Beth Hayford started her career at Davidson College in the fall of 1994 and currently holds the position of Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Medicine and Head Athletic Trainer.

She initially came to Davidson as an athletic training intern and was promoted to assistant athletic trainer in 1996 and was assigned to women’s soccer, women’s basketball, volleyball and lacrosse.  In 2002, Hayford was named Head Athletic Trainer working specifically with football, women’s basketball and women’s tennis. 

As Head Athletic Trainer, she administers all areas of the sports medicine department and oversees six full-time, licensed certified athletic trainers.  She also serves as a preceptor for athletic training students from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and Western Carolina University and has been involved in their clinical instruction since 2002. 

Hayford has also served as the President for the Southern Conference Medical Society, Sports Medicine Committee for the Southern Conference, and Medical Director for numerous events including conference tournaments and the Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament. She is a certified member of the National Athletic Trainer’s Association, Mid-Atlantic Trainer’s Association and College Athletic Trainer’s Association.

In addition to managing the sports medicine department, Hayford has also supervised the Equipment Room and the Strength and Conditioning Department since 2005.

Hayford completed her degree in Sports Medicine from Wingate University in 1993.  Beth and her husband reside in Huntersville with their son, Thad.

Elizabeth Allred has served as the sports dietitian for Davidson College Athletics since April 2012.  

A sports dietitian and certified personal trainer, Allred brings a wealth of experience to Davidson, with 19 years as a registered dietitian.  Allred is a University of Virginia graduate, and received her Master's of Public Health in Nutrition at the University of North Carolina.

Allred works collaboratively with coaches, athletic trainers, and strength & conditioning coaches to ensure Davidson athletes are healthy, safe, and are utilizing optimal nutrition to maximize performance.

Evan Simon is in his second stint as Davidson's Head Strength and Conditioning Coach. 

Simon, who joins current assistant coaches Zach Rowell and Terrence Hearst, was previously the head strength and conditioning coach with the Wildcats from 2004-2006. 

"It is great to be back at Davidson College," Simon said. "My wife and I could always see ourselves returning to this great area. I look forward to working with our student athletes and helping them grow and develop through a collaborative training plan with all areas of this great department."

"We are thrilled to have Evan back in this key position on our staff," former Director of Athletics Jim Murphy said of Davidson's newest addtion. "His familiarity with our operations and community will move him quickly along the learning curve."

Simon was most recently the head football strength and conditioning coach at Oregon State, where he served with the Beavers since January 2015. Prior to OSU, Simon spent two years as the head strength and conditioning coach at Wisconsin, helping the Badgers to New Year's Day appearances in both the Capital One and the Outback Bowl. 

Before Madison, Simon was the director of strength and conditioning at Utah State from August 2009-January 2013, and before that, served as an associate director for the strength and conditioning program at Utah, where he was part of a staff that went 13-0, defeated Alabama in the Sugar Bowl, and finished the season with a No. 2 national ranking, all following the 2008 season. 

A native of Lexington Park, Md., Simon is a 2002 graduate of Frostburg State (Md.) with a bachelor's degree in health and physical education, and earned his master's degree in 2004 from Kentucky in exercise physiology. 

He and his wife Linda have two daughters, Abbi and Robyn. 

Terrence Hearst joined the Davidson staff as assistant strength and conditioning coach in 2019.
 
He works directly with the Wildcats’ women’s basketball, lacrosse, men’s soccer, men’s and women’s track and field, men’s and women’s tennis and cheerleading teams. He also assists with Wildcat football.
 
Hearst arrived at Davidson after interning with the NFL’s Carolina Panthers during the 2018 season. He previously interned with college programs at Catawba (2017-18), Wake Forest (2016) and Elon (summer 2016).
 
A 2015 graduate of Guilford College, Hearst earned a B.S. in Excerise Science/Health and Fitness. In 2016, he earned a M.S. in Exercise Science/Strength and Conditioning from Appalachian State.
 
He is certified by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and United States Weightlifting (USAW).

Jamie Lutz joined Davidson as an assistant strength and conditioning coach in October of 2019. He works directly with baseball, women’s soccer, wrestling, men’s golf and men’s and women’s swimming and diving, while also assisting with football.
 
Previously, Lutz spent three years at Appalachian State, where he worked his way up from a volunteer intern to an assistant strength and conditioning coach. While at Appalachian, he worked primarily with softball, men's and women’s golf and cheerleading, while assisting with men’s basketball, volleyball, field hockey and track and field.
 
Prior to Appalachian, Lutz interned with EXOS and the THOR3 program at Ft. Bragg NC, where he worked with strength and conditioning coaches in a human performance program for soldiers undergoing initial Special Forces training.
 
He graduated from Furman University in 2016 with a degree in health science and graduated from Appalachian State in 2018 with a masters in exercise science.
 
Lutz is certified through the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association (CSCCa), the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and United States Weightlifting (USAW).