Athletic Trainer Bios
Atlanta Braves
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Head Athletic Trainer, Director of Player Health

George Poulis

George, 59, enters his seventh season as the Head Athletic Trainer / Director of Player Health for the Atlanta Braves. He spent the previous 18 years with the Toronto Blue Jays. Prior to the Blue Jays, George was an athletic trainer in the San Diego Padres’ Minor League system for 10 years. George got his first experience with professional sports in 1986 as an athletic training intern in the NFL with the Cleveland Browns Football Club. A Cleveland native, George earned his undergraduate degree from Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio, and earned his master’s degree from the University of Alabama. He worked his way up through the Padres’ Minor League system with stops in Waterloo, Iowa (Class A); Wichita, Kan.; Memphis, Tenn.; Mobile, Ala. (Class AA); and Las Vegas, NV (Class AAA). At the conclusion of the 1998 Minor League season, George assisted the San Diego Padres’ Athletic Training Staff during the 1998 playoffs and World Series. During the off-season, George and his wife, Jenny, live in Florida with their three daughters, Lainey, Evy, and Nicki.

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Assistant Athletic Trainer

Jeff Stevenson

Jeff Stevenson, 54, begins his sixth season with the Atlanta Braves organization, and fourth as Major League assistant athletic trainer. The Braves staff received the MLB athletic training staff of the year award for 2021. He joined the Braves as assistant minor league medical coordinator in 2019, and spent the 2020 season as the compliance officer with the Major League club. This will be his 32nd season in professional baseball, and ninth at the Major League level. Prior to joining the Braves, he spent 8 seasons with the Toronto Blue Jays. Two of those years he was the Rehab Coordinator, four years as Minor League Medical Coordinator, and two seasons as Major League assistant athletic trainer 2016-2017. The first 18 seasons of his career Jeff worked in the Kansas City Royals system. He worked 16 years in their minor leagues, spending 9 seasons in AAA Omaha 1999-2007. He spent the 2008-2009 seasons as Major League assistant athletic trainer in Kansas City. He received the Dick Howser player development award with the Royals in 1999. He received his undergraduate degree from Indiana University. Jeff resides in Palm Harbor Florida with his wife Christy. They have three children Brennan, Michael, and Meg.

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Assistant Athletic Trainer

Nick Flynn

Nick, 35, begins his 9th season with the Atlanta Braves organization and third as a major league assistant athletic trainer. He spent the previous 3 years as the Braves minor league medical coordinator. Prior to his time with the Braves, he spent 5 seasons as a minor league affiliate athletic trainer in the Tampa Bay Rays organization. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of South Florida and graduate degree in sports medicine from Georgia State University. Nick resides in Venice, Florida in the offseason.