Staff Directory
- Title:
- Associate Athletic Trainer (MSOC and MTN)
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James Benzel came to Creighton in July of 2022 after 8 years at Virginia Commonwealth University. An Omaha native, James will serve as the primary athletic trainer for both the men’s soccer and men's tennis programs. He was promoted to Associate Athletic Trainer in October of 2024.
Prior to coming to Creighton, James served as the Assistant Director of Sports Medicine and primary athletic trainer for the men’s soccer and tennis programs at VCU. He also served as the primary athletic trainer for men’s soccer at the University of Alabama-Birmingham in 2013.
Benzel earned a Master of Science degree in exercise science at Florida Atlantic University in 2013. He is a graduate Nebraska with a Bachelor of Science degree in athletic training (2011).
James is a member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA), the Collegiate Athletic Trainers Society, and the Soccer Athletic Trainers Society. James is certified as an instructor through the American Red Cross, the National Academy of Sports Medicine as a Corrective Exercise Specialist and FMS.
James lives in Omaha with his wife Gabriela and his two daughters, Talia and Sadia.
