Athletic Trainer, Class of 2009
George Curtis served as the head athletic trainer at Santa Ana
College from 1973-1985. During his time at SAC he established the
first associate’s degree program in athletic training at the
community college level in the United States. He also helped design
and oversee the construction of the new athletic training facility
while establishing the female athletic trainers program.
Curtis also wrote and published a taping reference manual and
started an adaptive physical education class.
Following his tenure at Santa Ana College, Curtis was the president
of the South Coast Conference Athletic Trainers Association, the
Utah Athletic Trainers Association as well as the Mountain West
Conference Athletic Trainers Association during his time at Snow
College, Southern Utah University and Brigham Young University.
Curtis was later named to the Utah Athletic Trainers Hall of Fame,
the Southern Utah University “Coaching Factory” Hall of
Fame, the District 7 Athletic Trainers Hall of Fame and the Brigham
Young University Hall of Fame.
Curtis received several honors including the National Athletic
Trainers Association Service Award in 1996, the Special Recognition
Award for career success and achievement at Southern Utah and the
Outstanding Football Athletic Trainer of the Year Award from the
All American Football Foundation.