Sport Performance Staff
Amanda Robinson
Associate Athletic Director for Sport Performance
504-247-1239
arobinson7@tulane.edu
Amanda Robinson became the department’s first Associate Athletics Director for Sports Performance.
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.
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.
Student-Athlete Welfare Staff
Dr. Lauren Miller - Director, Clinical Behavioral Health
504-330-3138
lapple@tulane.edu
Bracely Williams - Licensed Professional Counselor
504-865-5512
bwilliams8@tulane.edu
Kate Conochan - Case Manager
504-247-1235
kconochan@tulane.edu
Strength and Conditioning Staff
Kurt Hester - Director, Strength and Conditioning
504-407-8278
khester1@tulane.edu
Ben Abbott - Director, Strength and Conditioning
504-314-2458
babbott1@tulane.edu
Dan Rickaby - Assistant Coach, Strength and Conditioning
504-314-7224
drickaby@tulane.edu
Benjamin Moortgat - Assistant Coach, Strength and Conditioning
504-865-5671
bmoortgat@tulane.edu
Tyler Kishbaugh - Assistant Coach, Strength and Conditioning
504-865-5671
tkishbaugh@tulane.edu
Nieko Torres - Assistant Coach, Strength and Conditioning
504-865-5371
ntorres2@tulane.edu
Nate Sample - Assistant Coach, Strength and Conditioning
504-865-5671
nsample@tulane.edu
Dominic Duplantis - Intern, Strength and Conditioning
Nutrition Staff
Leila Hughel-Deeds - Director, Sports Nutrition
504-865-5013
lhugheldeeds@tulane.edu
Sports Medicine
Eric Gahan - Assistant Athletic Director/Director, Sports Medicine
egahan@tulane.edu
Jonathan Melia - Assistant Athletic Director/Head Football ATC
504-314-7214
jmelia@tulane.edu
Quinton Nease - Associate Athletic Trainer
504-862-8245
tnease@tulane.edu
Dr. Victoria Elia - Assistant Athletic Trainer
504-862-8204
velia@tulane.edu
Kate Fisher - Assistant Athletic Trainer
504-862-8047
kfisher12@tulane.edu
Jason Maccannon - Assistant Athletic Trainer
jmaccannon@tulane.edu
Steven Phelps - Assistant Athletic Trainer
sphelps3@tulane.edu
Michaela Slosar - Assistant Athletic Trainer
mslosar@tulane.edu
Madyson Hawley - Graduate Assistant Trainer
mhawley@tulane.edu
Colin Park - Graduate Assistant Trainer
Anton Abrams - Graduate Assistant Trainer
Alyssa Sholler - Graduate Assistant Trainer
Kayleigh Burkette - Graduate Assistant Trainer
