Lindsay Gately enters her second season with Washington in 2023. She is the first full-time female member of the athletic training staff in franchise history.
Gately joins the Washington Commanders after previously working for the Wake Forest football program as assistant football athletic trainer/physical therapist. At Wake Forest she worked with the coaching staff on player workload for athletes undergoing rehabilitation from injury. She also worked closely with medical personnel at Wake Forest Baptist Health to expedite the various processes in place for player care. Gately coordinated post-operative care for the student athletes and managed protocols for soft tissue injuries using various sources of data.
Gately becomes the 21st woman working in a full-time capacity with an NFL team's athletic training department.
Prior to her role at Wake Forest, Gately worked as a seasonal athletic trainer/physical therapist with the San Francisco 49ers and was also a sports physical therapy resident at the Memorial Hermann IRONMAN organization. Gately also completed a seasonal internship with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Gately holds a Doctorate in Physical Therapy from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training from the University of Pittsburgh.
