Athletics Directory
Nikki Webb
Athletic Training
Coordinator of Athletic Training
Telephone: 998-2083
Email: nikki.webb@nyu.edu
Nikki Webb joined the New York University athletic department as its Coordinator of Athletic Training in September 2006. She is responsible for directing and overseeing the prevention and treatment of all athletic injuries.
Webb came to NYU with five years of experience on the NCAA Division I level. In 2005-06, she worked at Columbia University and was primarily responsible for the daily medical coverage and injury rehabilitation for the men’s basketball, track & field and cross country teams. She also served as an instructor in the physical education department, and conducted a weekly sports medicine clinic at the Student Health Service for the general student population.
Prior to her stint at Columbia, Webb worked as both the head athletic trainer (2003-05) and associate trainer (2001-03) at the University of South Florida, where she graduated with a bachelor of science degree in wellness leadership in 1998. Webb oversaw coverage and rehabilitation for the Bulls’ men’s basketball program. In addition, she covered men’s and women’s golf and sailing, coordinated daily training room management and pre-season physicals for more than 400 student-athletes, and supervised a full-time assistant and seven graduate assistants.
Webb earned a master’s degree in education from Elmira College in 2001, where she served as the assistant athletic trainer from 1999-2001.
In 2006, Webb presented a case study at the College Athletic Trainer’s Society Spring Symposium detailing a men’s basketball player struggle with kidney cancer. She has also worked with the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, the Special Olympics and the U.S. Soccer National Coaching School as a medical coordinator.
A native of Tampa, FL, Webb resides in Manhattan with her husband Gedney.