Gregory Spence joined the GCU sports medicine staff in the fall of 2015. He oversees the medical coverage for the baseball and men’s and women’s golf teams.
Spence came to the Lopes in October 2015 after spending seven seasons as an athletic trainer within the Los Angeles Angels system at levels ranging from Rookie to Double-A. He served as both a strength and conditioning coach and athletic trainer with the Angels. During the offseason, Spence returned to the Phoenix area to work as an athletic trainer at Physiotherapy Associates, Tempe Sport Clinic, in Tempe.
As a student at James Madison, Spence assisted for the care of the football, baseball and women's soccer teams while earning his undergraduate degree in athletic training. He went on to earn his Master of Arts in Educational Leadership at Nevada. While completing his graduate assistantship in Reno, he was charged with overseeing for the care of the women’s track and field and swimming and diving teams, and assisted the football team.
Spence, his wife, Katsy and daughters Anya and Lennyn, live in Gilbert, Arizona.