University of Connecticut Athletics
Staff Directory
- Title:
- Head Athletic Trainer (Msoc)
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James Doran, currently as the Associate Head Athletic Trainer, is in his 20th year with the University of Connecticut. His primary responsibilities are with the UConn Men’s Basketball and Men’s Golf, managing the physical health and well-being of the student-athletes working in conjunction with the UConn Sports Medicine team.
Doran received his B.S. degree in Kinesiology from San Diego State University in 1998, completed an internship at the University of San Diego (1996-98) and received his M.S. degree in Exercise Science from the University of Wyoming in 2000.
He was the Associate Athletic Trainer for the University of Wyoming and was primarily responsible for the Cowboys Men’s Basketball and Women’s Tennis teams from 2000 to 2005.
Doran received his National Athletic Trainers Association Board of Certification credential in 1998. He is a member of the NATA and the American College of Sports Medicine. Doran served as president of the Conn. Athletic Trainers’ Association from 2013-16. He is currently serving as a member of the Alliance for Intercollegiate Sports Medicine (AISM) Executive Committee. He was inducted into the CATA Hall of Fame in the spring of 2021.
Doran married his wife, Annie, in August 2023. They reside in Manchester, Conn. They have one child, Maddie.
