UPDATED September 19, 2023
Don Moran returned to the Wayne State University Sports Medicine office as an assistant athletic trainer in July of 2021. He starts his third year on the Warrior staff in this tenure in the fall of 2023. Moran previously was an athletic training intern at WSU from August of 2015 to June of 2016.
He graduated from Central Michigan with a Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training in December of 2015, then earned a Master of Science in Exercise Physiology from Syracuse in May of 2018.
Most recently, Moran was at Rice University from June of 2019 until July of 2021, working primarily with the football program. Prior to that, he worked at the University of Michigan with the football and women's lacrosse teams from August of 2018 until May of 2019.
During the 2018-19 academic year, he worked with Henry Ford Health System as an athletic trainer after serving as a graduate assistant at Syracuse University for two years (2016-2018), where he worked with football, men's lacrosse and men's rowing. Moran worked with the football team at WSU and also was an assistant boy's basketball coach at Dearborn Divine Child from October of 2014 until June of 2016.
Moran is a Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC) and a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS). He also is a Corrective Exercise Specialist (CES) and a Performance Enhancement Specialist (PES). Moran is Functional Movement Screening Certified, Functional Dry Needling Certified, Blood Flow Restriction Exercise Certified and Mental Health First Aid Certified.
He is the son of Donald and Christina Moran.