Alyssa DeCotis was named the Head Athletic Trainer at Saint Anselm in July 2022. She is currently in her tenth academic year on the Hilltop, originally joining the College as an Assistant Athletic Trainer.
As the Head Athletic Trainer, DeCotis is responsible for overseeing all aspects of sports medicine coverage for the 500-plus student-athletes and 19 intercollegiate teams, including prevention, evaluation, treatment and rehabilitation of athletic injuries and illnesses. DeCotis coordinates supervision of a staff that includes four other certified athletic trainers, as well as several interns and work study students. She works primarily with Field Hockey, Men's Lacrosse, Women's Tennis, and Women's Bowling.
The staff liaison with the student-led Head Game Project mental health inititative, DeCotis also serves as the supervisor for all athletic training student workers and facilitates annual emergency situation planning meetings with Goffstown EMS and campus security.
DeCotis arrived on the Hilltop after spending a year as an assistant athletic trainer at Williams College, where she served as the Hunter Sports Medicine Intern. While at Williams, DeCotis oversaw the medical coverage for field hockey, women's ice hockey and women's lacrosse and JV football, in addition to being responsible for the scheduling and hiring of all athletic training student workers.
On her own, DeCotis helped cover games for the Albany MetroMallers football team during their summer 2012 and 2013 seasons. She continues to help out local camps and clinics, such as the Granite State Games, Cavegirl Field Hockey, Caramba Soccer Camp, etc. in the Manchester area during her spare time.
DeCotis spent a year at Ithaca College in 2012-13 as a graduate assistant athletic trainer and handled all medical coverage for women's lacrosse and indoor track & field.
Prior to that, DeCotis was a certified athletic trainer and personal trainer at Sunnyview Hospital in Schenectady, N.Y., where she oversaw medical coverage in the fitness facility and provided personal training to individuals of all ages, including athletes, those with disabilities and those recovering from an injury or illness.
DeCotis served as an athletic training intern at Cornell University where she assisted in coverage with the Division I football team during the 2010-11 school year. She began her collegiate athletic training career as a student athletic trainer at SUNY Cortland in 2009-10, working primarily with softball, track and field and men's and women's lacrosse.
DeCotis is board certified by the National Athletic Trainers Association and has her Athletic Training License in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and New York. DeCotis is a Red Cross Healthcare Provider and Instructor in First Aid, Basic Life Support, CPR and AED and is a member of both the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA) and Eastern Athletic Trainers Association (EATA).
Graduating Summa Cum Laude from SUNY Cortland with a B.S. in athletic training and a biology minor in 2011, DeCotis went on to earn her MS in exercise science and sport psychology from Ithaca College in 2013. She resides in Goffstown, N.H. with her husband, Joshua.
