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Athletic Trainer Finder is a weekly newsletter for athletic trainers—curated jobs, market insight, and straight talk on pay, roles, and working conditions.

Built by ATs. No fluff. Just value AT Finder is a weekly newsletter designed to simplify the job search for Certified Athletic Trainers. We know that finding the right role often means checking a dozen different websites. We are here to change that. We aggregate job listings from across the industry—High School, Collegiate, Pro, Military, Industrial and everything in between. We deliver all of them weekly in a single, easy-to-read email. Our goal is simple: To build the most helpful resource for the Athletic Training community regarding the job market. For ATs: Stop searching, start receiving. Let the jobs come to you. For Employers: Get your opening seen by a dedicated audience of professionals. Mission: We help you find ATs. We help ATs find you. Subscribe to the newsletter to join us as we grow.

10/19/2026

Congress wants to give athletic trainers "autonomous, unchallengeable authority" over medical decisions.

I think that's a significant step forward for our profession.

But there's a problem I don't think we're talking about enough.

Who controls the employment of the athletic trainer making those decisions?

In college athletics, particularly football, coaches can have substantial influence over who gets hired, retained, and fired within sports medicine departments.

So what happens when an AT makes the appropriate medical decision, but the coach who disagrees has influence over whether that AT is employed next season?

The Senate-passed Protect College Sports Act attempts to address medical autonomy. It would prohibit coaches from influencing medical decisions and establish additional protections for medical personnel.

But it doesn't directly address the employment structure.

And I think that's a pretty significant gap.

This week's Athletic Trainer Finder Weekly Newsletter takes a closer look at the proposed legislation, along with:

• 133 new athletic trainer jobs, 66% with published salaries.
• A college advertising $30,000 for a full-time athletic trainer.
• Four companies recruiting for what appears to be the same military contract, with nearly $20,000 separating the lowest advertised annualized pay and highest salary ceiling.
• Five positions worth considering when you account for local living expenses.

The legislation isn't law yet. But I think this is a conversation our profession needs to be having now.

Read this week's edition: https://www.atcfinder.com/post/133-new-athletic-trainer-jobs-monday-october-19-2026-congress-aims-to-protect-medical-autonomy

10/12/2026

A challenge from the Texas Chiropractic Association has pushed Texas to reevaluate who can oversee athletic trainers.

The association questioned whether the physician-only requirement aligns with existing state law. That prompted a proposed rule change, and a discussion about who should be qualified to direct athletic training care.

For me, it also raises a question about our profession’s involvement in shaping its own regulatory future.

This week’s Athletic Trainer Finder newsletter includes my perspective, along with 125 job postings and salary analysis for my picks. Plus a follow up with some added context out of Texas at the end.

Read this week’s edition: https://www.atcfinder.com/post/125-new-athletic-trainer-jobs-monday-october-12-2026-why-are-we-still-debating-who-gets-to-sup

10/05/2026

Half of Michigan’s high schools don’t have access to an athletic trainer.

That’s a workforce problem.

But is it really just a workforce supply problem?

I spent some time digging into that question for this week’s Athletic Trainer Finder Weekly Newsletter.

A lot of secondary school athletic training positions aren’t built by the school. Coverage is contracted out. A clinic or health system bids for the work, wins the contract, and then has to hire an athletic trainer within the economics of that bid.

If the bid doesn’t leave enough room to pay the AT competitively, the position stays open.

Then we count the vacancy as evidence that there aren’t enough athletic trainers

There’s a problem with that logic.

An experienced AT I spoke with actually wants to move to Michigan. They’ve tried. They keep finding jobs that don’t pay enough to make the move work.

They aren't a missing athletic trainer.

They're an athletic trainer the market failed to price into the job.

That’s what I wrote about this week.

Plus: 146 new jobs, two featured CIP Solutions opportunities, a $30K sign-on bonus, and another week of tracking which employers actually publish compensation.

Half of Michigan’s High Schools Don’t Have an Athletic Trainer. Follow the Bid.

Read the AT Finder Weekly Newsletter:

https://www.atcfinder.com/post/146-new-athletic-trainer-jobs-monday-october-5-2026-michigan-high-schools-need-more-athletic-t

09/28/2026

You search Indeed for “Athletic Trainer.”

You assume you’re seeing the Athletic Trainer jobs available in your area.

But what if you aren’t?

An employer told me this week that they couldn’t find their own free AT postings on Indeed, even when searching the exact job and location.

That sent me down a rabbit hole.

Sponsored jobs get more visibility. Free jobs can still exist without necessarily getting the same placement in search. Eventually the free jobs disappear.

