PROGRAM DIRECTOR
GREG SMITH
Head Athletic Trainer for the Washington Capitals

Greg Smith enters his eighth season with the Washington Capitals as Head Athletic Trainer and his twelfth season overall in
professional hockey.

Smith is responsible for all medical concerns in addition to directing the team off-ice and weight room workouts. Smith joined Washington in 1999 from the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, where he held the same position, Head Athletic Trainer. Smith's roots in professional Ice Hockey started in Baltimore with the American Hockey League's Baltimore Bandits in 1996. In 1991, Smith
started in the field of the strength and conditioning, as the fitness director for Wicomico County Department of Recreation.
Most recently, he has worked with world-class professional athletes such as Paul Kariya, Jaromir Jagr, and Teemu Selanne,
in the aspect of total body fitness.

A native of Bowie, Md, Smith received his bachelor's degree in physical education from Salisbury State University, with a
concentration in both special education and athletic training. He went on to earn a master's degree in athletic training at California University of Pennsylvania. This past year he also earned his Masters of sport-science from the ISSA.