About Dan

Dan received his BS in Athletic Training from the College of Health and Human Services at the University of New Hampshire in May of 2016. While at UNH, Dan played lacrosse and was named to the MCLA all-conference team and received the Scholar Athlete award his junior and senior years. During the summer of Dan's junior year he went to Israel where he played in the Israeli Premier Lacrosse League (IPLL). Post college, Dan also played for Team Israel during the Israel Lacrosse Boston Showcase, playing against Harvard, Boston University and Brown Division I Men's lacrosse teams in the fall of 2019.

Dan is a Certified Athletic Trainer licensed by the state of Massachusetts, CPR/AED certified, and is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist by the National Strength and Conditioning Association.

In the summer of 2017 Dan started personal training out of a local health club and later transitioned to his basement gym in 2018 training local athletes as well as 9-5 professionals. In spring of 2019 Dan started his first college strength coach internship with Harvard's men's hockey, lacrosse, football and basketball teams. Following Harvard, Dan became a head strength coach at Edge Performance Systems. During his time there he also had his first internship with Boston University Men's hockey, lacrosse and basketball teams. Dan was fortunate enough to work with Julian Edelman, his first New England Patriots player, during Julian's superbowl MVP season in 2019.

Dan left EPS in 2021 to pursue his master's degree at Boston University and work closely with Ken Whitter, former Bruins assistant strength coach and current head strength coach at BU men's hockey. During his full time internship with the men's hockey team he started working on the side with Bando Performance. Dan later joined full time in the summer at the Worcester location running Pro, college and high school groups, The following fall Dan became the manager of the Dedham location, becoming the Head Strength Coach and Director of Return to Play, he was the longest tenured head coach.

In the spring of 2025 Dan joined an elite gym in Needham called Pure Performance where he is focused on working with top high school, college, and professional athletes as well as local business owners and 9-5 professionals.

Dan has worked with many Olympians, Professional (NHL, NFL, PLL), DI/II/III College, Prep/High School athletes, CEO’s and working professionals for about a decade as a strength and conditioning coach and athletic trainer. In his spare time he likes to play hockey and lacrosse as well as enjoy a nice meal with friends and family.

For training inquiries at Pure Performance email DanGluckTraining@gmail.com

For consultations for online training, goal setting, meal education, success planning, and lifestyle change email DanGluckTraining@gmail.com

For signing up for small group classes at pure performance click this link

Pure Performance Training
19 Wexford St, Needham, MA 02494
Athlete Small Group Schedule is Monday - Friday (8am-6pm) & Saturday Morning (9:30am - 11:30pm)