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Off the Roll
by Troy Hershman
Interviews with Athletic Trainers about their experiences in the field. Primarily AT's with a connection to the Ball State Athletic Training Program but not limited to them. The goal is to build a living history of the athletic training profession in an informal interview format.
Episodes
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Jack Mansfield - From Math Teacher to Trainer Jack
Jack Mansfield graduated from Muncie Southside High School in 1969 with the intention of becoming a high school math teacher. An on campus job at Ball State of cleaning and setting up the university gym athletic training room and call for help for a trampoline accident, sent him down a different...
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Jon Wicks - I show up, google me!
"Showing up is half the battle.", that could be Jon Wicks tag line in his athletic training career. He has parlayed showing up and going to work into working in the SEC, NFL, and currently the Big Ten with the FBS National Champion Indiana Hooisers football team. Starting out at LaVille High…
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Kyle Parkison - A Bear of AT promotion
181.3K followers on TicTok , Over 3600 days running consecutively, One run across the state of Indiana, and finally serving at the athletic trainer at the same small high school that he graduated from Kyle Parkinson is busy guy. He thought he wanted to go into physical therapy but the sports bug...
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David Craig -"You are nobody until you do something for somebody else."
You can tell alot about a person by looking at their contact list in their phone. Most likely David Craig has one of the most eclectic and diverse contact lists of anyone in the world. This list speaks volumes on the years of service to athlete's, coaches, weekend warriors, officials, VIP's, and...
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Jeff Carrico - Putting the AT in relATionships.
Who knew that learning how to buddy tape fingers would lead to a decades long career in Athletic Training? That is exactly where Jeff Carrico started in grade school thanks to his coach Pat Lewis. Jeff started to find his athletic training groove at LaSalle HS, (Cincinnati, OH) as their student...
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Stacy Struble - The Phileas Fogg of Athletic Training
Elkhart, IN, Muncie, IN, San Diego, CA, Melbourne, Australia, Peru, China, Mexico... What do all of these places have in common? They are places that Stacy Struble has traveled with teams and athletes as their athletic trainer. This 1993 and 2006 Ball State alum has traveled the world working…
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Vince Stilger - Country Roads, Take Me Home...
2024 was a hall of fame year for Vince Stilger. He was inducted into not just one state Athletic Training Association Hall of Fame but two state Athletic Training Associations Hall of Fame, West Virginia and Indiana. Well deserved honors for this Lanesville, IN native with a 43 year career in the...
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Beth Herrell - Athletic Training Trailblazer with special guest Mark Goodrich
In 1987 a young Beth Giesman was trying to figure out what she was going to do with the rest of her life. A chance meeting with Mark Goodrich on a campus visit at Vincennes University and learning about a profession that was new to her, turned in to over 30 years working as an athletic trainer....
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Tim Lentych - Major League Career
22 years after he started is career in minor league baseball, Tim Lentych was in Dodger Stadium, watching Brad Paisley play the National Anthem for the opening game of the 2024 World Series as the Head Athletic Trainer of the New York Yankees. It was a long way from South Bend, IN, his hometown....
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Rex Sharp - Hall of Fame relationship builder
John Wooden once said "Make friendship a fine art." If that is the case then Rex Sharp is Michelangelo. It has never been about where he has been or the athletic training facilities he has designed while at those schools, or the committees he has lead or been on, or the Hall of Fames that he is...
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Phil Voorhis - Athletic Trainer T-Rex
In the early to mid 80's the Piqua, OH high school football team needed a manager. Phil Voorhis realizing that he may be a bit small and slow to be playing big time HS football in Ohio thought it would be a good opportunity to be associated with the FB team. This lead to a suggestion from a...
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Scott Knerr - Chop Wood, Haul Water
Wrestling, ACL tear, High School AT, Add all this up and what do you get? Medical School right? Maybe for Scott Knerr, but a couple of Pre-Med classes changed his mind and career path. Or course he would put all of that sports medicine knowledge to use in this new path. This 1995 Ball State AT…
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Bill Cowgill - Relationships are everything
Bill Cowgill was looking to be come an architect when he arrived on campus at Ball State University in 1990. When that major became to daunting to this Highland IN High School grad he became an architect of relationships and athletic training that lead him to become one of most respected athletic...
