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 In seventeen 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 will assume duties with the
Alabama Board of Athletic Trainers in January after being re-elected to the
Board in May. Additionally, he received 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 was
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
12, and one daughter, Jade 10.
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