safety, and performance has evolved dramatically in recent years. From the 60's and 70's when athletic trainers were the only professionals on the scene, to today's diverse and specialized group of performance specialists, there is a new and pressing need for strong leadership and effective organization of these support areas within collegiate athletics. The NCAA has acknowledged the need for an integrated, multi-disciplinary framework, and the CSCCa has created a position paper advocating for an integrated model based on a spirit and mindset of collaboration. This session will investigate the current climate for team-based high-performance models in collegiate athletics- identifying action steps and discussing potential road blocks.
