SHERMAN, Texas - The Austin College athletics department has added three new members heading into the fall semester, with Woocheol Choung named assistant athletic trainer, while Stephen Barrett and Zach Turner have been added to the 'Roo football coaching staff.

Choung takes over the role of assistant athletic trainer following the promotion of Kelsey Warren to the head athletic trainer role. He is a 2019 graduate of Weber State University, and recently received his master's degree from Texas State University. He also received a degree from Woosong University in Daejeon, Korea in 2013.

While studying at Texas State, Choung worked as an assistant athletic trainer and fitness coach at the Austin Tennis Academy, as well as serving as a graduate research assistant. He worked as a student athletic trainer at Weber State, primarily working with sports such as softball, basketball, and volleyball. 

Barrett joins Austin College's football staff after most recently serving as the passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach at Alderson Broaddus University in West Virginia, and also worked as the co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach at Carencro High School in Louisiana from 2010 until 2020.

Barrett is a 2007 graduate of McNeese State University, where he also received his master's degree in 2008. He worked as a graduate assistant at McNeese while obtaining his master's. In addition to his work as a football coach, he was also the head track and field coach at Carencro from 2010 to 2020.

Turner comes to the Austin College football staff from Glenville State College in West Virginia, where he worked as a defensive backs coach as well as a tight ends coach. Turner is a 2017 graduate of West Virginia University, and during his time in Morgantown, he worked as both the quarterbacks coach and safeties coach at University High School.

Turner also worked with the defensive line at Glenville State, in addition to his work as a recruiter and with the program's strength and conditioning program.