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Brad Pierson is in his ninth season as a member of The University of Toledo Sports Medicine staff, and begins his secondas the assistant athletic director for sports medicine after serving the previous three as the assistant director of sports medicine and associate head athletic trainer. Pierson works directly with the women’s basketball program, and also oversees several assistant athletic trainers as well as graduate assistant athletic trainers working in the Savage Athletic Training facility. His additional duties include acting as the liaison with the UToledo Pharmacy for all issues related to student-athlete care and continuing to direct the mental health services for student-athletes. He is also responsible for inventory and budget control for medical supplies, as well as for the administration and oversight of the Savage Athletic Training Facility.
“Brad is an exceptional athletic trainer,” three-time Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year Tricia Cullop said. “He is knowledgeable, hard working and possesses outstanding people skills. I always know that our players are in great hands when they suffer an injury, are rehabilitating or are doing preventative measures. We are fortunate to have Brad overseeing the health care of our student-athletes.”
In 2020, Pierson was named the Division I Assistant Head Athletic Trainer of the Year by the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) and the Intercollegiate Council for Sports Medicine (ICSM).
Pierson came to Toledo after spending two years at MAC member Eastern Michigan University, where he was the primary athletic trainer for the men’s basketball, crew and women’s volleyball teams.
Pierson earned a bachelor’s degree in athletic training in 2009 from Alderson-Broaddus College in Philippi, W. Va., before going to EMU to earn a master’s degree in exercise physiology in 2011 and working on the sports medicine staff as a graduate assistant.
In 2011, Pierson accepted a position at the West Virginia University Institute of Technology as an assistant athletic trainer and professor in the physical education department.
A native of Charleston, W. Va., Pierson is a certified athletic trainer in the National Athletic Trainers’ Association.
Pierson and his wife Bridget have a son, Owen (3).
