Vanderbilt Athletic Trainer Tom Bossung Receives Chris Patrick Award

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Tom Bossung. Photo: John Russell/Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt athletic trainer Tom Bossung received the Chris Patrick Award from the Southeastern Conference (SEC), which is given annually to the top athletic trainer in the SEC during the league’s sports medicine meetings.

Named after longtime Mississippi State and Florida athletic trainer Chris Patrick, the recipient must possess the qualities emulating the characteristics of the professional for which the award is named. These qualities include: going above and beyond for the institution and team they work with; a tireless work ethic; loyalty to the institution’s athletic department and athletic training staff’s mission; a passion for the profession and the service of the student-athlete; a caring personality in the healthcare delivery they are responsible for; being a strong advocate for the student-athlete; and playing an active role in one or more of the professional associations they are a member of.

Bossung currently serves as Assistant Athletic Director for sports medicine, following over two decades as Vanderbilt’s Lead Athletic Trainer for football. A graduate of Indiana State, he first came to Vanderbilt in 1990 as a graduate assistant, earning a Master’s degree in health promotion and exercise science. After brief stints with the Lipscomb Sports Therapy Center and as Tennessee State’s Head Athletic Trainer, he returned to Vandy in 1995.

He spent four years as the Lead Athletic Trainer for the men’s basketball program before moving to football in 1999. Bossung was President of the SEC Sports Medicine Committee from 2006-2008 and has served as an ATC medical staffer for the NFL since 2015.

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