Life Stories... With Dr Scott Drawer

Dr Scott Drawer became Director of Sport at Millfield School in September 2018, responsible for all matters relating to sport and its development within the school. After 20 years’ experience of high performance sport in a variety of roles, most recently as Head of the Team Sky Performance Hub, where he brought together some of the elite thinkers in sport to look at new breakthroughs and explore human potential through sport and other creative domains. Prior to this, Scott spent two years leading a team of technical staff across the player development pathway for England Rugby. Scott started his career within the Team GB Olympic and Paralympic system, working as Head of Research and Innovation at UK Sport (later English Institute of Sport). He developed and led the Research & Innovation programme across five Olympic and Paralympic Games, spanning all aspects of coaching, science, medicine and technology partnerships. Scott holds a PhD in Injury Risk in Professional Football and an MSc in Sport Science from Loughborough University. Scott also has a PGCE in Further Education from Nottingham Trent University.