Danny Ryan

Danny Ryan serves as Whitefield Academy's athletic director, overseeing all athletic teams and programs along with the school's sports medicine and strength and conditioning program. He has been at Whitefield since 2008 and previously served as assistant athletic director and head athletic trainer. In those roles, Ryan provided athletes with daily instruction on the treatment and care of the body through proper nutrition, rehabilitation, and rest. As the head athletic trainer, Ryan also developed the Student WolfPack Athletic Training (SWAT) program for students interested in learning the basics of athletic training and for exposure into the worlds of sports medicine and physical therapy. Before coming to Whitefield, Ryan had a seasonal internship with the Tampa Bay Rays and was a graduate assistant at Georgia Tech. He has an undergraduate degree in athletic training and sports medicine from the University of South Florida. Ryan is a member of the National Athletic Trainers Association as well as the Georgia Athletic Director Association and is a certified athletic administrator licensed and certified in the state of Georgia.