2011 texas a&m coaching staff - Aggie Athletics

STAFF
SECTION IV • COACHING AND SUPPORT STAFF
STRENGTH & CONDITIONING ASSISTANTS
jOEy BOESE
ASSISTANT STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACH
FOURTH SEASON AT TEXAS A&M
FOUR yEARS OF EXPERIENCE
COACHING CAREER
2008- ..................................................................Texas A&M (Assistant Strength Coach)
2007 .................................................................... Nebraska (Defensive Quality Control)
ATHLETIC TRAINING AND SPORTS MEDICINE
KARL KAPCHINSKI
DIRECTOR OF ATHLETIC TRAINING FOR TEXAS A&M
29TH SEASON AT TEXAS A&M
Karl Kapchinski serves Texas A&M as assistant athletic director in charge of athletic
training for 20 sports teams. A former student, A&M class of ’79, Kapchinski became the
head athletic trainer in 1982. He leads one of the most reputable sports medicine staffs
in the country and was selected by his peers to the National Athletic Trainers Association
(NATA).
Kapchinski supervises a staff of 10 athletic trainers, a physical therapist and a
nutritionist. He represents his department as a member of the senior administrative
staff reporting to Dr. John Thornton. Other administrative duties include directing the
department’s drug testing program, maintaining the operational budget, and managing
medical payments, inventory and equipment for all the athletic training facilities. While
active as an athletic trainer for all sports, Kapchinski’s primary emphasis remains with
football.
Kapchinski played an instrumental role in the planning and design of the world-class
training rooms in the Bright Football Complex, Little Sports Complex and the Cox-McFerrin
Center for Aggie Basketball. The training rooms, which Kapchinski oversees, are considered
to be some of the top training rooms in the country—collegiate or professional. They
feature a Hydroworx 2000 rehab pool, a Hydroworx 1200 rehab pool, a full compliment of
treatment and taping tables, an X-ray room, a Fluoroscan machine and a doctor’s office.
In 1999 and again in 2009, Kapchinski and his A&M associates received the Athletic
Training Staff of the Year Award, the highest citation given by the Big 12 Conference to
athletic trainers. Within the Big 12, Karl sits as sponsorship chairman of the Big 12 Medical
Aspects of Sport Committee and as the exhibits chair for the Southwest Athletic Trainers
Association (SWATA). His peers named him the NCAA Division I Athletic Trainer of the Year
in 2005.
Kapchinski graduated magna cum laude from Texas A&M in 1979 with a degree in
health and physical education. Upon graduation, he became head athletic trainer at Alief
Elsik High School, and returned to Texas A&M three years later to work with Hall of Fame
Athletic Trainer Billy Pickard. Kapchinski eventually succeeded him as the Head Athletic
Trainer in 1982.
Born June 28, 1957, in Bryan, Texas, Kapchinski is a College Station native and graduate
of A&M Consolidated High School, and is married to the former Anita Fredericksen.
Their son Kristopher (A&M Class of ’03) is the Head of Athletic Training outreach for the
Physicians Centre in Bryan, and is married to the former Jessica Slataper (Class of ’04),
a former All-American pitcher for the Aggie softball team. The couple lives with their
daughter, Jenny, in College Station.
Kapchinski’s middle son, Kyle (Class of ’06), is a former student football manager and
currently works as a Design Engineer for DJ Ortho in San Diego. Their youngest son, Kevin,
graduated from A&M Consolidated High School and is now a junior philosophy major at
Texas A&M.
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48 2011 TEXAS A&M FOOTBALL MEDIA SUPPLEMENT
DAVID WEIR
HEAD ATHLETIC TRAINER FOR FOOTBALL
22ND SEASON AT TEXAS A&M
David Weir is in his 10th year as athletic trainer for Texas A&M football and his 22nd
season as a full-time athletic trainer for the Aggies. A licensed athletic trainer by the state
of Texas, he has assisted with football every season and spent six years as the baseball
trainer before making football his primary focus in 1999.
Weir was named by Gov. Rick Perry as the Chairman of Advisory Board of Athletic
Trainers in 2007. He served as a student trainer during his four years as an undergraduate
at Texas A&M under the tutelage of Billy Pickard and Karl Kapchinski.
The Brenham, Texas, native began his training career as a high school trainer at
Brenham High School. He graduated from Texas A&M in 1990 with a degree in kinesiology
and health and is a certified member of the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA).
From 1998-2002, Weir served on NATA’s Public Relations Committee, College and
University Committee, and chaired the SWATA College and University Committee as well as
the Southwest Athletic Trainers Association (SWATA) Public Relations Committee. He also
served as the liaison of NATA to the NCAA Baseball Rules Committee. Weir serves as the
NATA’s liasion to the American Football Coaches Association and is a past president of the
Brazos Valley Athletic Trainers Society.
Weir assists in the day-to-day operations of one of the finest training rooms in the
country including the medical database, which stores vital personal medical history on
Aggie student-athletes. He has drafted the emergency medical plan for athletic facilities at
Texas A&M in addition to the athletic department’s lightning policy.
Weir is married to the former Judy Bigbie (A&M Class of ‘89), a school teacher at
Pebble Creek Elementary in College Station. The couple has two daughters, Ashley and
Heather. When possible, Weir loves boating and playing golf.
j.P. BRAMHALL, M.D.
DIRECTOR OF TEXAS A&M SPORTS MEDICINE
TEAM ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON
21ST SEASON WITH TEXAS A&M
J.P. Bramhall, M.D. is beginning his 10th year as the Director of Sports Medicine, and
has served as Team Physician and Orthopedic Surgeon for the Department of Athletics
since 1991.
Bramhall was a four-year baseball letterman for the Aggies from 1978-81 for Coach
Tom Chandler. Bramhall hit .350 as a junior and .323 as a senior, and received the Wally
Moon Most Improved Player Award as a junior. His school record for most walks in a
season, set in 1981, still stands.
Dr. Bramhall is a graduate of the Texas A&M College of Medicine in 1985 and
completed his Orthopedic Surgery residency in Fort Worth in 1990. He was then selected
for the prestigious Orthopedic Sports Medicine Fellowship with James Andrews, MD, in
Birmingham, Ala. before returning to Texas A&M in 1991.
As Director of Sports Medicine, Dr. Bramhall provides direct supervision for the
medical care of the student athletes, and is the Medical Director of the Texas A&M Sports
Medicine and Physical Therapy Clinic. Under his direction, he has been responsible for
developing daily training room clinics providing a physician for the athletes to care for their
medical and orthopedic needs, a physical therapy clinic for the student athletes, and xray
availability in the training rooms. He is on the Advisory Board for the Huffines Institute
of Sports Medicine and Human Performance, is an active member of the American
Orthopedic Society of Sports Medicine, Big XII Team Physicians, and is an active Fellow of
the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons.
In addition to his work at Texas A&M, Dr. Bramhall is in private practice at Central
Texas Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics, P.A. He has gained national recognition with his
expertise in Sports Medicine and Orthopedic Surgery.
Dr. Bramhall and his wife, Belle ‘81, are very active in the Bryan/College Station
community. They have two children, Bobby, who was an All-American pitcher at Rice in
2007 and is currently a professional baseball player, and Kaci, who is a senior nutrition
major at Texas A&M and was a four-year member of the Diamond Darlings.