Colin is the Director of Sport Performance at the National Sports Academy for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and is an experienced Medical and Performance professional with over 25years experience working with elite professional football teams, National Governing Bodies (including Scottish Football Association and Scottish Rugby Union), as well as both Internationally and Nationally recognised teams, players and athletes. He has extensive experience of working in highly pressurised, results orientated soccer environment and in turn has created an excellent reputation as a successful enthusiastic, passionate, dependable professional with a desire to succeed and lead others to success. Colin has a wealth of experience and knowledge working in professional sport as a player, coach and clinician. Having been forced to retire from professional rugby due to injury, Colin is able to empathise with all athletes when injuries occur and can share in their frustrations when unable to compete or train. Colin is also a senior academic and PhD researcher. He is a Fellow of the Higher Educational Academy. Colin has worked with many media outlets (including Sky Sports News, BBC, STV as well as other printed press) providing clinical expert commentary on sporting injuries, treatment, prevention, recovery and performance strategies.
Colin has developed national strategies and is keen to transfer these skills to other elite environments.