Athletic Training Education Program

Department of Exercise and Sport Science
Clinical Instructors

Approved Clinical Instructors (ACI's)

Courtney Burken, PhD, ATC, LAT-UMHB- ATEP Director
Elizabeth Finch, MS, ATC, LAT - UMHB- Athletic Trainer
Amy Johnson, MS, ATC, LAT - UMHB- Athletic Training Faculty
Billy Ray Laxton, M.Ed, ATC, LAT - UMHB-Head Athletic Trainer
Ashley Bryant, MS, ATC, LAT - UMHB - Athletic Trainer
Trevor Swift, MS, ATC, LAT - UMHB- Athletic Training Faculty
Craig Bower, ATC, LAT- Belton High School- Athletic Trainer
Jennifer Dieter, ATC, LAT- Coperras Cove High School- Athletic Trainer
Joe Gonzales, ATC, LAT - Killeen Ellison - Athletic Trainer
Jerry Pate, ATC, LAT- Belton High School- Athletic Trainer
Nathan Williams, ATC, LAT- Coperras Cove High School- Athletic Trainer
Chad Hennessey, ATC, LAT- Georgetown high School - Athletic Trainer

Clinical Instructors (CI's)

Lynn Glass, MS, ATC, LAT - Director Waco Sports Medicine Clinic
Dr. Derek Lichota, MD - UMHB Team Physician/Medical Director, Orthopedic Surgeon Scott & White Hospital
Tony Dunn, LAT- Killeen Ellison - Athletic Trainer
Windee Skrabanek, LAT - Temple High School - Athletic Trainer
Mike Lefner, LAT - Temple High School- Head Athletic Trainer
Steve Prentiss, ATC, LAT - Temple High School- Athletic Trainer
Bruce Pritchard- Belton EMS
Ron Scott, ATC, LAT - Scott & White Hospital - Orthopedic Assistant/Athletic Trainer
Diana Operhall, LAT- Georgetown High School- Athletic Trainer
Brian Carr, LAT, P.T.- Georgetown Physical Therapy- Physical Therapist
Jamie Ortiz, P.T.- Scott and White Hospital- Physical Therapist
Patricia Bennett, P.T.- Scott and White Hospital- Physical Therapist

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