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In twenty-two
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 is
currently the
vice-chair of
the Alabama
Board of
Athletic
Trainers after
having 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.
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/Associate
Athletic
Director/Senior
Women’s
Administrator at
UWA. They
have one son,
Brock 17, and
one daughter,
Jade 15.
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