Bio

Allan Dismore enters his 12th year as the athletic trainer for Hill College Athletics. He is a 27-year veteran providing medical health care services to the athletes under his watch. In his current role as the Head Athletic Trainer for Hill College, he is responsible for the care and prevention of athletic injuries for 13 different athletic squads including approximately 230 total student-athletes. In addition to his athletic training duties, Dinsmore also is the program coordinator for the Hill College Athletic Training program. This program provides an associates degree in Kinesiology with an emphasis on athletic training. As a part of the athletic training education program, he is also directly responsible for coordinating approximately 15 student-athletic training aides who assist him in the provision of athletic training services to the student-athletes of Hill College.

Although Dinsmore was born on the Gulf Coast in Freeport, he calls Miami, Texas home. He first became interested in athletic training as a profession in his early years as a student at East Texas State University. While a student at ETSU, he completed an internship program in athletic training along with a double major in Health and Kinesiology which enabled him to earn his certification and licensure in athletic training. Upon graduating from ETSU, Dinsmore continued his education at Tarleton State University earning a master’s degree in physical education.

Professionally, Dinsmore began his career at Schreiner University in Kerrville, Texas where he was the athletic trainer for the university’s athletic teams. After four years at Schreiner, he then became the athletic trainer for the Fredericksburg Independent School District in Fredericksburg before coming to Hill College. In his time at Hill College, he has also worked with the Cleburne Railroaders Independent Professional Minor League Baseball team and FC Cleburne and Texas United, both semi-pro soccer teams.

Dinsmore has earned a handful of accolades over his career as an athletic trainer including the Hill College Presidential Commendation assisting with the school’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic including planning, implementing and coordinating the athletic department’s plan to return to campus and continue competition. This plan was implemented by the NJCAA as a best practices document for other schools in planning their return to competition. Dinsmore was also inducted into the East Texas State/Texas A&M-Commerce Athletic Hall of Fame from his work as a student trainer with the 1996 NCAA Division II Elite 8 Finalist Men’s Basketball Team.

Dinsmore and his wife, Dana, have been married for 22 years, and they are the proud parents of two Navy active-duty children. Their daughter, Allie, is stationed in Bremerton, Washington, working in medical preparedness for sailors; and son, Gabe, is an aviation ordanceman assigned to the USS Roosevelt aircraft carrier stationed at San Diego, Calif. Both Allan and Dana enjoy trying to get see their two children as much as possible – especially their 4-year-old granddaughter, Avery Lynn Marie Brantley.