University of Minnesota Athletics
Football
Francis, Brittany
vs
Rutgers
Sep 27 (Sat)
11:00 AM
Brittany Francis
- Title:
- Sports Dietitian / Nutritionist
Brittany Francis joined the University of Minnesota football staff as sports dietitian prior to the 2014 season.Â
Francis is responsible for the team's day-to-day dietary needs and nutrition and provides educational services to the student-athletes to maximize performance, health and well-being.Â
Francis also analyzes dietary practices, body composition and energy balance of student-athletes in the context of athletic performance and health. She counsels student-athletes on optimal nutrition for exercise training, competition, recovery from exercise, weight management, hydration and travel.
Francis organizes all pre, during, and post-practice fueling stations at home and on the road and schedules daily catered meals for the team. She also supervises the "football fueling team" which consists of a dozen student interns.Â
Francis attended the University of Minnesota and was a four-year hockey letterwinner for the Gophers. She captained the team from 2009-10. Francis graduated with a degree in business and marketing education and a minor in nutrition in 2011 and earned her master's of science in nutrition in 2014.
Francis is responsible for the team's day-to-day dietary needs and nutrition and provides educational services to the student-athletes to maximize performance, health and well-being.Â
Francis also analyzes dietary practices, body composition and energy balance of student-athletes in the context of athletic performance and health. She counsels student-athletes on optimal nutrition for exercise training, competition, recovery from exercise, weight management, hydration and travel.
Francis organizes all pre, during, and post-practice fueling stations at home and on the road and schedules daily catered meals for the team. She also supervises the "football fueling team" which consists of a dozen student interns.Â
Francis attended the University of Minnesota and was a four-year hockey letterwinner for the Gophers. She captained the team from 2009-10. Francis graduated with a degree in business and marketing education and a minor in nutrition in 2011 and earned her master's of science in nutrition in 2014.
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