NATA Hall of Fame Inductee for 1993
Thomas "Tim" Kerin graduated from Westinghouse Memorial High School in Wilmerding, PA in 1965 and received his B.S. from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1969. After graduation, Tim began his professional career as the Head Athletic Trainer and a math instructor at Penn Hills High School in Pittsburgh. In 1972 Tim was awarded an M.S. in mathematics from Indiana University of PA and became Head Athletic Trainer and an associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh. He received an M.Ed. in Physiology of Exercise from that university in 1976. Tim became the Head Athletic Trainer at the University of Tennessee in 1977 and helped the football team achieve seven victories in 11 appearances before his death in 1992. Tim served on the NATA's Program and Convention Committees from 1979 until 1991. He was chairman of the SEATA's Awards Committee from 1988 until 1992. In addition to serving on the athletic training staffs of over two dozen local, regional and national athletic events, Tim was extremely active in the community. In 1986 he was a founding member of Knoxville's Metropolitan Drug Commission and served as president of that organization from 1987 to 1989. Tim received a Chancellor's Citation from the University of Tennessee in 1990 and the Southeast Athletic Trainer's Association Award of Merit in 1991. In 1992, Tim was named Trainer of the Year by the Tennessee Athletic Trainer's Society.
Tim Kerin Hall of Fame Video