William & Mary Athletics

Lindsey Brinza joined William & Mary Athletics as the Associate Athletics Director for Sports Medicine in May of 2026. Brinza oversees the health and wellness of the Tribe's 500+ student-athletes across 23 sports.

Most recently, Brinza was the Assistant Athletics Director—Head Athletic Trainer of Olympic Sports at West Virginia University (WVU).  She joined the WVU staff in 2022 as the Associate Director for Sports Medicine for women's soccer and women's tennis and was promoted to her current position in 2024 and works with volleyball.  She has coordinated the search process and hiring of 11 staff members and has oversight of nine Olympic Sports athletic trainers that cover 14 sports. 
 
Brinza is a veteran in the sports medicine field and embraces a model that integrates strength and conditioning, and sports psychology. 

Prior to her tenure at WVU, Brinza was at the University of Wisconsin from 2016-20 where she worked with a variety of sports to provide daily care to Badger student-athletes. She also helped develop and implement Wisconsin women's soccer ACL preventative program.

Earlier in her career she had stints at Lincoln Memorial University (2015-16), Appalachian State University (2012-2015) and Miami University (Ohio).

Brinza grew up in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, where she was a student-athlete in soccer and ice hockey who suffered many injuries.  "While going through several injuries in my career, I learned about the profession of athletic training and how valuable an athletic trainer can be for the recovery from injury for a student-athlete.  I wanted to become a go-to person for the student athletes while also fostering an environment for the student-athletes to grow as young adults as well as an athlete," she said.  She earned her bachelor's degree in athletic training from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in 2010 and as a graduate assistant at Miami (Ohio), earned her master's degree in 2012 in sport studies with an emphasis in sport behavior and performance. 

Brinza and her husband Billy have a daughter, Jersey (2).