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Certified Athletic Trainer – Will Utsey

William Utsey, A.T.C.

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Certified Athletic Trainer
Sports MedicineWheeler High School    will.utsey@choa.org
Education and Training

  • Bachelor of Arts, Exercise Science and Health Promotion: Southeastern Louisiana University, 1998.
Interests

    • Emergency plans of action
  • Knee and shoulder injuries
Societies

    • Member, National Athletic Trainers Association
  • Southeastern Athletic Trainers Association
  • Georgia Athletic Trainers Association
Certification

  • Certified Athletic Trainer, National Athletic Trainers Association
Roles and Responsibilities

  • Provide medical coverage to local high schools regarding sports related injuries
  • Head athletic trainer for Wheeler High School
Career Highlights

  • Athletic trainer, NFL Europe physicals
  • Gameday athletic trainer for the Atlanta Falcons
  • Summer athletic trainer intern with the Baltimore Ravens
  • Assistant medical coordinator for the annual Senior Bowl football game
  • Head athletic trainer at Miles College
  • Medical coordinator for the SIAC basketball tournament
  • Medical coordinator for the SWAC football championship game
  • Provided medical coverage at Tennessee Tech University basketball camps
  • Athletic trainer for the Alabama-Mississippi All Star football game
  • Athletic trainer for the Alabama North-South All Star football game
  • Sports medical provider at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships
  • Experience working with professional athletes of all sports under the supervision of Dr. James Andrews at Healthsouth in Birmingham
CertifiedAthleticTrainer’sDay
Will Utsey’s life is sports. He can be found most days at Wheeler High School in Marietta, Ga., where he’s a Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC) in the Sports Medicine Program at Children’s. While he has no children of his own, he considers his kids to be the 350 teen student athletes he works with.

Join him for a typical day during football season.