Therese started her athletic training career as a student athletic trainer at UT-Chattanooga 1979-1984, where she received a BS degree in Special Education. She was a graduate assistant at Austin Peay State University and completed a MA degree in Health and Physical Education with a minor in Administration and Supervision. Therese has been a teacher and head athletic trainer at Clarksville High School for 37 years where they have had many successful athletic teams; 2000, state wrestling champions, 9 times state basketball tourney, one time state finals, one time state soccer championship and one state runner up . Girls wrestling has also added a state championship and multiple runner- ups
Honors and awards include: Who’s Who of Outstanding Young Women (1985), Tennessee Athletic Trainers’ Society High School Athletic Trainer of the Year (1991 and 1993), Southeaster Athletic Trainers’ Association High School Athletic Trainer of the Year (1998), Who’s Who of American Teachers (2000, 2005, and 2006), National Athletic Trainers’ Association’s Athletic Trainers Service Award (2002), Tennessee Athletic Trainers’ Society’s Hall of Fame (2005), and the Who’s Who of Empowering Executive, Professionals, and Entrepreneurs (2006 and 2007). NATA Service Award in 2002. NATA Servants Heart Award in 2017. Clarksville High School Teacher of the Year in 2023
Therese has worked at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs (1990 and 2002), and was an athletic trainer for the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. She has also worked AAU basketball national tournament, the Senior Games in Clarksville, the Clarksville Gunner (pro soccer team) in 1999, and the Clarksville Coyotes (pro baseball) in 1997 and 1998.
Therese was the secretary/treasurer of the Tennessee Athletic Trainers’ Society from 1989 until 2003 and from 2003 until present, is treasurer.