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Ryan Holleman was promoted to Senior Associate Athletic Director- Health, Wellness, and Performance in September 2020. He is in his fifth year overall with the Broncos, having served as Associate Athletic Director for Sports Medicine during his first three. In addition to overseeing the sports medicine unit, he oversees sports performance, counseling and sport psychology, nutrition services, and the department’s sports science efforts. Holleman also serves on the Athletic Director’s executive leadership team and provides sports administration to some of the Broncos athletic teams. He is the department's Athletic Health Care Administrator for the NCAA and represents athletics on committees across campus for insurance, mental health, COVID-19, and substance abuse. 

Holleman, who was hired in July 2017, joined the Broncos from North Carolina State University where he worked since August 2010 and served as a head athletic trainer since October 2011. At the ACC school, he provided sports medicine services to the Wolfpack men's basketball team and was a senior associate member of the sports medicine staff. He assisted the Associate AD for Sports Medicine with the daily operations of the department. There he supervised assigned staff and graduate assistants, scheduled all on-campus physician clinics, and served as the drug testing coordinator.

Prior to NC State, he was an assistant athletic trainer at High Point University. Holleman provided athletic training services to the baseball and women's soccer programs for the Panthers while serving as the drug testing and concussion coordinator. Holleman’s previous experience also includes serving as an intern athletic trainer for the University of Virginia’s national runner-up women’s lacrosse team and worked for two seasons in professional baseball with the Durham Bulls, the AAA affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays.

Holleman earned his undergraduate degree from Western Carolina University in Athletic Training. He went on to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where he earned his Master’s Degree in Education Administration with a focus in Athletic Administration. While with the Cornhuskers he worked with the football and baseball programs. He holds a Doctor of Athletic Training Degree from the Arizona School of Health Sciences at A.T. Still University.

In addition to his education, he currently holds multiple credentials in the field of sports medicine. Some of these credentials and training include: Certified Athletic Trainer (BOC), First- Aid/CPR/AED, Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (National Strength & Conditioning Association), Corrective Exercise Specialist (National Academy of Sports Medicine), Sound-Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization, Blood Flow Restriction training, and Functional Movement Screen. He has also been credentialed as an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT).