Athletic Training
Sports Medicine at Texas A&M University-Commerce
- Important Forms
- Staff Information
- Team Specialists
- Athletic Training Students
- Contact Information
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Drug and Alcohol Policy Information (effective
March 23, 2010)
IMPORTANT FORMS
All forms (pages two and three) must be completed and brought to pre-participation physicals OR can be sent via fax to (903) 468-8679.
| Pre-Physical Information (2010-11) |
STAFF INFORMATION
| Name Title |
E-Mail Address | Phone Number | Sports Responsibilities |
| Warren Young Director of Sports Medicine |
warren_young@tamu-commerce.edu | (903) 468-3193 | Football |
| Dustan Thrift Assistant Athletic Trainer |
dustan_thrift@tamu-commerce.edu |
(903) 468-3035 | Football (Asst.) Men's Basketball Men's & Women's Golf |
| TBA Assistant Athletic Trainer |
Volleyball Women's Basketball |
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| TBA Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainers |
Women's Soccer Men's & Women's Cross Country Men's & Women's Track and Field |
TEAM SPECIALISTS
| Dr. Greg Hulsey, DPT - Team Physical Therapist |
| Dr. Jeff Wallace, MD - Team Doctor |
| Dr. Russ Birdwell, MD – General Surgeon |
| Dr. Bruce Byrne, MD – Hand Surgeon |
| Dr. Drew Dossett, MD – Neck/Spine Surgeon |
| Dr. Marc McDaniel, DDS – Dentist |
| Dr. Scott Pierce, MD – Interninst |
| Dr. Ron Perone, MD – Internist |
| Dr. Chris Royer, MD – Foot/Ankle Specialist |
2009-10 ATHLETIC TRAINING STUDENTS
| Danielle Amos |
| Felicia Benavides |
| Shawnda Brown |
| Jerica Coleman |
| Comella Draper |
| Keenan Ervin |
| Tim Neal |
| Heather Rigal |
| Lupe Salas |
IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS
| Field House Treatment Center | (903) 886-5578 |
| T-Lounge Satellite Training Room | (903) 886-5579 |
| Ambulance Service | 911 |
| Campus Security | (903) 886-5864 |
| University Student Health Clinic | (903) 886-5853 |
| Presbyterian Hospital of Greenville | (903) 408-5000 |
IMPORTANT NOTES
The sports medicine staff at Texas A&M-Commerce is dedicated
to preventing injury, rapidly diagnosing and treating injury, in
addition to maximizing athletic performance. Director of Sports
Medicine Warren Young is assisted by full-time, cerified and
licensed athletic trainers Kjerstin Gardner and Dustan Thrift;
certified and licensed graduate assistant athletic trainer Tye
Burch-Bowser and 20 athletic training students.
The Lions largest treatment facility is located in the
A&M-Commerce Field House. At the Field House, available
equipment includes: cryotherapy, hydrotherapy, moist heat,
electrical muscle stimulation and ultrasound. A&M-Commerce
student-athletes also perform rehabilitation at the local Physical
Therapy Clinic.
LINK TO ATHLETIC TRAINING CURRICULUM:
