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Keith Bunch enters his fifth year at Louisiana Tech as the head athletic trainer, where he oversees the Bulldogs’ Sports Medicine Department while serving as the primary contact for the football program. Head Athletic Trainer Bunch came to Ruston following a two-year stint as the associate head athletic trainer at Presbyterian College where he worked primarily with the Blue Hose football program. Prior to his time at PC, Bunch worked one year at Carolina Sportscare and Physical Therapy Clinic in Beaufort, S.C., while working with the area high school outreach program. The 2002 graduate of the College of Charleston oversees a sports medicine department that works with Louisiana Tech’s student-athletes from all 16 NCAA sanctioned programs. Since his arrival on campus, Bunch along with associate head athletic trainer Michele Dummett have been instrumental in spearheading a number of improvements in the Sports Medicine Department. Some of these improvements include renovations and upgrades to the athletic training rooms in both the Charles Wyly Athletic Complex and the Thomas Assembly Center, the creation of additional positions within the sports medicine staff, and the creation of Docs for Dogs -- a team of local specialty doctors that serve all of the LA Tech student-athletes. Bunch earned his undergraduate degree in athletic training at the College of Charleston where he worked with the Cougars’ women’s soccer and baseball programs. While working on his bachelor’s degree, Bunch completed a pair of internships with The Citadel football program in the fall of 2001 and Wando High School during the spring of 2002. The Lodge, S.C., native earned his master’s degree in higher education administration with a minor in sports management from Auburn in May of 2004. Bunch worked closely with the Tigers’ football program during that time. Bunch is a member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) and the Louisiana Athletic Trainers’ Association (LATA).
KEITH BUNCH
BRADLY HERMAN Student Success Specialist
Bradly Herman joins the Louisiana Tech Athletic Department this year as the student success specialist in the academic center working with the Bulldog football team. Herman comes to Tech after working in the student athlete support services at Auburn since January, where he worked
primarily with the Tigers baseball, swimming and diving teams. He received his undergraduate degree in psychology from Louisiana Tech in 2002 and his master’s degree in industrial in 2003. He then earned a master’s degree in sports administration from Northwestern State in 2007. Prior to joining the SASS staff at Auburn, the Harrisonburg native was an associate psychologist in Pineville from 2004-2007. He also worked as an assistant academic coordinator at Northwestern State from 2007-2008. Herman also worked at Arkansas State where he was an academic coordinator from 2008-2010. He is married to Amy Herman and the couple has one son, Titus.
LESLIE KILETICO Recruiting Office Coordinator
Leslie Kiletico is in her fifth year with the Louisiana Tech football staff as the recruiting office coordinator. Kiletico’s duties in the football office include organizing recruiting visits for prospective student-athletes, planning travel for coaches’ recruiting trips, compiling prospective player information and handling
all mailings to recruits. Kiletico graduated from Louisiana Tech in the spring of 2007 with a degree in marketing and is originally from Marrero.
Clay Lewis was promoted to head equipment manager at Louisiana Tech in May 2011 after serving one year as the assistant equipment manager. A native Louisianan, Lewis returned to Head Equipment Manager The Pelican State after a year as the assistant equipment manager at Wofford College in Spartanburg, S.C. While at Wofford, Lewis was responsible for all day-to-day equipment room issues, overseeing pre- and postgame laundry and packing for road trips. Lewis also worked with adidas, Wofford’s official apparel supplier. Lewis joined the Wofford staff after serving as a student equipment manager at Louisiana-Monroe, where he earned his degree in kinesiology in 2009. Lewis served as the interim head equipment manager at one point and has also logged experience as the equipment manager for Oak Grove and Ouachita Christian. He and his wife, Deanna, currently reside in Monroe.
CLay LEWIS
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