Originally from Canada, he moved to the United States five years ago to continue his academic pursuits. He teaches a range of Health Sciences courses including Sport Psychology, Talent Development, Motor Development, and Motor Learning. His main research interests lie in youth sport, particularly understanding talent development, relative age effects, birthplace effects and sport officials. He proposed a theoretical model to explain the influence of social agents on relative age effects, published in European Journal of Sport Science in 2013. David played organized hockey for 13 years, and is entering his 21st season as an on-ice official.