Donovan “Doc” Dressler is in his 10th season as the assistant equipment manager of the 49ers.
During his first stint in San Francisco, Doc served as a training camp and partial season intern with the 49ers equipment department in the summer of 2000, before taking on the head equipment manager duties from 2000 to 2001 for the Las Vegas Outlaws of the XFL. Doc returned to San Francisco in 2001 as an intern and was brought on shortly after in a full-time capacity to assist with the team’s apparel and on-field equipment needs.
Doc got his start in the NFL with the Miami Dolphins, where he interned at different times in the equipment department during 1998 and 2000. During that time, he also had a stint as the head equipment manager at Northwestern Louisiana State from 1999 to 2000.
Donovan “Doc” Dressler is in his 10th season as the assistant equipment manager of the 49ers.
During his first stint in San Francisco, Doc served as a training camp and partial season intern with the 49ers equipment department in the summer of 2000, before taking on the head equipment manager duties from 2000 to 2001 for the Las Vegas Outlaws of the XFL. Doc returned to San Francisco in 2001 as an intern and was brought on shortly after in a full-time capacity to assist with the team’s apparel and on-field equipment needs.
Doc got his start in the NFL with the Miami Dolphins, where he interned at different times in the equipment department during 1998 and 2000. During that time, he also had a stint as the head equipment manager at Northwestern Louisiana State from 1999 to 2000.
Doc was born and raised in Stillwater, OK, where he attended Stillwater High School. He then attended Oklahoma State University and served as the Cowboys’ student equipment manager for six years.
Doc has been a member of the Athletic Equipment Manager’s Association since 1995 and received his certification in 1999.
He and his wife, Terri, reside in San Jose, CA, with their sons Jacob and Rocco.
