Howard Dell is the executive advisor of the International Association of Strength and Conditioning. He provides advice and support to the President (Chief Executive) and Board of Directors.
Sports Professor Howard Dell is an internationally recognized expert in high-performance sports training with a specialty in athletics. He’s a former Olympian, professional football and basketball player, and a 7-time gold medalist in athletics at WTG. A cardiac care specialist, and nutritional microscopist, he has worked with the best athletes in the world in 5 different sports.
Born and raised in Canada, Dell works around the world while maintaining his home base in Orange County, California, and Victoria, BC.
As a sport-specific coach, he is instrumental in establishing, maintaining, and improving the standard of athletic preparedness, and developing policies and procedures for all teams and all athletes in an Elite performance program. He has the immeasurable experience and demonstrated knowledge of working with diverse student-athletes, coaches, and staff groups, having worked worldwide in 5 different sports at the highest level. He is uniquely qualified as a coach, educator, S&C professional, and communication specialist at the highest level in all sports.
He has been a practicing cardiac care specialist in EECP therapy, addressing increased sports performance, for the last 15 years. He brings a medical level of accomplishment and experiences unprecedented for any Elite Performance Program. Adept at using advanced sports science technology to increase the level of physical preparedness for all athletes, improvement is his passion.
After years of corporate motivational speaking and TEDx presentations, he has acquired an advanced subset of skills that makes communication and teamwork a large part of his work ethic.
Coach Dell approaches every avenue of his life with the same drive, passion, and persistence that propelled him, at breakneck speed, down the icy rollercoaster-like slopes of the International Bobsled circuit. Rich in abilities, wide-ranging interests, and diverse pursuits, the multi-talented Dell is an accomplished actor, a musician, and composer, and an expert on fitness, health, and nutrition. He has crystallized his eclectic interests into his current role as a motivator and positive force for change.
Dell’s favorite quote is from the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “Now is the time to make real the promises of your potential.” A maxim he lives by.
