![]() ![]() He provided training for athletes, coaches and staff within the department - as well as to a number of professional sports franchises and coaches - through various educational programs. He is survived by his wife of 28 years, Cammie, and their children, Abbey, Graham, Charles and Lucas. ![]() One of the nation's foremost experts in sports leadership and psychology, he had a unique role at Duke. Nothing I say will ever be able to truly reflect what he’s done for me and how what he’s taught me continues to do for me because it’s so big and so important to me.”ĭale, a member of the Duke Athletics staff for more than two decades, passed away Thanksgiving Day following a courageous year-long battle with gastric cancer. ![]() “I would say they are all just in (my heart). “I don’t want to say one Greg-ism because then I’ll remember another one and say that’s the best one,” said senior women’s tennis player Chloe Beck who was one of the countless Duke student-athletes whose life was deeply impacted by Greg. The phrases of wisdom, of which they are a sliver of the countless he provided, are the “Greg-isms” that inspired the thousands of people with whom he crossed paths during his lifetime. I can probably describe him in three words and it’s giving, caring and passionate. “It’s almost impossible to describe him in one word. “A lot of words come to mind when I think of Greg,” said Jacki Silar, Duke’s first Senior Woman Administrator, member of the 2022 Duke Athletics Hall of Fame and dear friend of Greg Dale. He embodied each of those words, yet he was so much more. These words are synonymous with Greg Dale, but still fall well short of describing all he did for the people of Duke Athletics. ![]()
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