About Corey James, MA, LAT, ATC, CSCS
Olympic‑level experience. Faith‑driven values. Athlete‑first care

Corey James is a nationally certified and North Carolina licensed athletic trainer with over a decade of experience supporting professional and elite athletes, military personnel, and Division 1 collegiate teams. He holds a Master of Arts in Kinesiology/Athletic Training from San Jose State University and a Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training from California University of Pennsylvania.

Corey’s career spans high-performance environments including the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee, USA Wrestling, Duke University Athletics, and professional football internships with the San Francisco 49ers and Pittsburgh Steelers. Currently, he serves as a contracted Athletic Trainer working with the United States Marine Corps, where he collaborates with a multidisciplinary Human Performance Team to optimize readiness and recovery for elite military personnel.

Corey has extensive experience with USA Wrestling, providing medical coverage at international senior level wrestling competitions, including the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, highlighting his expertise in elite athletic performance and Olympic-level sports medicine. He provided athletic training services including injury prevention, evaluation, and rehabilitation to athletes year-round to optimize health, readiness, and recovery, ensuring peak performance throughout the competitive seasons. His role involved close collaboration with coaches and other members of the Sports Medicine staff at the United States Olympic and Paralympic Training Center.

His clinical skills also include orthopedic evaluation, concussion management, movement screening, and injury prevention programming. Corey is certified in Champion Performance Specialist, Functional Range Conditioning, and Myofascial Decompression, among others.

Corey founded Evergreen Sports Medicine to provide accessible, high-quality care and performance strategies to athletes of all levels. His approach blends cutting-edge techniques with personalized attention, helping clients recover faster, and optimize their performance.