Don Steelman

Position: Assistant Athletic Trainer Years At Wake Forest: Entering 7th Season

Don Steelman, now in his seventh season at Wake Forest, is one of the most important members of the football staff in his role as the assistant athletic trainer in charge of football. Steelman works on a personal basis with the Demon Deacon players in the daily prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries throughout the entire year. Steelman also serves as the treasurer and Director of the Atlantic Coast Conference Sports Medicine Annual Symposium.

For nine years prior to coming to Wake Forest, Steelman served as an assistant athletic trainer at the University of North Carolina, where he was the assistant trainer for the football program. He received both his undergraduate and master's degrees from UNC, and began his career in sports medicine as a student trainer with the Tar Heel football team.

Steelman and his wife, Pam, have two children, Ashlyn and Rhett.