Chattanooga Christian School Athletic Training

Athletic Training at CCS

Our Strength and Conditioning department works to accomplish the three major goals of improving athletic performance, reducing athletic injuries, and teaching lifelong fitness and movement skills. Our coaches work in cooperation with our athletic training staff in the rehabilitation and strengthening of injured athletes and to devise training plans according to sound scientific principles, supervise training sessions, evaluate athletes, and teach strength and conditioning classes.

Two full-time Athletic Trainers (ATs) are available at CCS for the athletic community. At CCS, ATs are nationally-certified (ATC) and licensed healthcare providers in Tennessee who provide prevention, evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation of athletic injuries.
ATs provide immediate care and evaluation of injuries, treatment, and rehabilitation working with athletes, parents, coaches, and other healthcare providers to keep our athletes safe on the field or court.

Staff

List of 3 members.

Anthony Decker

Bio
Director of Strength & Conditioning

Tony Decker serves as the Director of Strength & Conditioning. He has a wealth of experience with more than 30 years of collegiate strength and conditioning experience at the Division I level.

His collegiate director experience includes the University of Virginia, the University of Delaware, Temple University, and his most recent position at Coastal Carolina University. He is four-time National Strength Coach of the Year, taught college sports medicine and exercise science for 17 years, a nationally-renowned speaker, and a published author.

Decker's time at the college level, combined with his passion for developing all male and female sports teams, will help springboard CCS to be a top-notch DII-AA athletics program.
Ms. Hannah Higdon

Bio
Hannah is an athletic trainer and going into her second year at CCS. She has her bachelor’s degree in Athletic Training from Union University located in her hometown of Jackson, TN. Here she was able to work with local high school, college, and intramural athletics.

A year later, she earned her master’s degree in Healthcare Administration from Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, TN. While in Clarksville, she worked as a graduate assistant athletic trainer at Montgomery Central High School.
Jordan McDaniel

Bio
Jordan is the Head Athletic Trainer who is going into her fifth year at CCS. She has her bachelor's degree in Exercise Science from Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville, TN, and she played women’s soccer during her time at Trevecca. She then obtained her master’s degree in Athletic Training from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Jordan was able to work with the UTC football team and softball team during her clinical rotations as well as several local high schools in the area. She completed an internship with Chattanooga Football Club and Belmont University where she was able to get a variety of experience at different levels of athletics. She and her husband, Chad, live in Chattanooga with their dog Petra. They attend Silverdale Baptist Church (St. Elmo campus).