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Bill Drake currently serves as Assistant Director of Athletics for Athletic Training Services. Drake, who was hired in August 1999, directly covers the Cougar football program while supervising a staff of nine other Certified Athletic Trainers and the clinical education of over 30 Athletic Training students. Their goal, along with three team physicians, is to provide the best possible health care to approximately 500 student athletes. Drake has 15 years experience as a Board Certified Athletic Trainer in the care, prevention and rehabilitation of athletic injuries. Drake, who is a native of Coeur d' Alene, Idaho, graduated from the University of Idaho in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in sport science and a minor in athletic training. After earning his master's degree in education at Weber State in 1992, Drake was hired as an assistant athletic trainer at Washington State and remained on the Palouse until 1998. Drake worked with the volleyball, men's and women's tennis, women's swimming and soccer, and the men's and women's basketball teams during his six-year tenure. In 1998, Drake left WSU to accept the head athletic trainer position at the University of Nevada-Reno. After serving one year at Nevada, Drake returned to Pullman in 1999 to become the head athletic trainer for WSU. He and his wife Joy have two children, Austin (11) and Emily (8). |
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