Taking care of the medical needs of more than 200 NCAA intercollegiate athletes is a tremendous and never ending challenge. The athletic training staff at New York Institute of Technology is dedicated to providing injury management, treatment, and rehabilitation of athletic injuries for all NYIT student-athletes.

The NYIT athletic training staff, under the direction of Head Athletic Trainer Dean Kamvakis, is committed to ensuring the safe participation of NYIT's student-athletes and providing optimal care to return injured athletes to play rapidly and safely.

Our Athletic Trainers

Dean Kamvakis got his start in athletic training while working on his undergraduate degree at St. Lawrence University. He became a student trainer under the supervision of SLU Head Athletic Trainer Ron Waske, the trainer for the New York Islanders when they won several Stanley Cup titles during the 1980s. Kamvakis worked with most of the sports at St. Lawrence, including football, hockey, lacrosse, basketball, and soccer, while earning a bachelors degree in biology.

After graduating, Kamvakis served as a graduate assistant trainer at Ithaca College for two years, and earned a master's degree in physical education. He then accepted a position at the Onondaga Sports Medicine Clinic in Syracuse, N.Y.

In 1993, Kamvakis joined the staff at NYIT as the Head Athletic Trainer. Kamvakis is a certified member of the National Athletic Trainers' Association, and is licensed New York State athletic trainer. He is an avid bass fisherman.