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167. Stories from Dan Perlmutter, Duke, Director of Olympic Sports Performance
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I was fortunate enough to spend a few hours and connect in person with Dan, and I must say he's not only an amazing coach with 20+ years in the field but an even more selfless and thoughtful person. I'm extremely excited to share some of his stories from the journey along the way.
2:19 Biggest fork in the road: picking between moving from Assistant to Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at Harvard and the Director of Olympic Sports Performance at Duke, and the details that went into making that decision
12:44 Story from 2 weeks into being hired at Harvard, his boss leaving and becoming the interim Director in charge of all teams, coordinating training the next day for 41 teams, and having to change the long-tradition Harvard football warm up on national TV
24:28 Using Marcus Stroman as an example, Dan explaining where he in his role falls into the development process with an already elite athletes
30:53 Coolest/craziest story: being asked to officiate a wedding of 2 of his former athletes
33:11 Full circle story: having "family lifts" in the morning at Duke with his daughter after all the childhood health complications she fought through and the positive impact she's had on him
Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/0A9JbvWMG98
Instagram: @theothercoachp
Email: dan.perlmutter@duke.edu
A thank you for this show's sponsor, Samson Equipment: https://www.samsonequipment.com/
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