Brian Benitez joined the athletics department as an athletic trainer in the summer of 2019.
Benitez served as a volunteer athletic trainer at North Carolina State during the summer of 2019. He was an assistant athletic trainer at High Point University from December 2018 to June 2019. During his time at High Point, Benitez worked with the baseball and men’s soccer teams. He led injury assessment, hydration counseling, rehabilitation for 60 student-athletes, including a top-25 nationally ranked program.
Before joining the staff at High Point, Benitez worked as an assistant athletic trainer at Averett University from August 2017 to December 2018. He worked with the school’s football, wrestling, cheer and baseball teams. From August 2016 to May 2017, Benitez was a graduate assistant athletic trainer at Averett.
Benitez is a National Athletic Trainers’ Association certified athletic trainer, USA Weight Lifting Sports Performance Coach Level I and had sound assisted soft tissue mobilization certification. He earned a bachelor’s of science in athletic training from Averett in 2016 and a master’s in business administration in 2018.
