TULSA, Okla. –– Chris Nerio, a 14-year veteran of The University of The University of Tulsa's sports medicine staff, has been named the school's assistant athletics director for student-athlete health and performance and director of sports medicine. His main sport responsibility is with the football program.
Nerio replaced Dave Polanski who took the head athletic trainers position for the University of Arkansas' football program.
Nerio served as associate director of sports medicine for the past four years (2015-18), working with football and women's golf. Before that, he was an assistant athletic trainer for 10 years, assuming that role in July 2005.