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Chris Jones
Position: Sports Medicine
Other Position: Director of Sports Medicine / Head Football Athletic Trainer
Alma Mater: University of Delaware (2000)

Chris joined the University of Richmond Sports Medicine Staff  in 2003 as Head Football Athletic Trainer, where he coordinates year-round health care for the football team.   He was promoted to Director of Sports Medicine in 2006.  In his role as Director of Sports Medicine he supervises nine certified athletic trainers and coordinates the healthcare delivery system for UR Student-Athletes in conjunction UR Team Physicians.

 

Previous to joining the UR Sports Medicine Staff, he served as the Head Football Athletic Trainer at the University of Findlay from 2002 to 2003.   Chris also had the opportunity to serve as Seasonal Assistant Athletic Trainer for the New York Jets from 2000 to 2001, after completing his graduate assistantship. 

While performing his graduate work for the University of Delaware, Chris severed as a graduate assistant athletic trainer at Villanova University, where he worked primarily with the Wildcat Football and Baseball Teams.  He also has experience in Major League Baseball, where he completed an athletic training internship with the Philadelphia Phillies in the summer of 1999.

 

Chris is NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and has completed USA Weightlifting Olympic Club Coach Course.  He has completed advanced training in soft tissue mobilization through Active Release Technique Courses.   Chris is an American Health & Safety Institute CPR Instructor, and is an Accredited Clinical Instructor through National Athletic Trainers Association Board of Certification.  He is also licensed to practice athletic training through the Virginia Board of Medicine.  Chris and his wife, the former Bethann Fallo reside in Glen Allen, VA with their two children, Maia and Henry.