Marc Lewis

Marc Lewis is the Director of Applied Sport Science for a professional American football team. In his current role, he oversees the collection, management, and analysis of data to inform decision-making to maximize player performance and availability. He has extensive experience in human performance as an applied sport and performance scientist, coach, educator, and researcher. He specializes in developing and implementing systems in stressful and time restricted environments with outcomes focused on enhancing player performance and reducing the likelihood of injury.

Aside from his current job scope, Marc serves on the National Football League's (NFL) Sports Science Advisory Board and is a member of the leadership group of the advisory board. In addition, he serves on the NFL's international team travel working group and is the sport science representative on the musculoskeletal knee task force. Moreover, he serves on the executive board of the Professional Football Performance Coaches Association (PFPCA) and is the head of the sport science subcommittee of the PFPCA.

Prior to his position in professional football, Marc served as the associate director of applied health and performance science at Penn State University. In his role, he provided support for Penn State athletics in the development of student-athlete health, well-being, and performance through facilitating collaboration between departments, overseeing the integration of monitoring and decision-making systems, and high-performance education for best practices in sport performance.

Marc earned his PhD in exercise physiology and metabolism from Virginia Tech, while creating a plan of study supporting multidisciplinary training and course work in a range of areas (which resulted in two other master degrees). He focused his research on athletic performance and recovery, and completed his dissertation entitled "Athlete Monitoring in American Football" while working full-time in athletics as the director of sport science and assistant director of strength and conditioning for the Virginia Tech football team. While at Virginia Tech, he kept one foot in the classroom/lab and one on the field/floor serving as a graduate teaching and research assistant, an applied sport scientist, and strength and conditioning coach.

He completed his undergraduate degree in health and exercise science from Wake Forest University, while completing his honors research under the direction of Dr. Michael Berry. While completing his undergraduate and graduate education, he held research positions while serving in athletics as a strength and conditioning and sports performance intern and applied sports science fellow. He is a certified performance and sport scientist (CPSS) and certified strength and conditioning specialist with distinction (CSCS, *D) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association, as well as a level 1 weightlifting coach (USAW) through the United States Weightlifting Association.

Marc is an endurance athlete and weightlifter who has competed in numerous marathons, ultramarathons, and Ironman events. Prior to starting college, Marc served as an Airborne Infantryman in the United States Army deploying on missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.