Life After the Final Whistle: Navigating Footballer’s Career Transitions (Pt1) - Dr. Darryn Stamp - Meaningful Sport Series

Today’s episode continues explorations of the complexities of athlete transitions within professional football. Career transitions often present a challenge to an athlete's identity and change their position in their relational networks. While career transitions have been an established topic in sport psychology, they are still underexplored from a sociological perspective, which informs our conversation today.

Today's guest Dr. Darryn Stamp played professional football before transitioning his second career as an academic. He wrote his PhD thesis at the University of Hull with a focus on the contextual complexities of transitions through and out of professional football.

Darryn is currently the Deputy Head of School for Health, Education and Sport at University Campus North Lincolnshire.

You can find out more about Darryn's research here:

More than just a 'Pro': a relational analysis of transition in professional football

'It's not all about me': negotiating the transition out of (semi-) professional football from an autoethnographic perspective

Timestamps:

• [00:00:00] Introduction and Overview of Episode Theme
• [00:02:00] Darryn's Transition from Football to Academia
• [00:08:00] The Role of Education and Sociological Perspectives in Athlete Transitions
• [00:14:00] Exploring Family Influences and Identity in Flux
• [00:20:00] Mental Health and Well-Being in Athlete Transitions
• [00:26:00] Team Dynamics and Support Systems in Professional Football
• [00:32:00] Closing Thoughts