Program

Bauer was named TCU's assistant athletics director for football strength and performance in January 2026, where he leads the team charged with the development of the Horned Frogs' strength, nutrition, conditioning and speed efforts. 

Prior to his arrival at TCU, Bauer spent two seasons at Troy University (2024-25), five seasons (2019-23) at University of Houston and 10 seasons at West Virginia University (2009-18). While at Houston, Bauer helped the Cougars post a 12-win season in 2021 and saw 12 players selected in the NFL draft. At WVU, Bauer was a part of nine bowl appearances and 30 Mountaineers selected in the NFL draft. Bauer previously worked as an intern at Eastern Michigan University with the football, men's basketball, women's soccer and women's volleyball teams. 

He is a master strength and conditioning coach by the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association (CSCCA), the highest distinction in the strength profession. Bauer graduated with a bachelor's degree in physical education from Hillsdale College (2008) and a master's degree in athletic coaching education from WVU (2010). Bauer and his wife are the proud parents of four children.

Burch is an inventor at scale, holding 49 patents that reflect a career built on translating ideas into real-world impact. His research spans industries, including widely adopted ruggedized handheld design technology characteristics developed during his time with FedEx that transformed the delivery of packages. At Mississippi State University, he founded the Athlete Engineering Institute, establishing a new interdisciplinary field that reimagines how data, performance and human systems intersect. 

Now serving as vice provost for research at TCU, Burch brings that same builder’s mindset to advancing the university’s research enterprise. He was recruited to help propel TCU toward Carnegie R1 status; his leadership and influence are already evident in expanding research capacity, fostering cross-sector collaboration and accelerating scholarly output. As an inventor, researcher and strategist, Burch leads with a clear focus: turning bold ideas into measurable momentum for TCU. 

Chatila serves as the medical director for the Houston Dash, bringing 12 years of distinguished experience in athletic training, sports medicine and elite athlete performance. Her professional career includes four seasons in the NWSL, split between the Houston Dash and the Kansas City Current, alongside seven impactful seasons at the collegiate level. 

Throughout her tenure in collegiate athletics, Chatila managed the health and wellness of diverse sports programs, including women’s soccer at Texas Tech University, women’s soccer and tennis at the University of Houston and men’s and women’s track and field at the University of Texas at Arlington. Additionally, she sharpened her specialized rehabilitation skills during a year in a clinical setting, focusing on post-operative recovery for complex shoulder, knee and elbow injuries. 

Driven by an athlete-first philosophy, Chatila is deeply committed to hands-on care, proactive injury prevention and long-term athletic development. She excels at bridging the gap between medical, coaching and performance staffs to optimize player availability and manage injuries effectively. 

Condo is the general manager of Australian Football League-Women’s (AFLW) at Geelong Football Club and a senior lecturer in sports nutrition at Deakin University. With over a decade of experience in elite sport, she has worked across AFL and AFLW environments, leading high-performance strategy, athlete development and well-being initiatives. 

With a background as a sports dietitian, Condo's work spans performance nutrition, sleep and athlete health with a particular focus on female athletes, body image and low energy availability. She has held leadership roles within Sports Dietitians Australia and currently contributes to multiple AFL industry working groups. 

Condo is passionate about bridging the gap between research and practice to drive performance, well-being and sustainable success in high-performance sport.

Dechant arrived at TCU in 2008 and is the current assistant athletic director of human performance. He oversees the development of baseball. Alongside those priorities, he also handles the development and implementation of the TCU Sports Performance Internship Program that has been in place for over 15 years. Over that time, the internship program has encompassed more than 55 semesters and over 300 intern coaches who have moved on to all levels of professional, collegiate, high school and private strength and conditioning. 

Prior to TCU, Dechant's experience includes two seasons with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, two years at Missouri State University, as well as time spent with the University of Washington as an intern. 

Dechant graduated with a bachelor’s degree in health and wellness from Missouri State University in 2003. He is certified through the CSCCa, NSCA, FMS-1 and the USAW. 

Gable is entering his 24th season as the head athletic trainer for football at TCU and his 10th year as the associate athletics director of sports medicine. He is certified by the National Athletic Trainers Association and licensed in the state of Texas. 

In addition to his primary responsibility of health care to the football team, Gable has oversight of 18 certified athletic trainers along with five athletic training facilities. He also serves as an approved clinical instructor within the CAATE-approved athletic training education program through the TCU Department of Kinesiology. 

Gable's experience includes the Carolina Panthers, Kansas City Chiefs, Florida Bobcats, Birmingham SteelDogs, Birmingham Thunderbolts (XFL) and the Rhein Fire (NFL Europe) where he was the head athletic trainer and part of two world championship teams during his three years in Dusseldorf, Germany.  

Gable is a native of Gering, Nebraska. He received his bachelor’s degree in education with an emphasis in athletic training from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (1993) and his master’s degree in physical education/health and sports sciences from Ohio University (1994). Gable is also a veteran of the U.S. Army.    

Galpin is a professor, scientist and executive director of the Human Performance Center at Parker University. 

