In this episode of The Team Behind The Team, Donnie sits down with the Director of Applied Sport Science at the University of Texas, Travis Vlantes. Donnie and Travis pull back the curtain to discuss a host of topics relating to the emerging field of sport science, including advice for young professionals, a team-first model, collaborating with sport coaches, athlete monitoring, the direction sport science is heading, and professional development.
Travis Vlantes is a native of Mason City, Iowa. He earned a degree in Biology at Wartburg College, and a master’s degree in exercise science at West Texas A&M. Currently, he is in his fourth-year as the Director of Applied Sport Science at the University of Texas. Prior to Texas, Vlantes served as a sport performance coach at the University of Wyoming where he worked with several Olympic sports implementing athlete monitoring.