Mike Welgosh became an Assistant Athletic Trainer at Lebanon Valley College in December 2024.
Welgosh is an Athletic Trainer for LVC's men's soccer, women's basketball, women's lacrosse, men's tennis, and women's tennis teams.
Welgosh joined Lebanon Valley with nearly 14 years of athletic training experience. Before arriving in Annville, he was an Assistant Athletic Trainer at Susquehanna University from April 2023 to November 2024. In this position, he served as the Lead Athletic Trainer for the men’s soccer and softball teams, the Co-Lead Athletic Trainer for the track and field program, and an assistant for football.
Welgosh also worked at Geisinger Medical Center for over 10 years in several athletic training roles. His responsibilities with Geisinger included providing sports medicine services to local high schools and serving on its Concussion Committee and Speed/Agility Team. Additionally, Welgosh helped lead the first Sports Medicine program for club sports at Bucknell University by serving as the Collegiate Club Sports Athletic Trainer for nearly a year while with Geisinger.
Welgosh was also an Outreach Athletic Trainer at Sanford Medical Center in Sioux Falls, S.D., from February 2012 to August 2013, where he provided sports medicine services to five high schools in rural southwest Minnesota. He was an Assistant Athletic Trainer for Division II West Liberty University from January 2011 to February 2012 as well, working as the Lead Athletic Trainer for wrestling and the Co-Lead for football while assisting with the men’s and women’s basketball programs. In addition to these responsibilities, Welgosh was the Strength and Conditioning Coach for West Liberty’s softball and women’s volleyball teams. He also was the Medical Coordinator for the 2011 NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball Atlantic Region tournament hosted by West Liberty.
Before beginning his athletic training career, Welgosh was a Graduate Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach at Bloomsburg University for three semesters before serving as a part-time Strength and Conditioning Coach for three semesters at Susquehanna. He was also the Interim Assistant Director for Bloomsburg’s Student Recreation Center for four months.
Welgosh has been a Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC) since January 2011 and has been a Licensed Athletic Trainer (LAT) with the Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine since July 2013. He is also a member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association and Pennsylvania Athletic Trainers’ Society. Additionally, he is a member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association and a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist.
Welgosh graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a bachelor’s in Animal Science with a Production Agriculture focus and a minor in Agronomy in May 2002. He then earned a master’s in Exercise Science from Bloomsburg in December 2008 and an entry-level master’s in Clinical Athletic Training from Bloomsburg in December 2010.
Welgosh resides in Hegins, Pa., with his wife Janelle.
