Athletic Training encompasses the prevention, examination, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of emergent, acute or chronic injuries and medical conditions. Athletic training is recognized by the American Medical Association (AMA), Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as an allied health care profession.
Certified Athletic Trainers (ATCs) are highly qualified, multi-skilled health care professionals who collaborate with physicians to provide preventative services, emergency care, clinical diagnosis, therapeutic intervention and rehabilitation of injuries and medical conditions. Athletic trainers work under the direction of a physician as prescribed by state licensure statutes.
Certified Athletic Trainers are sometimes confused with personal trainers. There is, however, a large difference in the education, skillset, job duties and patients of an Athletic Trainer and a personal trainer. The athletic training academic curriculum and clinical training follow the medical model. For more on Athletic Training, follow the link to the National Athletic Trainers’ Association nata.org.
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Athletic Training Mission Statement
The mission of the Athletic Training Department is to provide mentorship, advocate for the profession of athletic training, exemplify the institutional core values of North Idaho College (Student Success, Educational Excellence, Community Engagement, Stewardship, Diversity) and practice quality care with compassion, while respecting the rights, well-being and dignity of others.
Randy Boswell is in his 28th year as North Idaho College’s Certified Athletic Trainer. After playing baseball and earning a bachelor’s degree at Point Loma Nazarene University, he earned a master’s degree from San Diego State University.
In addition to being NIC’s Head Athletic Trainer, Boswell has worked very closely with USA Wrestling and has traveled to numerous events throughout the world.
He worked The World Cup of Wrestling in 1999, 2002, and 2003. He was chosen to work the Pan-American Wrestling Championships in Mexico in 2010 and 2014, the 2011 Jr. Pan-American Wrestling Championships in Sao Paulo, Brazil and the 2012 Ivan Yariguin Golden Grand Prix in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. He was selected to travel with the World Freestyle team to Russia and Armenia in 2013. That same year, he was the Athletic Trainer for the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Boswell was requested to work the 2015 World Championships in Las Vegas, Nevada and the 2017 World Championships in Paris, France. In 2019 he traveled to Lima, Peru with USA’s National Wrestling Teams for the Pan American Games.
He and his wife, Jennifer, are the proud parents of daughter Brayden, son Ethan, and grandchildren Iyla and Rowan.
Having lived in the greater Coeur d’Alene area since 1994, Quinn considers Coeur d’Alene his home. His interest in athletic training culminated under the mentorship of Randy Boswell as a student athletic trainer at North Idaho College from 2008-2011. Quinn went on to earn his bachelor’s degree with cum laude honors at Eastern Washington University in 2013 in Athletic Training while interning with Women’s Basketball, Track & Field, and Spokane Shock Arena Football Team for two seasons. Quinn recently earned his master’s degree in Health Education from Idaho State University.
In his past seven years at NIC, Quinn was selected to serve as an athletic trainer on a number of national and international level events including 2015 Fa’a Samoa Initiative Volleyball Camp for Troy Polamalu, 2017 and 2018 USA Judo Championships, 2018 & 2019 Cadet National Wrestling Championships, 2018 Pan-American Taekwondo Championships, 2018 USA Masters Track & Field National Championships, 2019 USA Gymnastics Level 9 Western Championships, and 2019 USA Roller Sports National Competition.
Quinn is proud to return for his seventh year as a Certified Athletic Trainer with the North Idaho College Athletic Training Staff.
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