Drexel University Athletics
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Andrea Irvine
- Title:
- Sports Dietitian
- Email:
- Phone:
- 215-571-3772
Andrea Irvine joined the Drexel Athletics staff for a second time in September, 2016 as the sports dietitian. She provides evidence-based nutritional education and counseling to teams and individual student-athletes to enhance optimal sports performance, well-being, and overall health.
Irvine is responsible for providing ongoing performance nutrition strategies, participating in research and data collection, developing and maintaining social media, and managing the fueling station and lounge. Irvine also serves as the Assistant Director for the Center for Nutrition and Performance (CNP), a collaboration with the Department of Nutrition Sciences that bridges athletics with academics. In this role, Irvine helps to oversee the Sport Nutrition Fellowship Program and provides experiential learning opportunities to graduate and undergraduate nutrition interns. CNP also provides performance nutrition support for local professional teams and USA Squash. In addition, she is also an adjunct professor for Drexel University’s College of Nursing and Health Professions in the Nutrition Sciences Department.
Prior to coming to Drexel, she spent two years as a clinical dietitian for Sodexo USA at the Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville, N.J. During her time at Clara Maass, Irvine worked in inpatient and outpatient settings. She also has experience as an adjunct professor at Immaculata University in the Health and Exercise Science Department from 2005-09.
Irvine is a member of the Collegiate and Professional Sports Dietitians Association (CPSDA), the Sports Cardiovascular and Wellness Dietetic Practice group (SCAN), and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND). She is a board member for the New Jersey Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (NJAND), where she is currently serving as Treasurer Elect (2022). Previously, she served as Region 1 Co-chair from 2018-2020. Irvine is certified as an ISAK Level 1 Anthropometrist.
In her first stint at Drexel, Irvine spent three seasons as an assistant coach for the Dragons’ field hockey team from 2010-12. She specialized in goalkeeping and played a role in the development of the defensive unit. During the 2012 season, the Dragons captured their first CAA Championship title and appeared in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
In January, 2011, she was a speaker at the National Field Hockey Coaches Association annual convention. In the spring of that same year, she was also awarded Level II coaching accreditation from USA Field Hockey. For more than 10 years, Irvine was part of the USA Field Hockey (USFHA) coaching staff and the High-Performance Training Centers at the New Jersey/Pennsylvania site, where she worked primarily with goalkeepers. Irvine also spent eight seasons as an assistant field hockey coach at Villanova University from 2002-09.
Irvine earned her master’s degree in 2013 from Drexel. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Delaware in 2002 and played field hockey for the Blue Hens for four seasons.
She currently resides in Haddon Twp., N.J., with her husband, Rob, two daughters, Olivia and Alexandra, and their black lab, Bailey.
Irvine is responsible for providing ongoing performance nutrition strategies, participating in research and data collection, developing and maintaining social media, and managing the fueling station and lounge. Irvine also serves as the Assistant Director for the Center for Nutrition and Performance (CNP), a collaboration with the Department of Nutrition Sciences that bridges athletics with academics. In this role, Irvine helps to oversee the Sport Nutrition Fellowship Program and provides experiential learning opportunities to graduate and undergraduate nutrition interns. CNP also provides performance nutrition support for local professional teams and USA Squash. In addition, she is also an adjunct professor for Drexel University’s College of Nursing and Health Professions in the Nutrition Sciences Department.
Prior to coming to Drexel, she spent two years as a clinical dietitian for Sodexo USA at the Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville, N.J. During her time at Clara Maass, Irvine worked in inpatient and outpatient settings. She also has experience as an adjunct professor at Immaculata University in the Health and Exercise Science Department from 2005-09.
Irvine is a member of the Collegiate and Professional Sports Dietitians Association (CPSDA), the Sports Cardiovascular and Wellness Dietetic Practice group (SCAN), and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND). She is a board member for the New Jersey Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (NJAND), where she is currently serving as Treasurer Elect (2022). Previously, she served as Region 1 Co-chair from 2018-2020. Irvine is certified as an ISAK Level 1 Anthropometrist.
In her first stint at Drexel, Irvine spent three seasons as an assistant coach for the Dragons’ field hockey team from 2010-12. She specialized in goalkeeping and played a role in the development of the defensive unit. During the 2012 season, the Dragons captured their first CAA Championship title and appeared in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
In January, 2011, she was a speaker at the National Field Hockey Coaches Association annual convention. In the spring of that same year, she was also awarded Level II coaching accreditation from USA Field Hockey. For more than 10 years, Irvine was part of the USA Field Hockey (USFHA) coaching staff and the High-Performance Training Centers at the New Jersey/Pennsylvania site, where she worked primarily with goalkeepers. Irvine also spent eight seasons as an assistant field hockey coach at Villanova University from 2002-09.
Irvine earned her master’s degree in 2013 from Drexel. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Delaware in 2002 and played field hockey for the Blue Hens for four seasons.
She currently resides in Haddon Twp., N.J., with her husband, Rob, two daughters, Olivia and Alexandra, and their black lab, Bailey.
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