Kevin Lechten­berg enters his 20th year as the Associate Head Athletic Trainer at UAA in 2017-18.

Lechtenberg came to UAA from the Excel Physical & Occupational Ther­­­apy Clinic in Colorado Springs, Colo., where he worked until 1996. While at Excel, he served as the athletic trainer at Sierra High School.

He served as a graduate assistant athletic trainer at the University of Denver from 1994-96, working with the men’s basketball, lacrosse and ice hockey teams and the women’s volleyball program. He earned a master’s degree in management from DU in 1996.

A 1994 graduate of the University of Iowa with a degree in exercise science, he was a student trainer in the Hawkeye Sports Medicine program, working with all 22 sports, including the Hawkeye football team and NCAA champion wrestling squad.

He is a member of the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA) and the Na­tion­al Strength and Conditioning Assoc­ia­tion. Lechtenberg and his wife Yasmin live in Eagle River with their son and daughter. She is a physical therapist at Anchor­age Fracture and Orthopedic Clinic.