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Doug Straley was promoted to Assistant Athletic
Director for Sports Medicine in August 2009, after
serving as Manhattan's Director of Sports Medicine
for the previous six years. Straley supervises the
athletic training of the 300+ student-athletes who
compete for Manhattan’s 19 Division I athletic
teams.
Prior to his arrival in Riverdale, Straley served
as the director of sports medicine at Manhattanville
College in nearby Purchase, NY. At Manhattanville,
he coordinated the rehabilitation, prevention,
and management of athletic injuries for over 250
intercollegiate NCAA Division III student-athletes.
Before his tenure at Manhattanville, Straley
worked for three years as the assistant director
of sports medicine at Assumption College. He
assisted with the medical care of the athletic
program’s 19 Division II varsity sport teams.
Straley, a 1998 graduate of Northeastern
University, worked as a student athletic trainer
during his undergraduate years. In 1999, he
received a master of science degree in athletic
training from University of Tennessee at
Chattanooga.
Additionally, Straley served as the head athletic
trainer for the Westchester Wildfire, a United
States Basketball League (USBL) team coached
by former New York Knick John Starks.
Straley had been published on numerous
occasions, and has made several presentations
based upon his research in the field of Athletic
Training.
Straley holds Athletic Training licenses in
New York, Massachusetts, and Georgia, and
is a member of the National Athletic Trainers
Association and the National Strength and
Conditioning Association. He is certified as a
Strength and Conditioning Specialist, as an Athletic
Trainer, and in CPR and First Aid. A decorated
Eagle Scout, Straley won the Koko Kassabian
award while at Northeastern for outstanding
achievement in leadership, scholarship, and
professional development.
A native of Newton, Mass., Straley currently
resides in Dobbs Ferry, NY with his wife Jennifer
and their daughter Annabelle.
Lindsay Darcy enters her first year as academic
advisor for the Manhattan College Athletic
Department. Darcy manages the academic support
for Manhattan’s 300+ student-athletes, a role
which has helped the department rank among the
nation’s best according to several NCAA measures
of academic success. Darcy’s duties include
assisting student-athletes in class scheduling,
monitor their academic progress, oversee the
Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and
coordinate tutoring and other special needs.
Prior to this appointment, Darcy worked as
Manhattan’s compliance coordinator since the
2007-2008 academic year. In this role, she was
responsible for monitoring and regulating NCAA
eligibility.
Darcy (nee Peirson) earned a bachelor’s degree
from Syracuse University in 2005. She was a fouryear
letterwinner for the Orange field hockey team,
and earned a Big East Scholar-Athlete selection
all four years. In 2001, she earned All-America
honors from the National Field Hockey Coaches’
Association (NFHCA). At the conclusion of her
final season with the Orange, Darcy was selected
to the All-Big East Second Team.
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