So now I’m wondering how many Athletic Trainer jobs we simply never see.

That is exactly the problem I want Athletic Trainer Finder to solve.

Employers can pay to stand out. They shouldn’t have to pay just to exist.

There are 107 new AT postings added to the job board this week, plus a deeper look at what is happening with job visibility on Indeed.

https://www.atcfinder.com/post/107-new-athletic-trainer-jobs-monday-september-28-2026-is-indeed-burying-at-jobs

ATs: when you are job searching, are you relying heavily on Indeed? Or are you checking multiple places?

09/21/2026

Does title protection even matter without licensure?
That’s the question I’m asking in this week’s Athletic Trainer Finder Weekly Newsletter.
California finally protected the Athletic Trainer title through AB 796. Now, a school district has changed its Athletic Trainer position to “Athletic Support Specialist,” made BOC certification preferred instead of required, and kept preventive and emergency athletic healthcare responsibilities in the job description.
So what did title protection actually protect?
If an employer can change the title, make the credential optional, and still expect much of the same work, I think that deserves a real conversation among athletic trainers.
And if you were considering this job, would you take it?
This week also includes 102 new AT jobs, including roles at Springfield College, Champlain Valley School District, Bakersfield College, PWHL Las Vegas, and more.
Read this week’s AT Finder Weekly Newsletter: https://www.atcfinder.com/post/102-new-athletic-trainer-jobs-monday-september-21-2026-does-title-protection-matter-without-li

I especially want to hear from California ATs on this one. Does title protection have real value without licensure?

09/14/2026

77 new athletic trainer jobs this week, but I want to talk about where AT Finder is going next.

Last week I teased the Recruitment Accelerator.

Several employers with difficult-to-fill AT positions reached out, and I’m narrowing it down to the first three employers for the pilot.

The goal isn’t just to post their jobs again.

I want to understand why the position isn’t filling, what may need to change, and then actually talk to athletic trainers who might be a fit.

So if I reach out to you about a position, please talk to me.

You do not have to apply.

If it’s not right for you, tell me why.

Maybe it’s the salary. Maybe it’s the schedule. Maybe it’s the location. Maybe you’d consider something similar somewhere else.

The more I know about what you actually want, the more useful I can be when another employer reaches out with a position that might fit you perfectly.

And if I hear the same feedback from multiple ATs, I can take it back to the employer.

That’s the model I want to test.

This week I’m also actively recruiting for an industrial AT position in Northwest Ohio:

✅ $65,000–$75,000
✅ 4×10 schedule
✅ 15 days PTO
✅ CEU reimbursement negotiable
✅ Separate 20-hour/week opportunity also available

If that one catches your attention, message me.

Full newsletter + all 77 new jobs:
https://www.atcfinder.com/post/77-new-athletic-trainer-jobs-monday-september-14-2026-the-recruitment-accelerator-pilot-is-und

09/09/2026

I’m looking for a few employers who are struggling to fill an athletic training position.

Over the last several months, I’ve talked with employers across the country dealing with the same problem: the job is posted, applications are limited, and they’re not sure what else to try.

So I’m testing something new through Athletic Trainer Finder.

The Recruitment Accelerator is now in Beta.

Instead of simply posting another job, I want to take a more hands-on approach.

For a limited number of positions, AT Finder will:

• Evaluate the position and how it stacks up in the current AT job market
• Look at compensation and identify potential barriers to the search
• Use AT Finder’s Talent Network and audience to identify potential candidates
• Conduct targeted outreach to athletic trainers who may be a fit
• Facilitate introductions when there is mutual interest
• Share what we’re hearing from candidates so employers can adjust their strategy when needed

I’m intentionally keeping this first group small. The goal is to learn what actually moves the needle for employers struggling to hire athletic trainers and build a recruitment process specifically for our profession.

Not every position will be accepted.

I’ll review each opportunity, including compensation, flexibility, location and the current hiring situation, to determine whether I believe AT Finder has a realistic path to helping fill the position.

If you're struggling to hire an athletic trainer and would like your position considered for the Recruitment Accelerator Beta, submit your position at the link in comments

And if you know an employer sitting on a difficult AT vacancy, send this their way.

09/08/2026

After 10 years building a department, he had to walk away.

That’s the story I wrote about in this week’s Athletic Trainer Finder newsletter.

Benjamin Lewis spent a decade as the Head Athletic Trainer at Lakeside High School in Arkansas. In his resignation, he described medical clearance decisions being bypassed, heat policies not being followed, and administrators overruling medical decisions.

