A member of Denison's training staff since 2008, Tricia Harris was promoted to head athletic trainer in 2016. A 2002 graduate of Wilmington College, Harris has had two stints as an assistant athletic trainer with the Big Red. After serving two years as the head athletic trainer at Granville High School, Harris joined the Denison staff in 2006 serving as the primary trainer for the volleyball, field hockey, softball, men's basketball and baseball teams.
In 2007 she enrolled in the graduate program at Ohio University where she served as a graduate assistant while working with the Bobcat baseball and softball teams. She earned her master of science degree in recreation and sports sciences in 2008. After graduate school, Harris returned to Denison in 2008 and served as the primary trainer for men's basketball, men's soccer, baseball and softball. In 2011, she was the primary trainer for women's soccer, cross country, men's basketball, softball and tennis.
Harris is a Licensed Athletic Trainer (LAT) and is a member of the National Athletic Trainers' Association, the Great Lakes Athletic Trainers' Association, the Ohio Athletic Trainers' Association and is an authorized instructor with the American Red Cross.