WVU Tech Athletics

Jamie Dearien enters his first year at WVU Tech as a certified athletic trainer.

Dearien, who hails from Vienna, West Virginia, received his undergraduate degree in sports medicine in 2001 from the University of Kansas before obtaining a masters in sports medicine athletic training from Marshall University in 2005.

After graduation, Dearien worked for Healthsouth in Parkersburg before becoming the head athletic trainer at Davis & Elkins College. He was promoted to assistant athletics director for sports medicine in 2015.