John Smith begins his sixth year with the University of Delaware athletic training staff as assistant trainer in 2007-08. Smith, 41, earned his bachelor’s degree in human development in 1988 from Penn State University and his master’s degree in physical education from West Virginia University in 1989.
He will work extensively with the Blue Hen football program and has served as the head trainer for the UD women’s basketball team since his arrival at Delaware.
A member of the National Athletic Trainers Association, Eastern Athletic Trainers Association, and Delaware Athletic Trainers Association, Smith worked for three years as a student athletic trainer at Penn State. He began his career as a graduate assistant trainer at West Virginia University in 1988-89.
He served as an athletic trainer at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN from 1989 until 1995, working the Commodore football, basketball, and golf programs. In addition, he served as coordinator of the Vanderbilt University Sports Medicine Student Athletic Training Program.
Smith returned to Penn State in 1995 and served six seasons as assistant trainer, working with the Nittany Lions nationally-ranked women’s volleyball, men’s basketball, and baseball squads.
A native of Philadelphia, Smith and his wife, Beth, have two children, Meghan (15) and Sean (9).
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Assistant Athletic Trainer John Smith