University of Massachusets Athletics

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July 10, 2001

Jeff Smith
Associate Athletic Director / Sports Medicine

Jeff Smith is in his first season as Associate Athletic Director for Sports Medicine at UMass. In addition to his administrative responsibilities, including overseeing medical coverage, treatment and rehabilitation of some 700 student-athletes, Smith serves as the day-to-day trainer for the Minuteman football team.

Smith came to UMass from the University of California at Los Angeles, where he worked for three years. Smith spent his first year at UCLA as an assistant athletic trainer, before being promoted to associate athletic trainer in 1999. For the last two seasons, he served as the trainer for the football and men's and women's track teams, in addition to being the director of UCLA's student athletic trainer internship program. During his first year with the Bruins, Smith was the trainer for the men's basketball, men's water polo and men's tennis teams.

Prior to his time at UCLA, Smith spent five seasons at the University of Denver, including four years as director of sports medicine and head athletic trainer. He oversaw the rehabilitation and welfare of athletes in all 18 of Denver's varsity sports, while working directly with the ice hockey, baseball, men's lacrosse and women's soccer teams. Smith supervised a staff of three full-time trainers, one graduate assistant and 15 student trainers, and developed the athletic training internship program for students at Denver. In addition, Smith served as an adjunct instructor of kinesiology and human anatomy in Denver's Department of Biological Sciences.

Smith previously worked at UMass from 1991-1993, serving as a graduate assistant. He worked directly with the men's soccer and baseball teams during his first stint at UMass, while also serving as a teaching assistant in the Department of Exercise Science.

A 1991 graduate of UCLA with a bachelor's degree in kinesiology, Smith earned his master's degree in exercise science from UMass in 1993.