Eddie Breight is beginning his first year as athletic trainer and assistant professor at the University of West Alabama. His primary responsibility is providing athletic training services for the men’s soccer team at UWA, as well as teaching courses in both the master & bachelor of athletic training programs. He has been an athletic trainer for twelve years and started his medical career over 20 years ago as an emergency medical technician and paramedic.  He has experience working as an athletic trainer in California, Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana.

Eddie received his Bachelor of Arts in Athletic Training from Azusa Pacific University in May of 2012.  He went on to complete his Master of Science in Sport and Exercise Pedagogy, with an emphasis in Sport & Exercise Science, from Cumberland University in December of 2014. While completing his master’s degree, he was a graduate assistant athletic trainer for men’s soccer and baseball, where he was part of the Cumberland Baseball team that won the 2014 NAIA National Championship.  Eddie spent several years working for Mississippi Sports Medicine and Orthopedic Clinic and Elite Physical Therapy as a secondary school outreach athletic trainer, during which time he started the Sports Medicine pathway in the Health Science Academy at Northwest Rankin High School.  He then became the head athletic trainer at the prestigious Catholic High School in Baton Rouge, LA in the summer of 2017; where he was part of numerous state championship athletic programs.  During his tenure the school won state championships in football, cross country, swimming, soccer, track & field and lacrosse; accompanied by deep playoff runs in every sport they sponsored.  During his time at Catholic High School, Eddie also completed his Doctorate in Athletic Training through Temple University.

He came to UWA most recently from the Houston area where he has been teaching EMT and Health Science courses in the secondary school setting for the last three years.  Last year he started the EMT pathway in the Health Science program at Willis High School.  Eddie and his wife, Ashlea, are still in the process of selling their home in Conroe, Texas.  They plan to move closer to UWA, along with their 4-year-old daughter Ryleigh and 4-month-old son Jacob, as soon as possible.  His areas of research during his time in academia have mainly focused on science-based sport hydration, concussion policies, and conservative approaches for correcting overhead athlete’s shoulder.   

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