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Jonathan Allen - AT Pillar Constructor
Johnathan Allen was curious. He a was curious about his Dad's ACL surgery while Jonathan was in high school. How was he going to get back? Who was going to help him with his rehab? Would he be able to do what he did before? Johnathan was curious and this led him into a career in health care.…
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Rex Call - Back where I come from Part 2
In 1975 a freshman found his way into a call out for student athletic trainers at Ball State University. Being one of the rare people to have an athletic trainer at his high school in the early 1970's he had a small understanding of what athletic trainers did. He started off with a couple of days…
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Rex Call - Back where I come from Part 1
In 1975 a freshman found his way into a call out for student athletic trainers at Ball State University. Being one of the rare people to have an athletic trainer at his high school in the early 1970's he had a small understanding of what athletic trainers did. He started off with a couple of days…
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Dave Weikel - AT ambassador
It is a story that is old as long as athletic training has been a profession. An injury playing a sport leads to interest in athletic training and morphs into a storied career. That was what happened to Dave Weikel his junior year in high school when a dislocated shoulder while playing football...
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Neal Hazen - On Top of the World Part 2
"No man is a failure who has friends." - Clarence, the Guarding Angel of George Bailey Nothing could be said truer about Neal Hazen. In fact there are many people that would consider Neal as their guarding angel. This 2023 Ball State Athletics Hall of Fame inductee is recognized by many people as…
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Neal Hazen - On Top of the World Part 1
"No man is a failure who has friends." - Clarence, the Guarding Angel of George Bailey Nothing could be said truer about Neal Hazen. In fact there are many people that would consider Neal as their guarding angel. This 2023 Ball State Athletics Hall of Fame inductee is recognized by many people as…
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Ken Wolfert - Deep Roots Part 2
In 1960 a young Ken Wolfert was just trying to find some relief from his subungual hematoma on his finger. That led him into a room that said "Physical Therapy" above the door and a chance meeting with Al Hart who was the athletic trainer at Ohio University. Al treated Ken finger and sparked some...
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Ken Wolfert - Deep Roots Part 1
In 1960 a young Ken Wolfert was just trying to find some relief from his subungual hematoma on his finger. That led him into a room that said "Physical Therapy" above the door and a chance meeting with Al Hart who was the athletic trainer at Ohio University. Al treated Ken finger and sparked some...
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Dr. Brian Hatzel - The Road Not Taken
"I shall be telling this with a sigh. Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in the wood, and I - I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference." The Road Not Taken, Robert Frost That is exactly what Dr. Brian Hatzel did in 1997 when he was looking for a…
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Lori Vancza - Standing like a Sycamore
Sometimes the most unfortunate things turn into the most fortunate opportunities. That is what happened to Lori Vancza when she had the unfortunate experience of spraining her ankle but thanks to her volleyball coach taking her to NATA HOF athletic trainer/PT, Pinky Newell at Purdue University to...
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Jason Eckerle - Expanding Horizons
Baseball HOF'er Scott Rolen, Ball State men's basketball coach Michael Lewis, NCAA Div Football National Champion Matt Mauck, Indiana Senator Mike Braun all hail from the same hometown as our episode 23 guest Jason Eckerle, Jasper, IN. High achievers and great company to be associated with, Jason...
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Mark Pfeil - Right Place, Right time
How does a farm boy from Wausa, Nebraska end up with 20 years as an AT in the NBA and take care of the greatest basketball player of all time(at the time of this writing in 2023.)? Right place, Right time. Mark Pfeil, after graduating at the University of Nebraska, headed off to the big city of...
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Steve Lubbehusen - Dos Charger
In 1993 little did Steve Lubbehusen know that a student teaching assignment was going to turn long tenure at Carroll School Systems. At the time Carroll was just a small country school north of Fort Wayne, Steve's hometown. Steve has grown with the school and now one of 3 Certified Athletic...
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Mike Miller- Hard Workin Man
Mike Miller grew up a Purdue fan due to his father being an alum. The LaGrange, IN native thought his future was going to Purdue and purse a business degree but a few high school coaches and an interest in medicine changed his course and he found himself in the fall 1991 in Muncie, IN at Ball…
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Barry Clements - Hoosier Values in the Sunshine State
At Earlham College in Richmond, IN, working as an equipment room as a student assistant a young Barry Clements found an interest in athletic training. This lead to attending a Cramer Student Athletic Training workshop in 1976 at Ball State University which in turn allowed him to return to his…
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Glen Snow part 2 - Taking Care of Business
What do ATI physical therapy, Athletico, and Ivy Rehab all have in common? They would not be here if not for the vision of NATA Hall of Famer, Dick Hoover and his idea for independent outpatient physical therapy clinics. Glen Snow shares the story of Physical Therapy Services, the first…
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Bill Bean - Utah Man
Bill Bean by his own admission, was an average athlete, but being an average athlete led to a 40 year plus career as an athletic trainer/physical therapist. He started out at his local high school as a student athletic trainer in Rexburg, ID and then thanks to his head football coach talking the...
