On today's episode of The People of Penn State podcast we speak with former Penn State Football placekicker, Nick Gancitano (1986 – Biomechanics), who was a part of the Nittany Lions' 1982 National Championship team.
After his NFL career was interrupted by injury, he went into the business world at A.L. Williams, where he led high-performance sales teams as a regional vice president and public speaker. Nick went on to teach physics, anatomy-physiology honors and biology while privately developing 55 collegiate place-kickers, including 13 All-Americans and three professionals. He later left the public schools to focus on a concentrated spiritual pursuit through meditation and the inner journey of self-realization.
Professionally, he is now a private coach, meditation instructor and bioresonance therapist. Nick has written two books, "The Awakened Athlete" and "Be Still and Know I AM God," a number one Best Seller and International Book Award Finalist.
We talk with Nick about all of this and more on this edition of The People of Penn State!
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0:00 — Intro
1:00 — Welcoming Nick to the program
3:10 — Becoming a Penn Stater
4:10 — Memories of the 1982 National Championship season for Penn State Football
6:03 — Studying biomechanics at Penn State
7:41 — Keeping connected with fellow lettermen
10:03 — Ad Read - PSAA Presents
10:55 — Experience kicking in the NFL
15:01 — Nick's journey to enlightenment
18:32 — Published work
20:20 — Returning to Happy Valley and opening up the "Good Vibes" office
23:27 — Lightning Round Q&A
25:35 — Outro
Learn more about the Penn State Alumni Association: alumni.psu.edu.
Follow the Penn State Alumni Association on:
Facebook
X (Twitter)
Instagram
LinkedIn
On today's episode of The People of Penn State podcast we speak with former Penn State Football placekicker, Nick Gancitano (1986 – Biomechanics), who was a part of the Nittany Lions' 1982 National Championship team.
After his NFL career was interrupted by injury, he went into the business world at A.L. Williams, where he led high-performance sales teams as a regional vice president and public speaker. Nick went on to teach physics, anatomy-physiology honors and biology while privately developing 55 collegiate place-kickers, including 13 All-Americans and three professionals. He later left the public schools to focus on a concentrated spiritual pursuit through meditation and the inner journey of self-realization.
Professionally, he is now a private coach, meditation instructor and bioresonance therapist. Nick has written two books, "The Awakened Athlete" and "Be Still and Know I AM God," a number one Best Seller and International Book Award Finalist.
We talk with Nick about all of this and more on this edition of The People of Penn State!
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Learn more about the Penn State Alumni Association: alumni.psu.edu.
Follow the Penn State Alumni Association on:
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
LinkedIn
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0:00 — Intro
1:00 — Welcoming Nick to the program
3:10 — Becoming a Penn Stater
4:10 — Memories of the 1982 National Championship season for Penn State Football
6:03 — Studying biomechanics at Penn State
7:41 — Keeping connected with fellow lettermen
10:03 — Ad Read - PSAA Presents
10:55 — Experience kicking in the NFL
15:01 — Nick's journey to enlightenment
18:32 — Published work
20:20 — Returning to Happy Valley and opening up the "Good Vibes" office
23:27 — Lightning Round Q&A
25:35 — Outro
Learn more about the Penn State Alumni Association: alumni.psu.edu.
Follow the Penn State Alumni Association on:
Facebook
X (Twitter)
Instagram
LinkedIn