Ebel won't return as Orioles head athletic trainer

By Roch Kubatko

Orioles

October 22, 2024, 2:55pm

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Changes being made in the Orioles organization are happening beyond the coaching ranks and in the front office.

Head athletic trainer Brian Ebel isn’t coming back for the 2025 season, according to multiple sources. Ebel just completed his seventh season in the role and his 40^th in the organization.

Assistants Mark Shires and Patrick Wesley remain with the Orioles and could interview for the opening.

Ebel began his career in 1985 as head athletic trainer with the Rookie League Bluefield Orioles during his summer breaks from college. He was promoted to Class A Erie in 1988 and Double-A Hagerstown from 1989-91, and worked as minor league medical coordinator from 1992-96.

The Orioles put Ebel on their staff as an assistant in 1996, and he became head athletic trainer when Richie Bancells retired after the 2017 season.

The next hire will become only the fifth head athletic trainer in Orioles history. Bancells held the job for 30 years and continues to work with the team in spring training.

Ralph Salvon replaced the retired Eddie Weidner in 1968.

Ebel was chosen this summer as one of the American League's athletic trainers for the All-Star Game.