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Feeley, David
David Feeley
- Title:
- Associate Director of Sports Performance/
Director of Football Sports Performance
- Email:
- david.feeley@duke.edu
- Phone:
- (919) 681-7420
David Feeley was named to Duke's athletic staff as the associate director of sports performance and director of football sports performance on January 4, 2022.
Feeley arrived at Duke with more than 15 years of college football experience, including the 2020-22 football seasons at the University of Miami as its director of strength and conditioning.
Since starting in Durham, Feeley has helped the Blue Devils to three consecutive eight-win seasons for the second time in program history. Just eight Duke teams own nine or more victories in a season with Feeley overseeing the sports performance for two of them (2022 & 2024).
His work helped a program-high 15 Blue Devils receive All-ACC accolades in 2024. Through mental and physical conditioning, Duke claimed four wins in 2024 when trailing in the fourth quarter, the most in a year in program history. The Blue Devils earned two victories when down by 14 or more points in the second half. From 2004-23, Duke was 1-106 when behind by 14 or more after intermission. The 2024 squad also claimed six one-score wins, the most in a year in program history.
In February of 2024, Feeley was honored at the Inside the League (ITL) Combine Seminar with the ITL Strength Coach of the Year Award. The honor recognizes the most professional and helpful strength coach to NFL scouts and personnel nationally. Two weeks later, in March of 2024, he was tabbed the FootballScoop Strength & Conditioning Coach of the Year.
During his time in Coral Gables, Feeley helped the Hurricanes to a 21-15 record, including three bowl invitations and a final ranking in the 2020 Associated Press top-25. He designed player development programs which translated into the all-time best roster availability for an entire season in program history. No plays were missed due to soft tissue injuries over the course of his three seasons and Miami outgained and outscored opponents two-to-one in yardage and points during the fourth quarter of the 2021 season.
In addition, Feeley and his strength group were named the runner-up for the NFL Play Smart Play Safe grant, in partnership with the Miami Dolphins. That initiative highlighted Miami’s strength and conditioning program’s success in the primary prevention of hamstring injuries.
Prior to his stint at Miami, Feeley spent two seasons at Temple University as an assistant athletic director of football sports performance. While there, he helped the Owls compile a 15-11 record, including two bowl appearances.
Before Temple, Feeley served as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at the University of South Carolina for one season, where the Gamecocks earned a bid to the Birmingham Bowl.
From 2011-15, Feeley worked as the director of football strength and conditioning at Ball State University. He also spent time working with the women’s basketball team during his time in Muncie. In that stretch, he helped the Cardinals earn two bowl appearances and three consecutive NIT showings.
Feeley also made stops at Florida International University as an assistant strength and conditioning coach (2008-10) and University of Nevada Las Vegas as a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach (2006-07).
Feeley earned his bachelor’s degree in health and physical education from Plymouth State University in 2004 and was a four-year letterwinner for the football program, serving as a team captain during his senior season. He helped the Panthers to the Freedom Football Conference title in 2001 and was honored with the team’s best lineman award in 2002. He later earned a master's degree in educational administration from UNLV in 2008.
Feeley holds certifications as a collegiate strength and conditioning coach, strength and conditioning specialist, and USA weightlifting club coach as well as being licensed in functional movement screening and adult CPR-First Aid.
A native of Brick, N.J., Feeley is married to the former Ann Marie DeGiglio of Toms River, N.J., and the couple have two children, Laura and John.
Feeley arrived at Duke with more than 15 years of college football experience, including the 2020-22 football seasons at the University of Miami as its director of strength and conditioning.
Since starting in Durham, Feeley has helped the Blue Devils to three consecutive eight-win seasons for the second time in program history. Just eight Duke teams own nine or more victories in a season with Feeley overseeing the sports performance for two of them (2022 & 2024).
His work helped a program-high 15 Blue Devils receive All-ACC accolades in 2024. Through mental and physical conditioning, Duke claimed four wins in 2024 when trailing in the fourth quarter, the most in a year in program history. The Blue Devils earned two victories when down by 14 or more points in the second half. From 2004-23, Duke was 1-106 when behind by 14 or more after intermission. The 2024 squad also claimed six one-score wins, the most in a year in program history.
In February of 2024, Feeley was honored at the Inside the League (ITL) Combine Seminar with the ITL Strength Coach of the Year Award. The honor recognizes the most professional and helpful strength coach to NFL scouts and personnel nationally. Two weeks later, in March of 2024, he was tabbed the FootballScoop Strength & Conditioning Coach of the Year.
During his time in Coral Gables, Feeley helped the Hurricanes to a 21-15 record, including three bowl invitations and a final ranking in the 2020 Associated Press top-25. He designed player development programs which translated into the all-time best roster availability for an entire season in program history. No plays were missed due to soft tissue injuries over the course of his three seasons and Miami outgained and outscored opponents two-to-one in yardage and points during the fourth quarter of the 2021 season.
In addition, Feeley and his strength group were named the runner-up for the NFL Play Smart Play Safe grant, in partnership with the Miami Dolphins. That initiative highlighted Miami’s strength and conditioning program’s success in the primary prevention of hamstring injuries.
Prior to his stint at Miami, Feeley spent two seasons at Temple University as an assistant athletic director of football sports performance. While there, he helped the Owls compile a 15-11 record, including two bowl appearances.
Before Temple, Feeley served as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at the University of South Carolina for one season, where the Gamecocks earned a bid to the Birmingham Bowl.
From 2011-15, Feeley worked as the director of football strength and conditioning at Ball State University. He also spent time working with the women’s basketball team during his time in Muncie. In that stretch, he helped the Cardinals earn two bowl appearances and three consecutive NIT showings.
Feeley also made stops at Florida International University as an assistant strength and conditioning coach (2008-10) and University of Nevada Las Vegas as a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach (2006-07).
Feeley earned his bachelor’s degree in health and physical education from Plymouth State University in 2004 and was a four-year letterwinner for the football program, serving as a team captain during his senior season. He helped the Panthers to the Freedom Football Conference title in 2001 and was honored with the team’s best lineman award in 2002. He later earned a master's degree in educational administration from UNLV in 2008.
Feeley holds certifications as a collegiate strength and conditioning coach, strength and conditioning specialist, and USA weightlifting club coach as well as being licensed in functional movement screening and adult CPR-First Aid.
A native of Brick, N.J., Feeley is married to the former Ann Marie DeGiglio of Toms River, N.J., and the couple have two children, Laura and John.
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