Eventually, he left.

We spend a lot of time talking about salary, benefits, workload and staffing when we evaluate athletic training jobs.

We should.

But medical autonomy has to be part of that conversation too.

A job can pay well and still be a bad athletic training job if you aren’t actually allowed to practice as an athletic trainer.

This week I get into the story, what ATs should be asking employers before taking a job, and why the policy on paper matters a lot less than what happens when someone doesn’t like the medical decision.

Also this week:
158 new athletic trainer jobs
💰 Indy Ignite Head AT/Director of Player Health: $85K–$110K
💰 Montclair State Assistant Professor: $69K–$108K
💰 Tulsa Oilers/OSU-CHS: $65K–$70K
⭐ Three new featured industrial openings from Moore Wellness Systems

And for employers: I’m opening 3 pilot spots for something new I’m testing — the Athletic Trainer Finder Recruitment Accelerator — specifically for organizations that have been struggling to fill an AT position and are willing to make changes if the market tells us the position isn’t competitive.

This week’s newsletter is brought to you by Mueller Sports Medicine, Inc. Use code ATCFinder10 to get 10% off sitewide (Restrictions apply).

https://www.atcfinder.com/post/158-new-athletic-trainer-jobs-tuesday-september-8-2026-after-10-years-building-a-department-he

08/31/2026

If you haven’t read the new paper from Julie Cavallario, Cailee Welch Bacon, and Chad Starkey on athletic training compensation, you should.

I think it’s one of the most important pieces of literature to come out for the future of the profession in a long time.

It asks a pretty uncomfortable question: Are we part of the problem or part of the solution?

The paper gets into stagnant salaries, negotiation, benchmarking, salary transparency, and the systems that have helped keep compensation where it is.

One recommendation really stood out to me: salary information has to reach employers, not just athletic trainers.

That’s a big part of what AT Finder can become.

AT Finder can be a vessel to help solve that problem by creating more visibility around what employers are paying, what competing organizations are offering, where jobs are sitting open, and where the market is starting to move.

Because another part of this conversation matters too:

The supply-and-demand equation is changing.

I see it every week. Jobs stay open. Positions get reposted. Employers are competing for the same athletic trainers, and entire settings are increasingly competing for the same workforce.

That creates leverage.

If employers can see the market more clearly, they can build better positions. If athletic trainers can see it more clearly, they can make better decisions and negotiate from a stronger position.

That’s where I see AT Finder fitting in:

More transparency. Better market information. Better decisions on both sides.

I wrote more about the paper, what I think it gets right, and why the changing labor market may finally start putting real pressure on athletic training salaries.

Plus: 102 new athletic trainer jobs. 71% include salary information.

Among them:

💰 Seattle Children’s: $88,786–$133,180
💰 Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist: $68,000–$103,000
💰 Army Reserve H2F in Honolulu: $95,000–$120,000
💰 Donna ISD: up to $89,377
💰 Moore Wellness Systems near Cincinnati: $65,000–$70,000

And there are a few salaries this week that deserve a much harder conversation.

08/24/2026

What happens when the solution to an athletic trainer shortage becomes… look at other professions to fill the void?

That question isn’t hypothetical.

A LinkedIn post from an occupational health nurse recently suggested that because athletic trainer coverage can be difficult to find, organizations should consider registered nurses for sideline medical coverage.

I think that misses the bigger issue.

This is not a nurse-versus-athletic-trainer argument. Nurses are highly skilled healthcare professionals, and there are plenty of environments where our professions should work side by side.

But overlapping clinical skills do not make healthcare professions interchangeable.

Think about an emergency department.

An athletic trainer may be exceptionally qualified to evaluate the ankle injury that walks through the door. But think about everything else that may happen in that ED that the nurse is educated, trained, and credentialed to handle that simply is not part of an athletic trainer’s professional role.

Nobody would look at the overlap in our skills and say, “Well, athletic trainers can evaluate patients too, so let's use them to fill the nursing shortage.”

That would completely ignore what the job actually requires.

So why would we apply that logic in reverse on the sideline?

If an organization needs an athletic trainer, maybe the first question shouldn’t be, “Who else can we put there?”

Maybe it should be:

Is the compensation competitive?
Are the hours reasonable?
Is the workload realistic?
Is the opportunity actually worth taking?

I wrote more about the argument — and why I think the solution is simpler than it looks — in this week’s Athletic Trainer Finder newsletter.

Plus, 292 new athletic trainer jobs from across the country were added to the job board this week.

Are nurses coming for the sideline?

Read this week’s edition and tell me where you land.

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