Brendan Cropley

Brendan is a Principal Lecturer in Sport Coaching and Sport Psychology in the Cardiff School of Sport. He is also the co-ordinator of the School’s ethics committee (CSSREC). Brendan joined the School in 2010, following a two and a half year tenure as a lecturer at Swansea University, and has since made a significant contribution to the Sport & Exercise Sciences, particularly in the area of sport psychology.

He has provided a range of consultancy services to athletes, coaches, and NGBs as well as having an emerging research profile that has helped to shape training and development programmes in the sport sciences and sport coaching. This contribution has been recognised by the British Association of Sport & Exercise Science (BASES) who awarded Brendan Fellowship status in 2014. Brendan has been a BASES Accredited Sport & Exercise Scientist (Psychology) since 2007 and a Chartered Scientist since 2014.