Marshall University Athletics
Marshall Names Belmaggio Head Athletic Trainer
10/31/2007 12:00:00 AM | General
Oct. 31, 2007
HUNTINGTON - Marshall University Director of Athletics Bob Marcum announced the hiring of Tom Belmaggio as the Thundering Herd's head athletic trainer on Wednesday.
Belmaggio, a Morgantown native who has more than 10 years experience at the college and professional levels, comes to Marshall after serving as Assistant Athletic Trainer at Eastern Kentucky University for the past two years. He will oversee Marshall's athletic training staff and day-to-day sports medicine operations involving the Thundering Herd's 16 athletic programs.
"This is a good opportunity for me and I am looking forward to building on the reputable program already at Marshall," Belmaggio said. "Being from West Virginia, I already know about the great reputation Marshall has and I am excited about being a part of the Marshall athletics family."
In addition to his time at EKU, Bellagio has served as associate athletic trainer at the University of Rhode Island (August, 2001 to September, 2006), a preseason trainer with the New England Patriots (summer of 2005), head athletic trainer at the Institute of International Sport in Kingston, Rhode Island (Summer of 2003 and 2006), a graduate assistant at Baptist Hospital and Lipscomb University in Nashville (2000-01), a student athletic trainer at West Virginia University (1995-98) and as an athletic trainer intern with the Dallas Cowboys in the summer of 1997.
"Tom is a West Virginia native that has experience at both the collegiate and professional levels and we are looking forward to having him on our staff," Marcum said.
Belmaggio, a member of the National Athletic Trainers Association, graduated from West Virginia University with a B.S. in Exercise Physiology in 1998 and earned an M.S. in Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Safety from Middle Tennessee State University in 2001.
