Alex Olson enters his 22nd season as the Lady Bears’ athletic trainer.
Olson came to Baylor from Mansfield (Texas) High School where he worked as the district’s head athletic trainer from 1996-99. While at Mansfield, Olson was a part of the 1999 undefeated (38-0) girls basketball state championship team.
During the same year, Olson served as the head athletic trainer for the girls 17-18 AAU National Championship Tournament.
After graduating from North Garland High School in 1989, Olson enrolled at Baylor. While a student athletic trainer at Baylor from 1989-94, Olson worked with the football and baseball teams.
Since returning to Baylor on a full-time basis, the teams Olson oversees have won a combined 51 team championships, including national championships in 2004 (men’s tennis), 2005, 2012 and 2019 (women’s basketball).
Olson remained at Baylor as a graduate assistant earning a master’s degree in 1996. Olson’s wife, Beth, is a 1994 Baylor graduate. The Olson’s are the parents of a daughter, Taylor Elise.