Upcoming Events
- April 30, 2024 - APSM is hosting an event Share-A-Sole. This event is a shoe handout for those who are unsheltered in the Dallas area. Spend your Tuesday Afternoon before finals passing out shoes to the unsheltered! Please contact R-D at Laurar@smu.edu if you have any questions or wish to attend!
Past Events
- March 3, 2024: APSM 4310 Psychology of Sport had Mike Mauti has a guest speaker. Mr. Mauti was a co-captain on the 2012 Penn State football team that remained with the team after a scandal devastated the team, university and community. An assistant coach was found guilty of sexually abusing underprivileged children through his nonprofit foundation. After the scandal, Penn State football was all but dissolved and bore the brunt of the scandal despite not being aware of the abuse. Mike Mauti not only suffered from the scandal that broke his senior year, but also physically. He suffered his 3rd ACL injury and in his second year with the pros, a colon replacement. With each setback he was determined to return to the game, which he did. Below is a link to part of his story.
- February 20, 2024: APSM 4300 Advanced Coaching and Leadership, had the 43rd President of the United States, former President George W. Bush in as a guest speaker.
Head Football Coach Sonny Dykes visits SPL to share insights into coaching and leadership.
SPL faculty serving on panels at the inaugural AAC Academic Consortium.
SPL J-Term students enjoy a practice visit with the men’s and women’s basketball programs.
2017 Dean's Spring Award Recipient for APSM
Jeremiah Gaines and Applied Physiology & Wellness Department Chair Dr. Lynn Romejko Jacobs with Dean Page Ware, ad interim.
SMU Board of Trustees Dinner
02-23-17: David Bertrand, SPL Director & Assistant Clinical Professor, with former President George W. Bush. While our focus is on leadership for sport coaches, we are inspired by excellence in leadership beyond sport and bring these insights into our curriculum.
Q&A with Head Coach Doug Wright
09-14-16: SMU's head rowing coach, Doug Wright, shared his experience with SPL students.
Coach George Lynch Visits with SPL Students
09-13-16: Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach George Lynch visits the SPL program to talk about the legendary coach Dean Smith, losing, and the road to winning a national championship in 1993.
SMU Coaches Panel visits SPL Students
02-25-16: Coaches from three different sports from our own SMU came and hosted a coaching panel for SPL students. From left to right, Coach Tony Miller, Coach Trumain Carroll, Coach Jeanne Sutherland, Coach Kevin Hudson and Coach Marc Soltis.
First Female NFL Coach, Jennifer Welter, visits SPL Class
10-14-15: Dr. Jennifer Welter surprised the Coaching and Sport Performance Leadership class. She spoke to the class about her experience coaching for the NFL's Arizona Cardinals team, and how she used her education in psychology to motivate the players.
SMU Homecoming Football Game 2015
9-26-15: Dr. Lynn Romejko Jacobs and Professor David Bertrand with son getting ready to cheer for the SMU Mustangs.
SMU APSM Faculty ‘Changing Minds’ with Community-Based Efforts
3-27-2015 David Bertrand, Director of SPL, presides over a Coaching Expert Series (CES) in Plano, Texas, with elite triathlon coach Matt Dixon. The CES is an ongoing, free seminar series dedicated to bring some of the best minds in triathlon and multisport to discuss coaching, training, trends, equipment, and more.