ABOUT JANA

Jana Austin joined the Dallas Mavericks in 2024 as an Assistant Athletic Trainer after four years with the New Orleans Pelicans as an Assistant Athletic Trainer and two years with the Brooklyn Nets as their Assistant Athletic Trainer, Performance/Sports Science Assistant. She began her professional career with Golden State Warrior’s G-league Affiliate the Santa Cruz Warriors as their Assistant Athletic Trainer. Prior to joining both organizations, Jana was working as an intern and then seasonal athletic trainer with the LA Sparks WNBA team for eight years.

Jana received both her undergraduate degree and master’s degree from California Baptist University, there she gained valuable hands on experiences with manual therapy, injury prevention, and emergency care through the various internships with D-1 collegiate basketball programs, Arena Football Team, and she has traveled to East Africa, Tanzania to serve a mission trip and provided medical care to the people who lived in the Kigoma, Tanzania. She also aided with the water filter systems to make sure they provided clean water to the village people.

Jana is active in her community and promoting athletic training by working with the West Coast Sports Medicine Foundation for over 8 years. It is a non-profit organization that provides free medical care to the underprivileged high school athletes in the Los Angeles area. There are also summer mentoring camps held in the summer that promote the education of who athletic trainers are. Jana is also CPR certified and a CPR instructor and has recently earned her CSCS and CES, she is currently working on her PES along with her Dry Needling Certification.

A native of Corona, California, Jana is the youngest child in her family. Her mother, Janice White, still resides in Corona, California. Her brother, JD Austin, resides in the Los Angeles area and is a fire fighter with the LA City Fire Department. Her father resides in Norco, California.

Jana currently resides in Dallas, TX.