Ariko iso biography of william

US athletic trainer

American football player

Ariko Iso (磯 有理子, Iso Ariko) (born December 7, 1970, in Tokyo, Japan) is the associate athletic trainer for football for the University of Colorado Buffaloes.^[1] In 2002, Iso became the first full-time female athletic trainer in the National Football League, joining the Pittsburgh Steelers.^[2] On June 1, 2011, Ariko announced she was leaving the Steelers and returning to her alma mater Oregon State University to become the head football athletic trainer for the Beavers effective June 10, 2011.^[3]

On June 6, 2018, Ariko became the head athletic trainer for Towson University’s football team.

She was hired by Colorado in 2021.^[1]

Iso became interested in athletic training after tearing her ACL while playing basketball and after hearing Oregon State University exercise physiologist Chris Zauner while in high school in Tokyo. Iso then attended Oregon State, earning her bachelor's deg