One of the most experienced trainers in professional sports, Bill Reichelt enters his 36th season as the Lions’ head trainer.

Bill is responsible for coordinating the medical staff and for the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of players’ injuries.

Bill left Edmonton in 1977 to join the Lions, after working for both the Eskimos and the WHA’s Alberta Oilers. He has served as a trainer with the Canadian Davis Cup Tennis Team and has also worked with the Vancouver Canucks and is a certified Active Release Technique Provider.

Bill and his wife Cathy live in Langley, and have three children, Keira, Dylan and Jesse.