Updated July 26, 2021
Michael Chan completed his 15th season as head athletic trainer and 19th season overall at Wayne State University in the summer of 2021.
He was responsible for all aspects of the sports medicine program, including preventative training, first aid, injury management, and rehabilitation. He was promoted to an assistant athletic director position in July of 2010, and to associate athletics director in August of 2011.
Chan joined the WSU staff in the fall of 2002 as an assistant athletic trainer after working the previous two seasons as a graduate assistant athletic trainer at Syracuse University, while completing his master's degree in exercise science. Prior to his graduate work, Chan was an intern at MedSport, a University of Michigan Health System sports medicine clinic, located at Domino Farms in Ann Arbor, Mich.
He received a bachelor's degree in biology from the University of Western Ontario in 1996, and a B.S. in sports medicine from Central Michigan University in 2000.
Chan is a member of the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA), Michigan Athletic Trainers Society (MATS), College Athletic Trainers Society (CATS) and the Great Lakes Athletic Trainers Association (GLATA). Chan is certified in sound assisted soft tissue mobilization (SASTM) and is a certified National Academy of Sports Medicine Performance Enhancement Specialist (PES).
He was born in Taipei, Taiwan, but grew up in Toronto, Ontario. Chan and his wife, Sora, reside in Novi with their sons, Matthew and Jaden.
