Coach Andrea Hudy and Dr. Phil Wagner hop in the booth to discuss their paths that led them to working in sport, the role of data in performance and insight that data can provide, gaining coaching experience, diagnosing needs of athletes, what makes a good coaching candidate, and much more.
Andrea Hudy is entering her second season as the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach for Men’s Basketball at the University of Texas. Prior to Texas, Coach Hudy served as the Assistant Athletics Director for Sport Performance at the University of Kansas, and also served as a performance coach at the University of Connecticut, spanning 25 years in the industry working primarily with Basketball. In 2013 she earned NSCA Coach of the Year honors while coaching at Kansas.
Dr. Phil Wagner is the founder of Sparta Science, a data management platform for athletic development. Additionally, Wagner has served as a performance coach at the University of California Berkeley and the University of California Los Angeles, as well as coaching Rugby in New Zealand and Australia.