Derek Port

  • Title
    Director of Athletic Training Services (Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball, Golf)
  • Email
    djport@campbellsville.edu
  • Phone
    270-789-5544
Entering 2025-26: 23rd Year
Alma Mater: Augustana College ('00), AT Still (M '02),
Campbellsville (M' 09)
Sports Coverage: Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball, Men's Golf, Women's Golf

Derek joined Campbellsville University in July 2002 as Assistant Athletic Trainer. He was promoted to Head Athletic Trainer in July 2004 and named Director of Athletic Training Services in the summer of 2018.

Port was named the NAIA Athletic Trainer of the Year on National Awards Day in 2019. In addition, he was named the MSC Athletic Trainer of the Year for 2014-15 and has earned the Mid-South Conference's Above and Beyond Award for Outstanding Service in Athletic Training four times (2014-15, 2015-16 2018-19, and 2021-22). In addition to his roles as head athletic trainer at CU, he is also the chair of the Mid-South Conference Athletic Trainers. Overall, his department has been named the MSC Athletic Training Staff of the Year four times by the Mid-South Conference. 

In the summer of 2016, Port was voted on as the NAIA-ATA President-Elect, a three-year term. He completed that in the summer of 2019 and moved to role of President. With the role as President, Port will serve a three-year term and will serve as the chairman for the ATA Board of Directors. In addition, he will serve on the National Administrative Council. 

His responsibilities will be to implement the mandates and policies of the association, transact all business for and on behalf of the association, preside over association meetings, appoint standing and ad hoc committee chairpersons and/or committee members, and liaisons with approval of the board and serve as the ex-officio member of all committees. 

At Campbellsville, Port has made major strides in health and wellness for the student-athletes. A population of 500 athletes and only four athletic trainers in 2013 grew to over 900 student-athletes and eight full-time athletic trainers in the department. 

Prior to joining the Tiger Athletic Training Team, Port served as Assistant Athletic Trainer (2001 - 2002) at Central Arizona College in Coolidge, Ariz. He served as Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer, in 2002, with the Milwaukee Brewers Professional Baseball Club during Spring Training and the Arizona Rookie League Baseball Season. He has completed an internship in Athletic Training with the Quad City Mallards Professional Hockey Club, an affiliate of the Washington Capitals of the NHL. He has also been employed as a personal fitness trainer for Heartland Personal Trainers in Moline, Ill.

He resides in Campbellsville with his wife Samantha and daughter Adelynn.