Staff Directory
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- Assistant Athletic Trainer
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Bailey Van Gorden joined the South Florida Sports Medicine staff in August 2026 as the athletic trainer for the Bulls beach volleyball program.
Van Gorden comes to South Florida from High Point University, where she spent nearly three seasons on the sports medicine staff after joining in November 2023. At High Point, she served as the lead athletic trainer for the HPU baseball team.
The move marks a return to Tampa for Van Gorden, who completed an all-immersive clinical experience at USF with the men's and women's track and field and cross country programs as a graduate student.
A native of Jordan, N.Y., Van Gorden earned an associate degree in math and science from Mohawk Valley Community College in 2019. She then continued her education at the State University of New York at Cortland, earning a bachelor's degree in exercise science in 2021 and a master's degree in athletic training in 2023. During her time at Cortland, she worked with the field hockey, gymnastics, baseball and football programs.
Van Gorden is a member of the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA).
