Duke Preston - Tampa Bay Buccaneers Director of Player Engagement

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5 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Duke Preston is the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Director of Player Engagement. He joined Tampa prior to the 2015 season and his role focuses on the personal and professional growth of players through guidance and support. He also serves as the team chaplain of the team.

Prior to working with Tampa, Preston was with the University of Notre Dame in a variety of roles in including player and spiritual development. The former NFL offensive lineman played five seasons with the Bills, Packers and Cowboys and retired in 2010 at the age of 28. He earned his Master's Degree in Christian Education from the Dallas Theological Seminary.

On today's podcast, Duke Preston shares about his role with the Buccaneers, the importance of Christ in his life, the journey of 2020 and winning a Super Bowl, and what discipleship looked like this season.

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0:00.0	This is the Sports Spectrum podcast, where faith and sports sports intercept.
0:13.9	Now let's bring in our host, former ESPN producer, Jason Romano.
0:18.3	Hey, guys, welcome to the show.
0:20.4	I am Jason Romano, and this is the Sports Spectrum podcast.
0:24.6	So excited for you to be joining us on the show today, and we have a fantastic conversation
0:31.3	with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers director of player engagement.
0:35.0	Duke Preston, this guy, I'm telling you, go get a pen and a paper
0:39.8	because some of the things that he says in this conversation need to be written down and
0:44.9	need to be applied into all of our lives. I know I wrote down a bunch of stuff and just was
0:50.0	listening intently on what this man had to say.
0:56.8	And I just think it'll encourage you quite a bit.
1:00.1	So we're going to bring to you that conversation in just a second.
1:02.4	First, a couple of places you can get in touch with us.
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1:18.1	you can email me, Jason at sportspectrum.com for stories and maybe you have a guest idea or just
1:23.6	want some feedback, want to provide some feedback on our guest, Duke Preston.
1:27.7	You can email me, Jason at Sportspectrum.com.
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