Andrew Pacheco, M.S., CSCS, is the Department Chair of Health Sciences at Nelson University and a doctoral student in Health Sciences at Liberty University. He previously served as Department Chair of Sport Science at Dallas Christian College, where he led four academic programs while also teaching mathematics for Texas Tech University.

Andrew began his career in collegiate athletics. After a coaching internship at Texas Christian University, he returned to his alma mater, Dallas Baptist University, as assistant sprints coach for the track and field program he once competed in as a student-athlete. He holds both a B.S. and an M.S. in Kinesiology from DBU and received the university’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 2023.

His dissertation research focuses on the metabolic demands of multidisciplinary training and neuromuscular fatigue monitoring in multi-event track and field athletes. Andrew ultimately sees teaching as a calling and is committed to holding students to a standard of excellence academically, professionally, and spiritually.