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Kristen Dieffenbach
West Virginia University professor, certified mental-performance consultant and long-serving endurance coach whose work focuses on coach development and ethical practice.
Life and work
The story behind the role.
Kristen Dieffenbach is a professor in West Virginia University's School of Sport Sciences and director of its Center for Applied Coaching and Sport Sciences. WVU also lists her as executive director of the United States Center for Coaching Excellence, an Association for Applied Sport Psychology Fellow and a Certified Mental Performance Consultant.
Her academic work examines coach education and development systems, professionalism, ethics and moral decision-making in coaching, athlete-to-coach transitions, masters athletes and support for volunteer youth coaches. WVU records more than 20 years of consulting with developmental through Olympic-level athletes, coaches and organisations.
Dieffenbach has coached endurance and ultra-endurance cycling, running and adventure-racing athletes for more than 25 years, including junior, elite and masters competitors, and later added youth ice hockey and USA Hockey coach-development work. She holds a PhD from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, an MS from the University of Idaho and a BA in Biology with a German minor from Boston University.
Practitioner and educator focused on coaching, endurance sport and professional development.
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Achievements and distinctions
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Director of West Virginia University's Center for Applied Coaching and Sport Sciences.
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Founding past president and current executive director of the United States Center for Coaching Excellence.
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Association for Applied Sport Psychology Fellow and Certified Mental Performance Consultant.
Career and education
Teams and organisations
West Virginia University · United States Center for Coaching Excellence · Association for Applied Sport Psychology · USA Cycling · USA Hockey · Peaks Coaching Group · University of North Carolina at Greensboro · University of Idaho · Boston University
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