UT Tyler Sports Medicine
The UT Tyler athletic training staff maintains the department's two state-of-the-art training rooms in the Herrington Patriot Center and at the UT Tyler Ballpark. Staffed by 6 full-time athletic trainers, two seasonal athletic trainers, and athletic training students. It is the goal of the athletic training staff to provide the best possible care to our Patriot student-athletes.
Our athletic trainers are specifically educated in prevention of athletic injuries and to recognize, evaluate, and assess athletic injuries. Athletic trainers provide immediate care to injuries as well as provide appropriate treatment and rehabilitation to those injuries if the need arises.
Sports Nutrition
Click on the link above to access Student-Athlete Nutrition resources.
Facilities
The athletic training facilities at UT Tyler are among the nicest accommodations in all of NCAA Division II and the Lone Star Conference.
UT Tyler has two fully equipped athletic training clinics. One is located in the Herrington Patriot Center (Room 1045), and the other is located at the UT Tyler Ballpark. The athletic training facilities provide service for all fifteen sports at UT Tyler.
The facilities are staffed by full-time licensed and/or certified athletic trainers, graduate assistant and student athletic trainers during normal operating hours at all times.
Athletic Training Staff
Andrew Cage, M.Ed., LAT, ATC, CES, PES, CCT
Head Athletic Trainer
(903) 565-5545
scage@uttyler.edu
Sports: Baseball
Laurel Trail
Associate Athletic Trainer
ltrail@uttyler.edu
Sports: Softball, Men's & Women's Cross Country
Brittney Hughes
Associate Athletic Trainer
Sports: Women's Basketball, Cheer & Dance
Alex Jacobs
Assistant Athletic Trainer
alexanderjacobs@uttyler.edu
Sports: Women's Volleyball, Men's & Women's Track & Field
Marshall Jelden
Assistant Athletic Trainer
Sports: Men's Soccer, Men's & Women's Tennis
Santos Perez
Assistant Athletic Trainer
santosperez@uttyler.edu
Sports: Men's Basketball, Women's Golf
Karina Villegas
Assistant Athletic Trainer
Sports: Women's Soccer, Men's Golf
UT Tyler Team Physicians
Dr. Alexander Jacobsen, DO
Head Team Physician
Robert French, DO
Team Physician
Jayesh Patel, MD
Team Orthopedic Surgeon
Ivette Guttmann
Team Physician
Emergencies
Should an emergency occur at UT Tyler, patients will be transported to either the UT Health East Texas Hospital or The University of Texas Health Center at Tyler. It is the policy of UT Tyler not to provide private or university transportation for individuals to emergency care facilities. Ambulance transportation will be requested for individuals to emergency care facilities if needed.
UT Health East Texas
1000 S. Beckham Ave
Tyler, TX 75701
University of Texas Health Center at Tyler
11937 US Hwy. 271, Tyler TX 75708
(903) 877-3451
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