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Jim Routhier - Opening the Doors of Opportunity
In the summer of 1970 Jim Routhier made a decision that set the course of the rest of his career. He had decided to transfer from IPFW to Ball State University and pursue a major in teaching but he also had an interest in medicine and took an into to athletic training class taught by Jim…
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Brian Jones- From Cardinal to Rocket man
It is interesting how fate steps in and provides an opportunity to start a life long career. That is exactly what happened to Brian Jones when an automobile accident led to a meeting with the athletic trainer that took care of his mom after the accident. John Coddington's influence on Brian…
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Paul Calloway & Brian Matix - The Ties That Bind
Athletic Trainers need supplies to do their jobs. Sometimes the most important person in getting an athlete back is the sports medicine company representative. They play an intrical part in supporting athletic trainers and the care they provide their athletes. Whether is overnighting a product or...
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Dr. Tom Weidner - There is a person behind a professional
Thanks to a Cramer student athletic trainer correspondence course, some supportive coaches and a desire to be a part of a team Dr. Tom Weidner's athletic training career was off and running at Rich East high school in Park Forest, IL. Although not knowing much, but what he was learning from the...
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Rob Hunt - A long way to top if you want to do Athletic Training.
As a high school athlete Rob Hunt was on the receiving end of athletic training services at West Lafayette High School in West Lafayette, IN. Right in the shadow of one of the more storied epicenters of athletic training, Purdue University. He wanted to design and build things so Ball State...
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Mark Lahr - A Giant AT career
Mark Lahr was too short and too slow to be on his high school basketball team at Lafayette Jeff High School in Lafayette IN. It was just the right combination to start a long and exceptional career as an athletic trainer. With a few detours on along the way Mark found his way to Jim Dickerson and...
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Ron O'Neil - AT innovation patriot
Our 10th Episode! How does an architecture major and a week in the student health center lead to an outstanding athletic training career featuring innovation and product development that contributes to the health and well being of athletes? Ron O'Neil explains in this episode of Off the Roll. Ron...
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Jay Bradley - "Sir, I am from Indiana."
After getting cut from his HS basketball team for being to slow and too small Jay Bradley embarked on a career path that has kept him busy throughout the Midwest for over 50 years. After taking a Cramer Student Athletic Trainer correspondence course in high school he was asked to be his high...
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Putting the Band back together - Tony Cox, Rex Sharp, Neal Hazen
In 1985 there was a shift in perspective in Ball State Athletic Training. Rex Sharp was hired as the head athletic trainer. Not being a physical therapist was a change in direction for the program. He was joining fellow Ball State AT alum and assistant athletic trainer Tony Cox. Together the…
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Jamie Broz - Coming Full Circle
Sometimes we get the opportunity to take care of the people that we once were. It is a unique and sometimes rare opportunity but can be very rewarding to use our experience to help young people achieve their dreams. That is what Jamie Broz is doing now. As the manager for the Center for the…
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John Coddington "I love Rehab" Clinical setting pioneer
Self Promotion can been seen two ways, bragging or advocating With John Coddington is was always about what athletic trainers could do in the clinical setting. He has backed it up with a 47 year AT career, all in the clinical setting. He was a pioneer starting at LaPorte Hospital, LaPorte, IN in...
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Dr. Alan Habansky - Following the Calling
Episode 5: Dr. Alan Habansky was an orthopedic surgeon in Muncie, IN for over 35 years and 30 of those years as a team physician for Ball State Athletics. His story weaves in and out of experiences and people like a woven blanket. From being a classmate of Dr. Anthony Fauci during his undergrad…
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Angie Miller - AT Oracle
Angie Miller has been an Certified Athletic Trainer for over 30 years. She started out as an AT student at Ball State graduating in 1989 and then off to Ohio University as graduate assistant in a small high school. After a short stint at a high school outreach position in Columbus, OH she landed…
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Mark Leto All in the (BSU AT) Family
When you say the name Leto around a group of Athletic Trainers in Indiana most will think about Ball State Athletic Training and few more will think about Hobart Jr Sr High School. Mark Leto has been an athletic trainer for over 30 years and worked in all types of settings as an athletic trainer....
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Glen Snow - Trial by Fire
Glen Snow aka "Snowball" has been involved in athletic training for over 50 years. He is an Indiana Athletic Trainers Association Hall of Famer. He was a student of Sayers Bud Miller, Jim Dickerson and Ron Sendre. He worked with Bud Miller at the University of Washington and eventually be became...
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The Maiden Voyage! Ron Sendre
Welcome to Off the Roll! This is the first of hopefully many episodes. We talk with Ron Sendre, alumni, former assistant AT, Co-Head AT and AT Education program director at Ball State University. Ron spent 8 years at BSU and then left to go to Central Michigan University where he developed and...
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Interviews with Athletic Trainers about their experiences in the field. Primarily AT's with a connection to the Ball State Athletic Training Program but not limited to them. The goal is to build a living history of the athletic training profession in an informal interview format.
HOSTED BY
Troy Hershman
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