Dr. Drew Van Dam

Dr. Drew Van Dam hails from Rumson, New Jersey. He graduated from Springfield College with a BS in Athletic Training in 2000 and immediately went to Ohio University to earn his MS, also in Athletic Training, graduating in the summer of 2001. Upon graduating, Drew began his professional Athletic Training career with the Atlanta Braves where he spent the next seven years in their professional minor league system moving up the ranks to AA where he finished as the Assistant Minor League Medical Coordinator overseeing the Dominican Summer League, Gulf Coast League and Appalachian League Athletic Trainers. In 2008, Dr. Van Dam moved to the Kansas City Royals to become the Head Athletic Trainer at their AAA level in Omaha, NE. At this level Dr. Van Dam was tasked with the medical care for all AAA players as well as any individuals on rehabilitation stints from the Major League Club. In 2010, Dr. Van Dam transitioned out of professional baseball to take the position of Assistant Athletic Trainer/Instructor in the Department of Physical Education (DPE) at the United States Military Academy at West Point (USMA). In 2016, Dr. Van Dam was promoted to the status of Full-Time Instructor moving out of the Athletic Training room to take on a greater course load as well as to become the Head Regimental Guidance Officer (RGO). In 2019, Dr. Van Dam earned his terminal degree (EdD) in Educational Leadership from Liberty University. In 2024, he then transitioned into the Director of Guidance and Testing. Dr. Van Dam oversees the day to day operations of the Guidance and Testing office which includes the CGO program, daily mentoring to the Corps of Cadets from office personnel, as well as the supervision of effective testing procedures for the Corps of Cadets as it relates to the physical program. Over the course of his time at West Point, Dr. Van Dam has earned his MAC-P Basic and Tactical Combatives Certifications (formerly levels I & II), has presented at local and national medical and educational conferences, serves as an Officer Representative to the Army Baseball team where he was asked to be a volunteer coach during the 2019 NCAA tournament, is a guest lecturer for the Kinesiology program, is a guest lecturer for the Army-Baylor Sports Medicine Program, serves on a number of DPE and USMA committees, and was the 2022 Mike Kryzyweski Award winner for Excellence in Teaching Character Through Sport as a Company Athletics Sport Educator. He is married to Stacy Van Dam (2003) and has three children, a daughter Colby (17), his nephew Marcell (13), and a son Nate (13).