For over 30 years, David has been living his purpose of legitimizing the role of coaching in Canada by increasing the professional status of coaches and advocating for the value of coach education as well as athlete development.  As a coach, he has experience leading athletes in alpine skiing and rugby, having coached from the grass roots to international levels. While the early part of his career focused on coaching and teaching, he worked at the Coaching Association of Canada (Ottawa) where he made significant contributions to the development of Canada’s National Coaching Certification Program. David has worked at the Canadian Sport Institute Pacific for over 16 years and is currently the  Director or System Enhancement and leads B.C.s High Performance targeted sport strategy.

He is also an adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia where he teaches and supervises in the Masters of High Performance Coaching and Technical Leadership program working with Canada’s top coaches and technical sport leaders. David is a graduate of the National Coaching Institute BC, holds a Master of Science from the University of Victoria and a Bachelor of Education and a Bachelor of PE from the University of Calgary.