Personal: WSSU Director of Sports Medicine/Head Athletic Trainer Darrell Turner is beginning his second year as the head of the WSSU Sports Medicine Department in 2006-07. A native of Clermont, FL, Turner is a 2002 graduate of the University of Florida where he received a B.S. Degree in Exercise and Sport Science, specializing in Athletic Training as well as serving as a student athletic trainer for the Gators nationally-ranked football program.

Following his graduation from UF in 2002, he completed a summer internship with the Atlanta Falcons Football Club of the National Football League (NFL). Following the completion of his internship, Turner accepted a position as the Head Athletic Trainer at South Sumter High School in Bushnell, FL.

After a year at South Sumter High, Turner matriculated to the University of Arkansas where he earned a M.Ed. in Recreation with a concentration in Sports Management in 2005. Following his post-graduate work, Turner worked as the seasonal intern for the Carolina Panthers Football Club of the National Football League (NFL). He then moved on as the Interim Athletic Trainer for Winthrop University before assuming the Head Athletic Trainer/Director of Sports Medicine position for the Rams at Winston-Salem State University.

Turner, and his wife of two years, Megan, reside in Winston-Salem, NC.