Local 12: UC faculty member discusses lack of athletic trainers in high schools
Only 37% of high schools nationally have a full-time athletic trainer. Tom Herrmann, the director of the Athletic Training Program at the UC College of Allied Health Sciences, told WKRC-TV Local 12 that it should be the cost of doing business for high schools to have a full-time athletic trainer on staff.
“The NCAA says it’s necessary,” says Herrmann, who was the first graduate of UC’s Athletic Training Program when it was an internship in 1977. “The IOC says it’s necessary. FIFA says it’s necessary. The NFL says it’s necessary. The NBA says it’s necessary.”
Check out the full story here and learn more at the UC Athletic Training Program here.
Related Stories
Finding purpose in the hardest moments
April 28, 2026
After nearly leaving nursing during the COVID-19 pandemic, Matt Depenbrock found renewed purpose in neonatal intensive care, leading him to develop Project HEALS—an innovative initiative aimed at improving NICU nurses’ confidence and competence in end-of-life care.
Emeriti professors make $1 million gift to UC’s College of Medicine
April 28, 2026
Henry A. Nasrallah’s life’s work has been focused on helping others. His vocation as a psychiatrist, researcher and educator is closely intertwined with his personal commitment to philanthropy, reflecting a deep dedication to improving psychiatric care, particularly by advancing research in neurobiology and treatments for schizophrenia and related disorders.
Hoxworth, FC Cincinnati celebrate life-saving donors with exclusive May giveaway
April 27, 2026
Hoxworth Blood Center, University of Cincinnati, is asking donors to score big for their community this May with an exclusive 40 oz. FC Cincinnati–themed tumbler available to donors at the seven neighborhood donor centers and select mobile drives while supplies last.