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 @pitt_sportsperformance   Pitt Sports Performance Twitter @pitt_science   Chris Hoppe Instagram- Iaw_badger Twitter- PittAth_Chris   Evan Facher Twitter- EFacher     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”.