Marcus J. Delacroix

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Board-certified Athletic Trainer with 9 years of experience embedded in NCAA Division I athletics and professional sports medicine clinics. Specializes in musculoskeletal injury prevention, rehabilitation protocol design, and return-to-play assessment for high-load sport environments. Reduced season-ending injury rates by 31% across a 3-year tenure and managed care for rosters exceeding 120 student-athletes simultaneously.

Work Experience

Head Athletic TrainerJun 2019 - Present

Lone Star Athletics – University of Central Texas, Austin, TX

Designed and implemented a sport-specific injury prevention curriculum for 14 varsity teams, reducing acute lower-extremity injuries by 31% over three seasons.
Oversee daily triage, rehabilitation, and clearance decisions for a 120+ athlete roster, coordinating care with 4 orthopedic physicians and 2 physical therapists to maintain a 94% on-schedule return-to-play rate.
Secured a $48,000 equipment grant by authoring a needs-assessment proposal that introduced force-plate gait analysis and blood-flow restriction therapy units to the training room.

Staff Athletic TrainerAug 2016 - May 2019

Meridian Sports Medicine & Orthopedics, San Antonio, TX

Managed rehabilitation caseloads of 35–45 outpatient athletes per week across post-surgical ACL, rotator cuff, and Achilles tendon conditions, achieving a 97% patient satisfaction score on Press Ganey surveys.
Collaborated with team physicians to develop standardized concussion management protocols adopted across 6 affiliated high school programs, cutting inappropriate return-to-play incidents by 58%.
Mentored 3 athletic training students per semester, with 100% of mentees passing the BOC exam on the first attempt over a 3-year period.

Assistant Athletic TrainerJul 2014 - Jul 2016

Ridgemont High School District, Pflugerville, TX

Provided on-site coverage for football, soccer, basketball, and track programs serving 280 student-athletes across two campuses, conducting an average of 22 pre-participation screenings per week.
Established an electronic injury-tracking system using Sportsware Online, reducing documentation time by 40% and enabling data-driven trend reporting to district administration.
Coordinated emergency action plan drills for 18 coaches annually, achieving full-site AED certification compliance for the first time in district history.

Education

Master of Science in Kinesiology – Sports Medicine Concentration2012 - 2014

Texas State University, San Marcos, TX

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Anatomy & Physiology Lab; Thesis: Predictive Validity of the FMS in Collegiate Runners

Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training2008 - 2012

University of North Texas, Denton, TX

CAATE-accredited program; Clinical rotations at Texas Health Resources and UNT Athletics

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