Teena Murray has been recently appointed Senior Director of Athlete Health and Performance at Sacramento Kings after spending the previous 14 years as Director of Sports Performance at the University of Louisville. She has built a premiere program in collegiate athletics (NCAA), that serves 21 teams (over 500 athletes), and offers a leading international mentorship program. Teena is also an adjunct lecturer in the College of Health and Sport Science at UofL, and holds an associate appointment in the Department of Bioengineering.

Teena brings over 22 years of experience as an educator, researcher, mentor and practitioner in sports performance. She has worked previously at the University of Connecticut and Cornell University. Beyond the collegiate ranks Teena has worked with several pro hockey (NHL) teams, the International Ice Hockey Federation, and from 2006-2010 was the Director of Performance for U.S.A Hockey- working with the Women’s National Team, and Olympic Team that won a silver medal in Vancouver, Canada.

Quotes

“I was not interested in a silo approach… I really wanted to build a team”

“Consistency is key”

“What are the demands (of the sport), what do the elite of the elite look like and how do we a better job”

“We are constantly trying to figure out what we can do better and then we go to the coaches to convince them”

Shownotes

1) The Cardinal Way program at the University of Louisville

2) Ice hockey and how it helped Teena’s development

3) The Cardinal Way performance profiling program

4) The Cardinal Way high performance assessment - i) screening to stratify risk ii) performance testing iii) ongoing monitoring

5) How the logistics of collegiate season affects the program and when to focus on physical weaknesses versus strengths

6) Basic nutrition for collegiate athletes i) education ii) whole foods iii) hydration iv) timing

7) Determining supplementation from baseline blood work

8) The concept of high performance and instituting it in an administration

9) Trends in high performance and getting your basics right first in monitoring

10) The first one minute of a workout and teachable moments

People Mentioned

1) Fergus Connolly

2) Angel McCoughtry