2013 NCAA Convention

Senior Administrators’ Guide to a Values Model for Athletics Health Care

Senior administrators are charged with creating campus policy and practice to protect the health and safety of 430,000 NCAA student-athletes. This session will identify a values model for athletics health care, including facilities standards for athletic training and medical clinics based on national, state and federal requirements; a staffing model for appropriate medical care; coverage planning and assessment; and a discussion with senior administrators on how they implement best practices in today’s political and economic climate.

Moderator: Dave Klossner, Director of Health and Safety, NCAA

David Klossner has been with the NCAA for 10 years, currently serves as director of health and safety and is a national office liaison to the NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports, which is the Association-wide committee charged with providing leadership on health and safety issues for the membership.

He also serves as the NCAA representative to committees for the National Federation of State High School Associations, National Athletic Trainers’ Association, US Lacrosse and USA Baseball, and as a board member for the National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment.  Klossner frequently presents on health and safety topics relevant to NCAA policy at national policy meetings and those related to sports medicine, and to NCAA member conferences.

Before working at the NCAA, Klossner was a faculty member of DePauw University and the University of South Florida while holding administrative duties as the director of athletic training education for both institutions.  He has worked clinically as a certified athletic trainer providing athlete health care to high school, collegiate and professional athletes.

Klossner received his bachelor’s degree and Master of Science at Indiana University, Bloomington, and his Ph.D. from Ohio University.

Speakers:

Jeff Anderson, Director of Sports Medicine/Team Physician, University of Connecticut

Dr. Jeffrey Anderson is the director of sports medicine for the University of Connecticut Division of Athletics and the acting medical director of the University of Connecticut Student Health Services. He is also the medical director for research in UConn’s Human Performance Laboratory. 

After graduating from the University of Michigan Medical School, he completed a residency in family medicine and a fellowship in sports medicine at the University of Connecticut. Anderson has served on the NCAA’s Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports since September 2009 and has been the chair of the committee since September 2011. In this position, Anderson has been involved with the NCAA’s Drug Testing Program, as well as with the NCAA’s response to timely medical issues such as concussions, sickle cell trait, and prevention of sudden cardiac death. Anderson is also currently the president of the New England Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine and he works with Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association as the independent program administrator for Major League Baseball’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

Kenny Boyd, Associate Athletic Trainer, University of Texas at Austin

Kenny Boyd is currently an associate athletic trainer with direct responsibilities as head football athletic trainer for the University of Texas at Austin.  Prior to beginning at Texas in 2003 he was an assistant athletic trainer at the University of Colorado at Boulder.   In 1998, Boyd graduated with a Bachelor of Science in exercise sport science at the University of Florida and a Master of Science in sport administration from Mississippi State University in 2000.  Prior to Mississippi State, he served as an intern athletic trainer at Northwestern University.  

Boyd is currently a member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association’s (NATA) College/University Athletic Trainers’ Committee (CUATC) and is the committee chair for the Southwest Athletic Trainers’ Association’s CUATC.  Before joining the CUATC he served on the NATA’s Council on Revenue for three years.

Randy Cohen, Associate Athletics Director for Medical Services, University of Arizona

Randy Cohen has served as associate athletics director for medical services at the University of Arizona since 2001.  He is originally from the south side of Chicago.  Before moving to Arizona, Cohen was an assistant athletic trainer for eight years at Purdue University and spent one season as an intern athletic trainer at University of Notre Dame.   Cohen has a degree in athletic training from Purdue University, a degree in physical therapy from the University of Illinois-Chicago and a doctorate of physical therapy from Simmons College.  He is the chair of the National Athletic Trainers Association College and University Athletic Training Committee.

John Davis, Head Athletic Trainer, Montclair State University

John Davis, M.S., A.T.C., arrived at Montclair State in 1984. Since assuming the head athletic trainer position, he has helped the athletic program grow, providing excellent athletic training care to the 17 teams that MSU sponsors, and has seen many students become certified and licensed athletic trainers.  

In March 2010, Montclair State showed its appreciation to Davis by dedicating its athletic training facility in his honor.  In a large alumni ceremony the facility was named, “The John Davis and Dr. Benjamin Burton Athletic Training and Sports Medicine Center.”   

He currently is the president-elect of the Eastern Athletic Trainers’ Association (EATA)./p>

Michelle Gober, Associate Director of Athletics, Kutztown University

Michelle Gober assumed the role of Kutztown University’s associate director of athletics in May 2006.  Prior to coming to Kutztown, Michelle spent seven years at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., first as the certified athletic trainer then as the assistant athletic director.  As a tenured faculty member at Kutztown, Michelle assists the director of athletics in coordinating Kutztown’s 21-sport NCAA Division II program.  Her main duties include her role as director of compliance, oversight of scheduling and games management.  Gober is also beginning her third year as a member of the NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sport, and her second year chairing the Division II Women’s Lacrosse Committee.

Gober is a 1997 graduate of Shenandoah University (Winchester, VA), where she received a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology, with a minor in biology and concentration in sports medicine.  While at Shenandoah she was a four-year member of the women’s basketball team, serving as captain in 1996 and 1997.  She also competed in lacrosse and softball, while serving as a student athletic trainer from 1993 to 1997.   Gober received her master’s degree in exercise, fitness and health promotion in 2004 from George Mason University (Fairfax, VA).  She is a member of the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA), the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators (NACWAA) and NACDA (National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics).   

Brian Hainline, Chief Medical Officer, NCAA

Brian Hainline, M.D., is the newly appointed chief medical officer of the NCAA, effective January 2013.  As the NCAA’s first chief medical officer, Hainline will create a new Center of Excellence to function as a national resource to provide safety, health and medical expertise and research for physicians and athletic trainers. He also will oversee all student-athlete health and safety initiatives and coordinate with the NCAA’s main sports medicine panel, the Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports.  

Hainline is a founding member of the executive committee of the Sports Neurology Section of the American Academy of Neurology, and serves as chair of its strategic planning committee.  He is clinical associate professor of neurology at New York University School of Medicine, and chief of neurology and integrative pain medicine at ProHEALTH Care Associates in Lake Success, New York.