Mission
Optimizing student-athlete potential through science
Relentless pursuit of knowledge
"The only sustainable competitive advantage is an organization's ability to learn faster than the competition"
- One hour of dedicated learning per day
- Attend/Speak at national conference
- Publish two papers annually
- Create an environment for continuing education
Objective clarity
"Without data, you're just another person with an opinion"
- Quantify the game
- Profile the athlete
- Monitor the process
Constant collaboration
"United we stand, divided we fall"
- Weekly meetings with sport specific Athlete Development & Performance staff
- Develop database to capture all components of performance
- Collaborate with campus partners (SMRI)
Standard bearers
"People may doubt what you say, but believe what you do"
- Reflect the attitude, discipline, and work ethic we want in our athletes
Vision
“To ensure our student-athletes will be at their best, when their best is required” -- John Wooden
Strategy
“Never let fatigue become a limiting factor”
Chris Morris, Director of Applied Sports Science
- Currently in his third season as the Director of Performance Science at Kentucky
- Responsible for developing and implanting the best practice strategies to reduce injury risk and enhance readiness, performance and recovery for the Wildcats’ football team
- Also works with men’s and women’s basketball, and men’s and women’s soccer
- Facilitates performance technology and optimal training resources, specifically Catapult GPS, Omegawave, and 1080 Motion
- Manages a team of sports science staff and interns to assist in the implementation of the sports science and performance program
- The Lawrenceburg, Ky., native returned to the Bluegrass after one season as the Director of Applied Sports Science at the University of Texas (Austin)
- Prior to Texas, spent two years (2013-15) in UK football’s high performance department as a sports scientist
- Owner of Performance Training Academy in Lexington since 2008 which serves as a consultant regarding the implementation and analysis of heart rate variability and brain direct current potentials data
- Author of “Omegawave: Theory & Practice,” a manual designed to help strength coaches analyze and interpret Omegawave data
- Served as an academic graduate assistant at UK from 2010-11, helping develop supplemental workshops for students enrolled in exercise physiology, nutrition, and advanced physiology course
- Certified strength and conditioning specialist and CPR AED certified
- Earned three degrees from Kentucky: bachelor’s degree in marketing (2006), master’s degree in exercise science (2012) and doctorate in exercise science in (2015)
- Former punter for the Wildcats from 2002-05
- Married to the former Dr. Lauren Delpont of Hazard, Kentucky