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University Theatre and
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January 27-30*
February 2-5
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Adams: a jack of all trades
He hasn’t scored any touchdowns, block
ed any punts, or sunk any tree throws for the
Oregon Ducks, but he is one of the keys to
how well Oregon performs in the athletic
arena.
While Dean Adams can influence how well
the Ducks do on a given weekend, his real
job is to determine which athletes may not
be able to play their role during a given week.
As head trainer at Oregon, Adams oversees
the treatment of every athlete who bleeds
lemon and green.
It’s a full job, and then some.
"Most people don’t understand what an
athletic trainer really is,” says Adams of his
profession. “They tend to compare it with a
horse trainer."
Adams does not train horses. But his job
as medicine man for Oregon’s wounded
soldiers has him doing just about everything
else under the sun. One minute he'll be stu
dying X-rays, and the next he'll be consulting
an injured athlete or pouring over piles of
paper work.
“It varies," Adams says of his job. "You do
everything from looking at injured athletes,
to being a communicator with coaches and
athletes, and a counselor guiding them
along.” And there is always the paperwork.
"It’s unbelievable,” he says. “You have to
try to justify everything you order and you
have to keep costs down."
But while keeping costs down, he must
aiso try to keep the athletes on their feet
"My main concern is the athlete himself,"
says Adams. "The goal of the trainer is to try
to get athletes back to participating as soon
as possible without taking any chances.”
But sometimes the athletes don’t agree
with Adams about what is best for them
"If going back (into action) too soon might
get them knocked out for two or three more
weeks, then I have to keep them out,"
Adams says. That is when he puts on anther
hat and serves the role of counselor for the
athlete.
Counseling injured athletes is one of the
newer roles for trainers according to Adams,
who is in his 15th year as a head trainer
"The attitude of athletes has changed,"
Adams says. “Today people want to know
exactly what is wrong with them and what Its
going to take to get back to play. When I first
started in athletics it wasn’t that way.”
One thing Adams wishes he could change
is the amount of time he spends on the job.
During the spring and fall, with football in
full swing, he will put in 10 to 12 hours a day
“with only five or 10 minutes to eat a
sandwich.”
Football is the only sport that Adams
serves as the main trainer for, but it keeps
him hopping.
Adams, who came to Oregon from Hawaii
where he served as head trainer at the
University of Hawaii-Manoa in Honolulu,
starts his morning by making the daily injury
report for head coach Rich Brooks. That
report lists all players with injuries and
whether or not tfiey will be able to practice.
Once that and the other adminastrative
details are out of the way, he is ready to at
tend to the athletes.
Practice starts at 3 p.m., but players have
meetings to attend before that time so they
start drifting in to the Athletic Treatment
Center in the basement of McArthur Court
between 11:30 a m. and noon. So much for
lunch.
By the time the treatment has been wrap
ped up, it is time to pack up and head to
Autzen Stadium for the three hours of prac
tice. “It gets to be redundant," he says
There is also pressure involved
Presure comes from a number of sources.
Time constraints, dealing with injured
players, and working with coaches who want
their athletes ready to play, all contribute to
the stress of the job And, Adams adds, there
is the pressure of the sport Itself.
“There is a football game every week and
you have to have everybody ready to play."
It makes for a hectic life at times, so what
kind of person would do this job?
“You have to be very patient, motivated,
and you have to maintain the enthusiasm of
performing all those things," says Adams.
“You need the personality to cooperate with
so many different people. It takes coopera
tion, coordination and communication."
Story by Paul Danzer
Photo by Kevin Clark
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