Tulane Athletics Enhances Sports Performance Department with New Hires
Jul 14, 2021 | General
NEW ORLEANS – Tulane University Athletics further enhanced the department's focus on student-athlete welfare today with the announcement of two new positions in the sports performance area. Amanda Robinson will become the department's first Associate Athletics Director for Sports Performance while Chappell Evans will be promoted to Assistant Athletic Director/Director of Sports Medicine.
In her newly created position, Robinson will fully integrate the department's strength and conditioning, athletic training, nutrition and behavioral health units to ensure the optimal health and peak performance for Tulane's student-athletes in competition.
Robinson comes to Tulane after spending the past nine years at Florida State University. Since 2017, she has managed the daily medical operations for the men's basketball team, provided mentorship for Sports Medicine Department graduate assistants and interns, and coordinated various Sports Medicine staff development initiatives. She has been a member of each of the Seminoles' last four men's basketball NCAA Tournament teams in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021. Prior to working with the men's basketball team, Robinson served four seasons with Florida State's women's volleyball and women's golf teams.
"I am thrilled to welcome Amanda to our department, as our first Associate Athletic Director for Sports Performance," Deputy AD for Student Services Charvi Greer said. "I'm particularly excited to have this position in place, as I believe from a holistic standpoint, this position touches all the elements that ensure success for our student-athletes, so it was critical that we found someone that could tie all of these areas together. With Amanda's guidance and Chappell leading the way in our sports medicine department, our student-athletes are posed for peak performance on and off the field of play."
Evans joined the Tulane athletics department in August 2017 after spending four years at Samford University. During her time with the Green Wave, she has overseen the direct care of the women's basketball program while managing nine athletic trainers serving over 200 student-athletes. She is a member of the Tulane Athletic Care Team (TACT) and served on several COVID-19 committees over the past year. In her new role, Evans will have oversight of the sports medicine department, supervising all eleven athletic trainers serving all of Tulane's student-athletes.
The departments within the sports performance area (strength and conditioning, athletic training, nutrition and behavioral health) will continue to further expand with staff members, equipment, software and space to serve student-athlete welfare needs in a holistic manner.
More on Amanda Robinson
Robinson received her first Master's Degree in Sport Management in 2014. With the help of an esteemed academic committee that included former Florida State head volleyball coach and FSU Hall of Fame member Dr. Cecile Reynaud, she defended her thesis entitled "Factors Influencing Collegiate Volleyball Shoe Selection: An Institutionalized Perspective".
Robinson completed her MBA from Florida State in 2016. While in her MBA program, she coordinated a medical administration internship focused on the daily supply-chain operations and organizational behavior of the sports medicine department at Florida State.
Robinson earned her Bachelor's Degree in Athletic Training from the University of Central Florida in 2012. As an athletic training student she worked primarily with the women's basketball team while also working with the football, women's track, baseball, and cheer/dance teams.
More on Chappell Evans
Evans continues to be a leader in the collegiate sports medicine landscape presenting at numerous conferences and symposiums while serving on several local, regional and national committees.
At Samford University Evans was associate head athletic trainer for all women's sports and head of the mental health committee. She joined the Bulldogs in August of 2014 as an assistant athletic trainer, working with women's basketball, women's tennis and women's golf.
Evans was a graduate assistant athletic trainer at the University of Memphis from 2011-13, working primarily with football, volleyball, women's tennis and cheer and dance.
Evans earned a bachelor's degree in athletic training at the University of Alabama in 2011, before going on to earn a master's degree in sport commerce at Memphis in 2013.
Download the official mobile app of Tulane Athletics. Now, you can stay in touch with the Green Wave anytime and anywhere on your Android or iOS mobile device.
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WE ARE NOLA BUILT
Tulane University is located in the city of New Orleans. It is a city built on tradition and resiliency. The lessons Green Wave student-athletes have learned through their connection with this university and city have BUILT doctors, lawyers, business leaders, conference champions, all-conference players, all-Americans, professional athletes and NCAA tournament teams. The city of New Orleans has shaped us into who we are today. We are One City. We are Tulane. We are NOLA BUILT. Check out our story at NolaBuilt.com.
