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Lance Walker

Executive Director

Human Performance and Nutrition Research Institute

  • Executive Director
    Human Performance and Nutrition Research Institute

BIO & RESEARCH INTERESTs

Lance Walker currently serves as Rick and Gail Muncrief Executive Director of the Human Performance and Nutrition Research Institute (HPNRI) at Oklahoma State University. 

 

Internationally recognized expert in fusing human performance, sport science, and sports medicine for athletes of all ages, ability levels, and sport disciplines.

 

Former Executive Vice President and Global Performance Director of Michael Johnson Performance, Dallas USA. 

 

Over 30 years experience in both private business of sports performance and working in organizations within the NFL, NCAA, and High School levels. Published exercise science researcher, former university human performance lab coordinator, and NIKE Performance Council Member. 

Performance coach, licensed physical therapist, adjunct professor and clinical instructor with nearly three decades of sports performance training and sports medicine experience spanning over 50 professional, elite, collegiate, high school, and youth sports and thousands of current and past athletes supported, including First Round NFL/NBA/CHL/MLB draft choices, Olympic and Paralympic Gold medalists,  World Champions, World Record Holders, Super Bowl MVPs, Champions League Stars, and NFL Hall of Famers.

OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY APPOINTMENTS

  • Executive Director
    Oklahoma State University, Human Performance and Nutrition Research Institute, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States2022 - present