With a doctorate in human bioenergetics, Galpin has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed publications and presentations, with a research focus on skeletal muscle physiology and human performance. He is a fellow of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). He also coaches some of the world's most decorated athletes from the NFL, MLB, UFC, NBA, PGA, boxing, Olympics and military special forces. Galpin is also a co-founder of Arete Lab, Vitality, Absolute Rest and BioMolecular Athlete. 

In addition to his academic and consulting work, Galpin hosts the podcast “Perform with Dr. Andy Galpin,” where he aims to help listeners better understand and maximize their health and performance. Drawing on his two decades of experience with top-tier performers, the podcast explores advanced tools, technologies and strategies to help every human look, feel and perform at their best. 

As a pioneer in the field of human performance, Gambetta is considered the father of “functional sports training.” He is recognized internationally as an expert in training and conditioning for sport, having worked with world-class athletes and teams in a wide variety of sports. Gambetta is a popular speaker and writer on conditioning topics having lectured and conducted clinics in Canada, Japan, Australia, UAE and Europe. He has been a conditioning coach in Major League Soccer as well as the conditioning consultant to the U.S. Men’s World Cup Soccer. Gambetta is the former director of conditioning for the Chicago White Sox and director of athletic development for the New York Mets. 

Gambetta's coaching experience spans 57 years at all levels of competition. His background is track & field, having coached at all levels of the sport. In addition, he served as the first director of the USATF Coaching Education Program, an innovative program designed to upgrade the standard of track and field coaching in the US. Gambetta has authored over 100 articles and seven books on various aspects of training. He received his BA from Fresno State University and his teaching credential with a coaching minor from University of California Santa Barbara. He attended Stanford University and obtained his MA in Education with an emphasis in physical education. 

Lee is a sports physical therapist and educator with over a decade of experience working with elite athletes. She earned a doctorate of physical therapy from Duke University and a doctorate from Texas Woman’s University, focusing on neurocognitive and neuromuscular changes following concussion. A fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists and dual board-certified clinical specialist in orthopedic and sports physical therapy, she specializes in concussion management, post-surgical rehabilitation and performance optimization. 

Lee serves as physical therapy clinic coordinator for Texas Health Sports Medicine at TCU, overseeing a team of rehab providers for all Division I athletes. She mentors residents and students and lectures nationally on concussion and sports performance. Her work includes peer-reviewed publications, national presentations and professional service. 

Outside of work, she is an endurance athlete, competing in long-distance running and Ironman triathlons, and enjoys reading and scuba diving. 

Piroli is a high-performance practitioner and systems architect with two decades of elite American football experience spanning the NFL and NCAA Division I. He has held senior roles with the Arizona Cardinals, Mississippi State University and  Tampa Bay Buccaneers, where he helped lead the integrated performance model culminating in their Super Bowl LV Championship. 

Piroli's work lives at the intersection of strength and conditioning, sport science and organizational leadership with applied expertise in force-plate analysis, neuromuscular profiling, workload monitoring and readiness integration. He has co-authored peer-reviewed research on force-time characteristics and physiological adaptation and continues to contribute practitioner insight to league-wide NFL conversations on durability and performance. 

His practitioner-researcher lens on how performance systems are built, integrated and sustained across complex, high-stakes environments makes him one of the field's leading authorities.

Rosburg is a distinguished leader in professional sports and veteran advocacy, bringing over 40 years of elite football experience to his role as vice president of sports services at NexGen Hyperbaric. A Super Bowl XLVII champion and former interim head coach for the Denver Broncos, Rosburg spent 11 seasons as associate head coach for the Baltimore Ravens, where he set league standards for special teams excellence and player development.

At NexGen, Rosburg bridges the gap between medical technology and athletic performance, spearheading Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) integrations for premier NFL, MLB and NHL franchises. Beyond the field, he is a dedicated advocate for the veteran community, serving on the advisory board for Bravo Zulu House and collaborating with the Pat Tillman Foundation. A founding partner of the MarKEE coaching network, Rosburg remains a prominent voice in leadership, innovation and service-driven excellence.

Wright is a neuropsychology and psychophysiology researcher at La Trobe University specializing in concussion and mild traumatic brain injury. His work integrates cognitive, physiological and technology-based methods to improve the assessment and management of brain injury. 

He was the lead researcher in the development of CONVIRT, a virtual reality platform that combines immersive environments with eye-tracking to assess attention, decision-making and visual processing in ecologically valid settings. This approach is sensitive to subtle impairments often missed by traditional assessments, particularly in return-to-play decisions. 

Wright’s research has been especially influential in high risk sports. Studies with professional athletes and jockeys show that combining cognitive testing with objective biomarkers (e.g., neurofilament light in blood) provides a more accurate indicator of recovery than symptom reporting alone, highlighting that neurobiological recovery can lag behind clinical symptoms. 

Beyond assessment, CONVIRT incorporates nature-based guided breathing and relaxation to support autonomic regulation and recovery. Wright has also contributed to longitudinal research on the long-term cognitive and neurological effects of repeated head impacts across the lifespan.