Now entering his 29th season overall with the Packers, Bryan Engel begins his second season as vice president of player health and performance, a position to which he was promoted on April 3, 2024. In his current role, he coordinates and oversees all aspects of player care, working with various departments including athletic training/medical, nutrition, strength and conditioning, performance psychology, equipment, player engagement and football analytics.
Engel held the title of director of sports medicine/head athletic trainer for two seasons (2022-23) after serving as head athletic trainer from 2015-2021 and assistant athletic trainer from 1999-2014. He first joined the Packers as a seasonal assistant/intern in the athletic training department in 1997.
Engel has been part of two Packers' athletic training staffs that have been honored with the Ed Block NFL Athletic Training Staff of the Year (2011 and 2024). He also was named the Tim Davey NFC Assistant Athletic Trainer of the Year in 2013.
Professionally, Engel starts his third year as president of the Professional Football Athletic Trainers Society (PFATS), having previously served as the president-elect as well as on the executive committee as an NFC assistant representative and on the PFATS advocacy committee. The purpose of PFATS is to ensure the highest quality of health care is provided to the National Football League; it works closely with the NFL, NFL Physician Society and the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA) to improve the health and safety of athletes through continuous research, innovation and education. Engel has also worked extensively with the PFATS Foundation, previously serving as its president and director of internal education.
Engel also spent time on the athletic training staff of the New England Patriots as a seasonal assistant/intern (1996-97) and as a training-camp intern (1995).
Engel earned his B.S. degree in kinesiology with an emphasis in athletic training from the University of Illinois in 1998. In addition to his degree, Engel is a certified athletic trainer and a member of the National Athletic Trainers Association. He also holds certification as a corrective-exercise specialist and performance-enhancement specialist from the National Academy of Sports Medicine and is certified in the functional-movement screen.
A native of Hanover Park, Ill., Engel is married to Jennifer, with whom he has three sons, Drew, 25, Ryan, 23, and Evan, 21.
Diagnosed in 2010, Evan lives with Type 1 diabetes (T1D). Engel and his wife are both active volunteers for JDRF, with Jennifer having served on the executive board as secretary and as advocacy team chair for the northeast Wisconsin chapter. Evan was selected as a delegate for the 2017 JDRF Children's Congress and went to Washington, D.C., to advocate on Capitol Hill for strong funding for T1D research.
