Athletic Staff

To reach the staff, please call or email:

Lorie Howard, Athletic Director
336/721-2732

Sara McCormack, Assistant Athletic Director
336/917-5403

Coaches

Many of the Academy's coaches have full-time jobs and coach our students because of their love of the sport and the school. Email is usually the best way to reach these coaches when they are not on the playing field! To send an email, click on the coach's name below. 

Fall:

Varsity Field Hockey: Laura Clay

Junior Varsity Field Hockey: Laura Clay

Cross Country:

Varsity Volleyball: Brandon Buchanan

Junior Varsity Volleyball: Gabe Higgins

Varsity Tennis: Varner Sink

Junior Varsity Tennis: Sally Engram  

Winter:

Intramural Basketball: Jason Kremidas 

Swimming: Heather West

Fencing: Walter Tripplett

Spring:

Soccer: Sara McCormack

Track:  Gabe Higgins

Golf: Brandon Buchanan

Athletic Trainer

Eddie Stevens, MS, ATC
Head Athletic Trainer

eddie.stevens@salem.edu

FAX: 336-721-2733 (This is a secure fax line) 

Eddie Stevens enters his 8th season as the Head Athletic Trainer for Salem Academy and College. A 1989 graduate of Winston Salem State University, Stevens earned a Bachelor's Degree in Physical Education before heading to Mountaineer country. It was West Virginia University where he completed a Master's program obtaining his Athletic Trainer's Degree.

Prior to his arrival at Salem, Eddie served as Sports Medicine Director at his alma mater WSSU for 9 sport seasons. While there he helped develop and implement policies to start the groundwork for the institutions first minor in sports medicine. His duties included overseeing 10 sport events and instructor for athletic training, health and physical education courses. He spent several years in the District of Columbia licensed to work in the public school system and the private sector alike. Specifically, he worked at Washington DC Sports Medicine Center whereby he had direct contact with the rehabilitation of various professional sports teams in the area.

Eddie has devoted many hours as an Athletic Trainer assisting local high schools, groups and organizations such as the Junior Olympics, the Atlanta 1996 Paralympics and countless sport camps over the years. Also, as a member of the National Athletic Trainer's Association he assists with the certification process of perspective future NATA members.

Eddie and his family reside in nearby Kernersville.

Team Doctor: Dr. Allston J. Stubbs, M.D.