| |  | Michelle Bartlett Assistant Professor "As humans we are always learning, whether it is small and subconscious, or life-changing lessons. My goal in the classroom is to stimulate and encourage this learning, and hopefully a passion for it." “I am still learning.” – Michelangelo, at age 87 mbartlett@wtamu.edu Michelle Bartlett's Bio | |
 | Colby Carthel Assistant Football Coach - Defensive Coordinator "You gotta be tough to take my class... They all start before the sun comes up! But there's not a better way to start the day, and make the most of your PHED 1111 experience!" ccarthel@wtamu.edu Colby Carthel's Bio | |  | Don Carthel Head Football Coach "Teaching is a great way to connect to the student body. Preparing future coaches for a great profession is very rewarding to me personally." dcarthel@wtamu.edu Don Carthel's Bio | |
 | Sarah Carthel Assistant Volleyball Coach "The most enjoyable thing about teaching is the interaction with the students. As a coach, I know most of the athletes in the program, but teaching gives me a chance to meet other students on campus and find out more about them as individuals." scarthel@wtamu.edu Sarah Carthel's Bio | |  | Dr. Charles Chase Associate Professor "When students enroll in my classes they can expect my total dedication to their development of a hopefully enjoyable, but certainly functional and working knowledge base of the material being covered, from which they are then able to make informed and personally defensible decisions. My intent is to provide content of worth and utility that may well be of use to them somewhere down their personal roads of life." cchase@wtamu.edu Dr. Charles Chase's Bio | |
 | Rick Cooper Head Men's Basketball Coach, Instructor of Physical Education "The best thing about working at West Texas A&M University is the caring, family oriented faculty and staff." rcooper@wtamu.edu Rick Cooper's Bio | |  | Chris Dane Instructor/ATEP Clinical Coordinator “I love seeing my students take what has been taught in the classroom and apply it in the field, that is when true learning has occurred.” cdane@wtamu.edu Chris Dane's Bio | |
  | Vanessa Fiaud Assistant Professor of Sports and Exercise Sciences "Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." - Gandhi vfiaud@wtamu.edu Vanessa Fiaud's Bio | |  | Rick Haasl Instructor "I enjoy teaching so much because I get to spend my day with the most important people in the world. As I interact with my students each day, I realize that they are the most important people in the world to their parents. Having a daughter in dental school, I try to treat each of my students as I would want Terra to be treated." rhaasl@wtamu.edu Rick Haasl's Bio | |
 | Christina Helland Assistant Softball Coach “When you improve a little each day, eventually big things occur… not tomorrow, not the next day, but eventually a big gain is made. Don’t look for the big, quick improvement. Seek the small improvement one day at a time. That’s the only way it happens- and when it happens it lasts.” - John Wooden chelland@wtamu.edu Christina Helland's Bio | |  | William R. Hulsey Head Athletic Trainer "Athletic training students that I supervise know that the health care of our WTAMU student athletes is always my top priority. If my students learn that from me, then I feel like they have learned the most important thing about being a great certified athletic trainer!" whulsey@wtamu.edu William R. Hulsey's Bio | |
 | Butch Lauffer Head Soccer Coach "I am thankful for the opportunity to work at WT because they have given me the chance to practice and perfect my craft as a soccer coach." blauffer@wtamu.edu Butch Lauffer's Bio | |  | Dr. Matthew Kuennen Assistant Professor of Sports and Exercise Science "As an educator, my role is to facilitate student learning of applied classroom concepts and practical laboratory skills. By combining these two components, I help make our students more marketable to potential employers, while simultaneously preparing them to transition into the workplace. My goal is to help our students to stand out when compared to their peers who are graduating with similar degrees from other institutions. Helping our students secure the best positions in a growing marketplace will increase appreciation for the major and position WT to become a premier institution in this area." mkuennen@wtamu.edu Dr. Matthew Kuennen's Bio | |
| |  | Seth Naughton Assistant Volleyball Coach/Sports and Exercise Science Lecturer "The best thing about West Texas A&M University is the family atmosphere found in my department. We look out for one another and get great enjoyment out of improving the health of our student athletes." snaughton@wtamu.edu Seth Naughton's Bio | |
 | Vinay Patel Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach "The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand." -Vince Lombardi vpatel@wtamu.edu Vinay Patel Bio | |  | Lorna Strong Department Head, Instructor, ATEP Program Director "Athletic training allows me to combine my interest in the medical field with my fascination of sports. The hands-on nature of the Athletic Training Education Program allows me to work with students collectively and individually to see the content come alive." lstrong@wtamu.edu Lorna Strong's Bio | |
 | Stephanie Sumpter Assistant Athletic Trainer, Claims Coordinator "While I am serving others as You would have me do, please help me to remember that I am truly serving You." -R.Fogle ssumpter@wtamu.edu Stephanie Sumpter's Bio | |  | Heather Treece Assistant Athletic Trainer “A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive, and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done.”—Vince Lombardi htreece@wtamu.edu Heather Treece's Bio | |
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