Eugene B. Power & Tinker D. Murray

Eugene B. Power is a professor in the Department of Kinesiology at Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, Texas. He earned a bachelor’s of science degree and master’s degree in physical education and master’s degree from Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas in 1978 and 1983 respectively. Power has worked with the Texas High School Coaches Association (THSCA) since 2007 to promote continuing education experiences via the Professional Development Cooperative (PDC) for coaches.

Tinker D. Murray, Ph.D., FACSM, is a professor of health and human performance at Texas State University (formerly SWT) in San Marcos, Texas. He earned a bachelor’s of science degree in physical education and biology from the University of Texas in 1973. He earned his master’s degree in physical education from Southwest Texas State University in 1976, and completed his Ph.D. in physical education from Texas A&M University in 1984. His research interests include school-based and clinical-based youth physical-activity interventions for the prevention of obesity and diabetes, continuing education opportunities for coaching education, and personal fitness and training applications related to exercise physiology. He is a co-author of a high school textbook, Foundations of Personal Fitness, which has been adopted by many school districts across the U.S.