Kansas State University Athletics
Football
Thomason, Matt
Matt Thomason
- Title:
- Senior Associate AD for Student-Athlete Health, Wellness & Performance
- Phone:
- (785) 532-6384
Matt Thomason enters his 23rd season working with the Kansas State football program and his sixth as Senior Associate Athletics Director for Student-Athlete Health, Wellness & Performance. In his role, Thomason provides administrative oversight, direction and strategic planning as well as creates and maintains a collaborative culture and productive work environment for the areas of sports medicine, strength and conditioning, sports nutrition and student-athlete wellness. He is also a member of K-State Football’s optimal performance team, which helps ensure student-athletes are at their peak performance for both practices and games.
In addition to those duties, Thomason is also the sport administrator for the Wildcat women’s soccer program.
During the summer of 2020, Thomason helped spearhead K-State Athletics’ student-athlete return-to-activities plan and employee return to work operational plan during the COVID-19 pandemic. He was also on the Big 12’s working group for recommendation for return to sport in addition to Kansas State University’s emergency management working and executive recovery timeline groups. That came on the heels of Thomason seeing his staff honored with the Big 12 Sports Medicine Staff of the Year award in both 2017 and 2020.
Thomason, who received his master’s degree in kinesiology at K-State, is a 2001 cum laude graduate of Texas Tech. While at Tech, he served as a student athletic trainer and worked closely with the football, baseball, women’s soccer and track & field teams.
A certified member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association, Thomason is licensed in the state of Kansas. He is married to the former Kelly Kurtz, and the couple has three children, Hayden, Reagan and Braylen.
In addition to those duties, Thomason is also the sport administrator for the Wildcat women’s soccer program.
During the summer of 2020, Thomason helped spearhead K-State Athletics’ student-athlete return-to-activities plan and employee return to work operational plan during the COVID-19 pandemic. He was also on the Big 12’s working group for recommendation for return to sport in addition to Kansas State University’s emergency management working and executive recovery timeline groups. That came on the heels of Thomason seeing his staff honored with the Big 12 Sports Medicine Staff of the Year award in both 2017 and 2020.
Thomason, who received his master’s degree in kinesiology at K-State, is a 2001 cum laude graduate of Texas Tech. While at Tech, he served as a student athletic trainer and worked closely with the football, baseball, women’s soccer and track & field teams.
A certified member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association, Thomason is licensed in the state of Kansas. He is married to the former Kelly Kurtz, and the couple has three children, Hayden, Reagan and Braylen.
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