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Athletic Training Staff


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Hired in August 2007, Mark Pocinich MS, ATC is the head athletic trainer for the 49ers. Pocinich spent seven years as an assistant athletic trainer at the University of Southern California. During his time at USC Pocinich worked with the Trojan football, men's basketball, baseball, women's water polo and crew squads. He collaborated with staff on the design and management of the new athletic training facility in the Galen Center and he and his staff served as the host medical team for the Pac 10 Men's Basketball Tournament (2003-07). Prior to his time at USC, he spent two years as an assistant trainer at Eastern Washington. A 1996 graduate of San Diego State with a degree in athletic training, Pocinich earned his master's degree in sports medicine in 1998 at the University of Oregon.

 

Jen Kawamoto, MA, ATC has been with the 49ers since 2008 as an assistant athletic trainer. Kawamoto was most recently the athletic trainer at McKinley High School in Hawaii, where she provided all athletic training services including injury and illness evaluation and rehabilitation. Kawamoto also has extensive collegiate experience, working for four years at Seton Hall University. At Seton Hall, Kawamoto was responsible for covering the women's soccer and baseball teams, and also served as the coordinator of Substance Abuse of Athletics, running the drug-testing program for all of athletics. A 1999 graduate of Pacific, Kawamoto served as a graduate assistant at Stanford University before earning her master's in kinesiology at San Jose State in 2004.

 

Katie Davis, MA, ATC is the newest addition to the Long Beach State training staff, where she will work with the baseball and cross country programs. Davis comes to The Beach from Vanderbilt University, where she worked with the Commodore baseball team, helping the team reach the 2011 College World Series. She is a 2008 graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where she earned her Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology. In 2010 she graduated from the University of South Florida with a Master of Arts degree in Physical Education-Exercise Science. Katie is also a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS).While at the University of South Florida, Katie worked with the women's softball team. At the University of Illinois, Katie primarily worked with the football team, enjoying a trip to the 2008 Rose Bowl Game, but also spent time with wrestling, baseball, tennis, and wheelchair athletics.


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