Coach Seagrave is currently serving as the Head Coach & Director of Sport Performance at the Shanghai Elite Athletes Centre in Shanghai, China.
As an Athletics Coach (Track and Field Specialist), Coach Seagrave has guided numerous Olympic and World Champion Medalists in the sprints, hurdles, and jumping events for the past 50 years. As a Coach Educator, he was the original editor for the USA Track & Field, Central American and Caribbean, and World Athletics, formerly the International Amateur Athletic Federation, Coaching Education Program.
In 1990, Coach Seagrave founded “Speed Dynamics”, a company promoting coaching education through instructional videos, and seminars. He launched the unique concept of Speed and Performance Training for Developmental Youth Athletes in all sports by founding Velocity Sports Performance, where young athletes learned how to be faster so they could get off the bench, get into the game, play more, and enjoy physical activity and sport the rest of their life.
Derek is an international sports performance consultant and educator. He has worked for over 30 years as a sprint coach and has been consulting with professional teams (NFL, NBA, NHL, MLS, MLB, Bundesliga), national team organizations (Olympics and World Championships) and collegiate athletic programs (NCAA) for over 20 years.
Derek specializes in speed development, strategic performance planning, return-to-play protocols and electrical stimulation techniques. He offers consulting services through SprintCoach.com and educational courses via RunningMechanics.com.
One of his most notable projects was being hired by the Kansas City Chiefs (NFL) during the 2015 off-season period as their primary consultant for on-field speed training. Derek continued to prepare training programs for the team through until the 2023 Super Bowl Victory, providing on-going consultations to the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach, Barry Rubin.
Since 2014, Derek has provided in-person and virtual professional development in-service to performance and medical staff for over 40 professional and collegiate sports teams allover the world, including North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia