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J. Pat Evans, MD
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J. Pat is a native of Texas and
the ultimate doctor in the sport of rodeo. He attended Whitworth College in Spokane,
Washington on a football scholarship. When he was injured playing ball he became a student
athletic trainer. After graduation he attended the Grady Vaughn School of Physical Therapy
and was then accepted to the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. J. Pat
continued his education where he became a Board Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon and a Follow
of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery. He was the Team Physician for the Dallas
Cowboys from 1970 to 1989 and the Dallas Mavericks from 1980 to 1992. Doctor Evans started
covering rodeos in the 1970's for friend and cowboy (both football and rodeo) Walt
Garrison. It was at one of these events that he and Don Andrews envisioned sports medicine
for the professional rodeo athlete which became a reality in 1981. J. Pat Evans is not
only an innovator being one of the first physicians in the country to dedicate his medical
practice to sports medicine but saw the need for the rodeo cowboy to be treated the same
as a Dallas Cowboy. J. Pat and Joan have three grown children and live in Dallas, Texas in
the winter and Victor, (Colorado Springs) Colorado in the summer. Dr. Evans is also a 2004
inductee into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame |
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Don Andrews,
Executive Director
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The concept of sports medicine
coverage first appeared in 1979 during the Copenhagen Superstars Rodeo competition in Fort
Worth, Texas. Don had come to Texas as the Head Athletic Trainer with the New York
Islanders' development club after stints with the Toronto and Vancouver Hockey
Organizations. Don first got into contact sports at the University of Tennessee after
playing hockey in high school in Nashville where he grew up. Don co-founded the
Sportsmedicine Team with Doctor Evans while employed as the Director of Sports Medicine
Programs by the Medical School of the University of North Texas. He is currently the CEO
and President of Mobile Sports Medicine Systems, Inc. and the Vice President of the Cowboy Crisis Fund. Don established the first sports medicine program in the sport of
rodeo in 1981 and in motorsports in 1985. Don lives in Flower Mound, (Dallas) Texas and
has two grown daughters and a son. |
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Ted Bryant, ATC
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Ted has worked with the
Sportsmedicine Team as a Certified Athletic Trainer volunteer at the PRCA Mesquite
Championship Rodeo since the summer of 1991. He was at the rodeo almost every Friday and
Saturday night (April through September) and moved to Program Associate just a short time
later. Ted did such an outstanding job helping coordinate the program, he was made a Sportsmedicine Team Program Manager in 1997. Besides his duties at the Mesquite
Rodeo he now covers a number of events in the Texas region and beyond. He is a native of
Lubbock, Texas and graduated from Texas Tech University in 1984. Ted was the Head Athletic
Trainer at Plano (Texas) High School when they won back-to-back state football
championships in 1986 and 1987. He lives in Frisco, (Dallas) Texas with his wife Lisa. |
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Dee Cornell, PT, ATC
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Dee started as a volunteer Certified Athletic Trainer with the Sportsmedicine Team at the Mesquite Championship Rodeo in 1993. While attending Physical Therapy School in Colorado she covered rodeo events all over the Rocky Mountain Region as a Program Associate.
Upon graduation as a Physical Therapist in 1997 she returned to Texas and worked many rodeos in and around the state. She has been key associate at the Fort Worth Stock Show, Dallas Stampede and many of the other large rodeos in Texas. Dee became a Program Manager in 2004 and has a long history of
covering extreme events from little britches to high school and college to motocross in the Olympic Games. Dee is single and raises cattle in Krum, Texas.
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Devin
Dice, ATC
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Devin has been a Program
Associate with the Sportsmedicine Team for more than 10 years and a Program Manager
since 1997. He started as a volunteer at the Nampa, Idaho rodeo and today is responsible
for event coverage at most pro rodeos in the northwest region of the country. He drives
one of the mobile sports medicine centers to numerous rodeo events and logs thousands of
miles behind the wheel of a Dodge dually pickup truck. Devin received his Bachelors'
degree from Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington and attended graduate school
at San Jose State University. He was a graduate assistant Certified Athletic Trainer at
Menio College and Head Athletic Trainer Enumclaw High School in Washington state. Devin
and his wife Shelli live in Nampa, Idaho with their two children. |
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Rick Foster, ATC
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Rick helped organize the National
Little Britches Rodeo Sports Medicine Program and first worked with the
Sportsmedicine Team in 1981 as a Program Associate at rodeos in the Denver area. Rick grew
up in the Boulder, Colorado area and was very active in skiing in the winter and ranch
work in the summer. He is still very involved in both as a representative for Marker Ski
Company and working his own place in the Front Range area of Colorado. Rick graduated from
the University of Colorado in 1981 with a varsity letter from the ski team and went on to
obtain a Masters degree in exercise physiology from CU a few years later. Rick is a
nationally certified athletic trainer and worked for a number of years with the Orthopedic
Center of the Rockies in Fort Collins. He covers many rodeos for the Sportsmedicine
Team and has worked the National Western in Denver and the Pikes Peak Rodeo in Colorado
Springs every year since the program started in 1981. Rick his wife Christine live in
Longmont, (Denver) Colorado with their son and daughter. |
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Lisa Herring, PT,
ATC
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Lisa is one of many female
Physical Therapist and Certified Athletic Trainers that work with the
Sportsmedicine Team all over the country. Lisa started as a volunteer with the program in
1989 at the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, Oklahoma. She spent so many hours helping with the
program in the Oklahoma City area she was made a Program Associate just a few years later.
Lisa became a Program for the Sportsmedicine Team in 1995 and has assisted in
covering events throughout Oklahoma and surrounding states. She graduated from the
University of Oklahoma as an athletic trainer and received her degree in Physical Therapy
in 1986. Lisa and her husband Don live in Oklahoma City. |
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Andy Hopkins, ATC
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Andy began his association with
the Sportsmedicine Team not as a care provider but as a patient. He was a PRCA
bullfighter for over 10 years and on more than one occasion during that time utilized the
services of the Program. Following his career as Bullfighter, Andy returned to
school at Brigham Young University, where he received both a bachelors and a Masters
degree in sports medicine. He is a certified athletic trainer and has worked in all levels
of sport, from high school to the Olympic Games. Andy has the head trainer at Utah Valley
State College and has served an internship with the San Diego Chargers. Andy first worked
with the Sportsmedicine Team as an associate in 2000 and became a program manager
in 2004. He and his wife Jennifer live in Saratoga Springs (Salt Lake City), Utah with
their son. |
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Dale Kiecke, PT,
ATC
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Dale began his relationship with
the Sportsmedicine Team as a Program Associate at the Houston PRCA Rodeo in 1985.
Dale was instrumental in developing the criteria for program associates' work with the
rodeo sports medicine program and became a Program Manager in 1997. Having worked his way
up the ladder from volunteer to Program Manager, Dale understands every aspect of the Sportsmedicine Team event coverage at professional rodeos. He covers many rodeos in
the southeast region as well as Texas and is the Program Manager for Rodeo Houston with a
volunteer team of 15 Certified Athletic Trainers and Massage Therapists. Dale received
this degree in Physical Therapy from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston
and Athletic Training Certification in 1984. Dale and his wife Deborah live on a farm in
Cypress, (Houston) Texas with their daughter. |
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Jill Miller
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Jill has worked with the Sportsmedicine Team as a Licensed Athletic Trainer volunteer at the PRCA Mesquite Championship Rodeo since the 1998. She worked at the rodeo most Fridays and Saturdays from April to September and moved to the position of Sportsmedicine Team Program Manager in
2005. Along with her duties at the Mesquite Rodeo, Jill also covers a number of events throughout the country. She is a native of Southern California and graduated from the University of North Texas in 1998. Along with working with the Sportsmedicine Team, Jill also teaches Physical Education and coaches Varsity Softball. Jill and
her husband Chad currently live in Wylie, TX.
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Doug Olle, ATC
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Doug first covered a rodeo for
the Sportsmedicine Team as a Program Associate in 1995 after many years working
with two of the original Program Associates, Larry Gardner PT, ATC and Kevin Benton, PT,
ATC. He has always enjoyed rodeo sports medicine and the unique challenges the athletes
bring to the training room. Doug has many years of experience as a Certified Athletic
Trainer with school and clinical settings in East Texas. He is now a Program Manager and
oversees numerous PRCA rodeos and special events for the Sportsmedicine Team. Doug
graduated as an ATC from Angelo State University in 1974 He is married to Mary and they
live with their son and daughter in Nacogdoches, Texas. |
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Jason Roe, ATC, LMT
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Jason has been involved with Sports Medicine since 1999 WNFR where he started the massage therapy program as part of JST. He became a Program Manager with the JST in 2005. Jason is a graduate of UNLV with a degree in Athletic Training. He is a Certified Athletic Trainer and also
is a Licensed Massage Therapist. Jason has worked with various programs including Olympic Water Polo, High School Athletics, Professional Hockey, and Ultimate Fighting. He is the author of a book on Sports Massage. Jason lives in Las Vegas with his two children where he also works as a massage therapist for one of the premier
nightly shows on the famed Las Vegas Strip.
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