This month we welcome special guest Deann Koehler to the show. She is no stranger to working
with Championship caliber coaches, teams, and staff over her decorated career as an athletic
trainer. Deann and Donnie cover a wide array of topics from career path advancement, best
practices as a professional, recovery methods for injury prevention, how to manage toxic team
cultures, principles for training talented female athletes, managing head coaches’ expectations,
avoiding job burnout, and mental health red flags to spot in your athletes. This is an episode
packed with years of experience and sage advice. This is a must listen episode!
DeAnn currently works with the volleyball team at the University of Texas at Austin. Over her
tenure at Texas, she has also worked with a variety of teams from Women’s Basketball,
Women’s Golf and Softball. She came to Texas in August of 1998 from the University of Georgia
where she had served as head women’s athletic trainer since 1996. Koehler is a graduate of
Fort Hays State University where she received her bachelor’s degree magna cum laude in health
and physical education with an emphasis in athletic training. Koehler then received her
master’s degree in physical education/training from Old Dominion. To contact DeAnn reach out
to her via email: Deann.koehler@athletics.utexas.edu