Certified Athletic Trainers
The Certified Athletic Trainers (ATCs) are medical professionals who specialize in the prevention, assessment, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries to athletes and others who are engaged in everyday physical activities. Athletic trainers have been recognized by the American Medical Association as allied health care professionals since 1990. As part of the complete health care team, the certified athletic trainer works under the direction of a physician and in cooperation with other allied health care professionals.
Certified Athletic Trainers have, at a minimum, a bachelor's degree and have completed coursework/clinical hours from an accredited athletic training program. They have fulfilled the requirements for certification established by the Board of Certification. They are employed in a variety of settings such as: secondary schools, colleges and universities, sports medicine clinics, physical therapy clinics, hospitals, professional sports teams, industrial settings, corporations and other athletic health care settings.
Randy Baack - Head athletic trainer
Randy Baack currently serves as the Head Athletic Trainer at Concordia University, Nebraska. Baack took his position with the Bulldogs in 2002. A Bulldog alum, he graduated from Concordia in 1987 with a bachelor’s degree in Secondary Education. During his playing days, he was a four-year letter winner in baseball.
After college, Baack spent five years serving as a teacher/youth director in two congregations in North Tonawanda, New York and Salt Lake City, Utah.
He then attended the University of Utah working toward certification as an Athletic Trainer. He graduated from Indiana State University with a master's in Athletic Training in 1996.
Baack spent six years as the Head Athletic Trainer at Potomac High School in Virginia before coming to Concordia.
Randy and his wife Jill are natives of Columbus, Ind. They have two daughters, Anna and Abigail. During his free time he enjoys playing sports, camping and spending time with his family.
Stacy Dahlkoetter - Assistant athletic trainer
Stacy Dahlkoetter is from Grant, Neb. She attended Concordia University, Nebraska from 2006-2010, where she majored in Biology with a Cellular & Molecular Emphasis and minored in Chemistry. Dahlkoetter was accepted into the Athletic Training Graduate Program at the University of Nebraska, Omaha and graduated from the program in May 2012. She began working at Concordia in August 2012. She covers men's and women's soccer, softball, and women's indoor/outdoor track.
Dahlkoetter is a Board Certified Athletic Trainer and a State Licensed Athletic Trainer, as well as holding cerfitication in Professional Rescuer CPR, AED, and First Aid.
She is an Allied Health Professional member of the National Athletic Trainers' Association, Mid-America Athletic Trainers' Association, and Nebraska State Athletic Trainers' Association, for which she is the District 5 Young Professionals Committee Nebraska Representative.
In her free time, Dahlkoetter enjoys spending time with family and friends, staying active with running, biking and exercising, reading and sketching.
