ACU High Performance Sport experts

Dr Craig Duncan

Dr Craig Duncan is one of Australia's leading sport scientists with a passion for safe, professional, and ethical standards in the industry.

His innovative and holistic approach to player management has enabled high performance teams to maximise performance and lower injury rates in their professional athletes.

Dr Duncan was working with Sydney FC when they won the A-League Championship, with the Western Sydney Wanderers when they became the first Australian side to win the Asian Champions League in 2015, with the NSW State of Origin team for their drought-breaking series win in 2014, and with the Socceroos when they became Asian champions in 2015.

In the academic arena, Dr Duncan was part of the development team for a new postgraduate degree, the Master of High Performance Sport, at ACU. He was named Sport Scientist of the Year by Exercise and Sport Science (ESSA) Australia in 2014.