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Jerry Weber, A.T.C.
Jerry Weber begins his 26th year on the Nebraska Athletic Medicine staff and his fifth year as the Head Athletic Trainer and Associate Director of Athletic Medicine.
In his duties as head athletic trainer and physical therapist, he oversees the operation of all athletic medicine facilities and supervises the Husker staff of athletic trainers, graduate and undergraduate student assistants. Along with his duties as head trainer, Weber directs all orthopedic rehabilitation and coordinates the return to sport programs with orthopedic specialists and training staff. During the winter months he also works with the men’s gymnastics team.
A Sidney, Neb., native, Weber earned a bachelor’s degree in zoology from UNL in 1974. He earned his physical therapy degree from UNMC in 1976 and his master’s degree from Western Illinois in 1977.
Weber is a member of the NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sport where he recently served as a member of the working group that developed the new football out of season conditioning model and also served on the NCAA insurance task force. He is also the NCAA liaison to the National Athletic Trainers Association’s College/University Athletic Trainers Committee. Weber served 10 years on the Nebraska State Examining Board for Athletic Trainers and is a member of the editorial board of Athletic Therapy Today.
In the fall of 2001 Weber was honored by the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame with their Lyle Bremser Special Merit Award. In 1991, Weber received the Sullivan Award from the Nebraska State Athletic Trainers’ Association recognizing excellence in athletic training and has been recognized for 25 years of service to that organization. He has been active in the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA) at the state, district and national levels since 1978, having served on the board of directors and as a presidential candidate.
The Nebraska medical team has two physical therapist/athletic trainers, five athletic trainers, six graduate assistant certified athletic trainers and 28 student assistants in the athletic training curriculum – all required to care for more than 700 Husker student-athletes.
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