Football

Zac Angell
- Title:
- Assistant Director of Athletic Training
- Email:
- zachary.angell@mail.wvu.edu
- Phone:
- (304) 293-4194
Zachary Angell joined the Mountaineer football staff as an assistant athletic trainer in July 2026.
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Before coming to WVU, Angell was a registered PRN athletic trainer who worked on an as-needed basis, providing first-aid and general medical assistance during ACHA club ice hockey, football, lacrosse, baseball and soccer tournaments.
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During that time, he also served as a baseball athletic trainer for the Gaithersburg Giants of Cal Ripken Sr. Collegiate Baseball League. Angell prepared for and set up management of heat illness, as well as evaluated musculoskeletal injuries.
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Angell also interned for the Baltimore Ravens during the summer of 2022, leading athletes through various rehabilitation programs, and applying various modalities for treatment of chronic and acute injuries. In the months before, he interned with Mississippi State Football, where he took part in developing rehabilitation treatment programs.
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He graduated from Penn State in 2023 with a bachelor of science in athletic training. While in State College, he gained clinical experience working with several collegiate programs, including ice hockey, women’s soccer, women’s lacrosse and football.
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In 2026, he finished his time at the University of Maryland Baltimore School of Medicine, where he earned his doctorate in physical therapy. His clinical experience in the Baltimore area includes stints at University of Maryland Orthopedics, University of Maryland-Baltimore County Athletics, University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center, and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, where he assisted treating patients in the PACU, ICU, CVICU, SICU and the emergency department.
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Before coming to WVU, Angell was a registered PRN athletic trainer who worked on an as-needed basis, providing first-aid and general medical assistance during ACHA club ice hockey, football, lacrosse, baseball and soccer tournaments.
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During that time, he also served as a baseball athletic trainer for the Gaithersburg Giants of Cal Ripken Sr. Collegiate Baseball League. Angell prepared for and set up management of heat illness, as well as evaluated musculoskeletal injuries.
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Angell also interned for the Baltimore Ravens during the summer of 2022, leading athletes through various rehabilitation programs, and applying various modalities for treatment of chronic and acute injuries. In the months before, he interned with Mississippi State Football, where he took part in developing rehabilitation treatment programs.
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He graduated from Penn State in 2023 with a bachelor of science in athletic training. While in State College, he gained clinical experience working with several collegiate programs, including ice hockey, women’s soccer, women’s lacrosse and football.
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In 2026, he finished his time at the University of Maryland Baltimore School of Medicine, where he earned his doctorate in physical therapy. His clinical experience in the Baltimore area includes stints at University of Maryland Orthopedics, University of Maryland-Baltimore County Athletics, University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center, and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, where he assisted treating patients in the PACU, ICU, CVICU, SICU and the emergency department.
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