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 In nineteen years in the University of
West Alabama Athletic Training and Sports Medicine program, Brad Montgomery has
advanced from Graduate Assistant to his current position as Head Athletic
Trainer in 1998, with stops at Assistant and Associate Athletic Trainer along
the way.
He is a 1989
graduate of the University of North Alabama with a B.S. in Physical Education
and Biology, later earning an M.A.T. in Physical Education from UWA in 1992.
The Florence, Ala.
native and Wilson High School alumnus is a certified member of the National
Athletic Trainers’ Association and a licensed athletic trainer by the state of
Alabama. Montgomery also serves as an Instructor in the Department of Physical
Education and Athletic Training as well as an Approved Clinical Instructor in
the CAATE accredited athletic training education program.
In addition to his
numerous academic and professional achievements, Montgomery has just completed
terms as the President of the Alabama Athletic Trainers’ Association, a member
of the Alabama Board of Athletic Trainers, and a member of the Southeast
Athletic Trainers’ Executive Board. Montgomery currently has resumed his duties
with the Alabama Board of Athletic Trainers in January of this year.
Additionally, he received the 2008 National Athletic Trainers’ Association
Athletic Trainer Service Award, the 2007 Award of Merit, the highest honor
presented by the Alabama Athletic Trainers’ Association, after previously
receiving the award in 2003. Montgomery was presented with the 2007 SEATA
Executive Board Leadership and Contribution Award and was given the Alabama
Board of Athletic Trainers Service Award for the years of 2003-2006. He has
also been named to the “Outstanding Young Men of America” four times
(1996-1999). Montgomery has also been selected to provide several professional
presentations for the Southeast Athletic Trainers’ Association, Alabama Athletic
Trainers’ Association, Mississippi Athletic Trainers’ Association, and several
private rehabilitation companies. He has also served as a case study discussant
at the NATA Annual Convention on multiple occasions. He worked annually on the
athletic training staff of the Blue-Gray All-Star Football Classic in
Montgomery, AL from 1983-1992.
Montgomery is
married to former Janet Koenig, Academic Coordinator for Athletics/Assistant
Athletic Director/Senior Women’s Administrator at UWA. They have one son, Brock
13, and one daughter, Jade 11.
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