Golden State Warriors
Drew Yoder begins his eighth season with the Golden State Warriors, his sixth as the team’s head athletic trainer. During his first two seasons with the organization, Yoder served as the team’s assistant athletic trainer. During the summer of 2018, he served as the athletic trainer for the NBA’s Basketball Without Borders in Europe.
Yoder, 34, joined the Warriors from Southern Methodist University, where he served as an assistant athletic trainer for three years. While interning at SMU in 2010, Yoder gained NBA experience working with the athletic training staff of the Dallas Mavericks. The Mount Ayr, Iowa, native earned his bachelor’s degree in athletic training from Kansas State University and his Master of Education degree from the University of Missouri, where he worked as a graduate assistant for the football and golf programs for two seasons. Yoder and wife Cora reside in Daly City with newborn daughter Elli.
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Golden State Warriors
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The Golden State Warriors organization is a charter member of the National Basketball Association. Founded in 1946, the Warriors called the city of Philadelphia home for 16 memorable years before moving to the West Coast in 1962 to become the San Francisco Warriors and ultimately, in 1971, the Golden State Warriors when the team moved to its current home in Oakland. The team’s storied history includes five NBA Championships, six of the NBA’s 50 Greatest Players and 27 members of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The Warriors also were recipients of the 2014 and 2016 Sports Team of the Year Award by the Sports Business Journal/Daily and recognized again this year as a Finalist for the award.