In her newly created position, Robinson will fully integrate the department's strength and conditioning, athletic training, nutrition and behavioral health units to ensure the optimal health and peak performance for Tulane's student-athletes in competition.
Robinson comes to Tulane after spending the past nine years at Florida State University. Since 2017, she has managed the daily medical operations for the men's basketball team, provided mentorship for Sports Medicine Department graduate assistants and interns, and coordinated various Sports Medicine staff development initiatives. She has been a member of each of the Seminoles' last four men's basketball NCAA Tournament teams in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021. Prior to working with the men's basketball team, Robinson served four seasons with Florida State's women's volleyball and women's golf teams.
"I am thrilled to welcome Amanda to our department, as our first Associate Athletic Director for Sports Performance," Deputy AD for Student Services Charvi Greer said. "I'm particularly excited to have this position in place, as I believe from a holistic standpoint, this position touches all the elements that ensure success for our student-athletes, so it was critical that we found someone that could tie all of these areas together. With Amanda's guidance and Chappell leading the way in our sports medicine department, our student-athletes are posed for peak performance on and off the field of play."
Evans joined the Tulane athletics department in August 2017 after spending four years at Samford University. During her time with the Green Wave, she has overseen the direct care of the women's basketball program while managing nine athletic trainers serving over 200 student-athletes. She is a member of the Tulane Athletic Care Team (TACT) and served on several COVID-19 committees over the past year. In her new role, Evans will have oversight of the sports medicine department, supervising all eleven athletic trainers serving all of Tulane's student-athletes.
The departments within the sports performance area (strength and conditioning, athletic training, nutrition and behavioral health) will continue to further expand with staff members, equipment, software and space to serve student-athlete welfare needs in a holistic manner.
More on Amanda Robinson
Robinson received her first Master's Degree in Sport Management in 2014. With the help of an esteemed academic committee that included former Florida State head volleyball coach and FSU Hall of Fame member Dr. Cecile Reynaud, she defended her thesis entitled "Factors Influencing Collegiate Volleyball Shoe Selection: An Institutionalized Perspective".
Robinson completed her MBA from Florida State in 2016. While in her MBA program, she coordinated a medical administration internship focused on the daily supply-chain operations and organizational behavior of the sports medicine department at Florida State.
Robinson earned her Bachelor's Degree in Athletic Training from the University of Central Florida in 2012. As an athletic training student she worked primarily with the women's basketball team while also working with the football, women's track, baseball, and cheer/dance teams.
More on Chappell Evans
Evans continues to be a leader in the collegiate sports medicine landscape presenting at numerous conferences and symposiums while serving on several local, regional and national committees.
At Samford University Evans was associate head athletic trainer for all women's sports and head of the mental health committee. She joined the Bulldogs in August of 2014 as an assistant athletic trainer, working with women's basketball, women's tennis and women's golf.
Evans was a graduate assistant athletic trainer at the University of Memphis from 2011-13, working primarily with football, volleyball, women's tennis and cheer and dance.
Evans earned a bachelor's degree in athletic training at the University of Alabama in 2011, before going on to earn a master's degree in sport commerce at Memphis in 2013.
Download the official mobile app of Tulane Athletics. Now, you can stay in touch with the Green Wave anytime and anywhere on your Android or iOS mobile device.
Fans can follow Tulane Athletics on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram.
WE ARE NOLA BUILT
Tulane University is located in the city of New Orleans. It is a city built on tradition and resiliency. The lessons Green Wave student-athletes have learned through their connection with this university and city have BUILT doctors, lawyers, business leaders, conference champions, all-conference players, all-Americans, professional athletes and NCAA tournament teams. The city of New Orleans has shaped us into who we are today. We are One City. We are Tulane. We are NOLA BUILT. Check out our story at NolaBuilt.com.
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