Don Siegel

Don Siegel has an Ed.D. from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He is in his 39th year as a professor of Exercise and Sport Studies at Smith College where he helped develop and also served as the director of Smith’s graduate program that specializes in training college coaches. This is a nationally acclaimed program and has been accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Coaching Education. He teaches graduate courses in motor learning, sport psychology, and sport philosophy. He also teaches undergraduate courses in sport sociology, and sport as a medium for youth development. He has coached on the collegiate and youth levels and was an urban youth sports program consultant for the Boston based Barr Foundation. Siegel has been instrumental in developing several youth sports initiatives in Boston and Northampton. He has been the editor of Research Works for the Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, has served on the editorial board of the Journal of Coaching Education, and has been a reviewer for many refereed journals including the Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. He has published widely in the areas of sport psychology, motor learning, exercise physiology, sport sociology, computing, and professional aspects of sport and physical education.