Florida State University Athletics
Staff Directory
- Title:
- Executive Associate Director of Sports Medicine - Director of Athletic Rehabilitation
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Jerry Latimer, one of the most respected people at Florida State, is in his 14th season as the Executive Associate Director of Sports Medicine and the Director of Rehabilitation. He joined the Seminole Sports Medicine Staff in 2011 and coordinates post-surgical and non-surgical rehabilitation of the Florida State student-athletes.
Latimer’s focus is on injury prevention and implementing screening programs for the student-athletes with all the respective athletic trainers along with their strength and conditioning coaches.
Latimer has utilized his talents to develop Kinetic Performance (KP3) an athletic injury prevention screening which has become widely used throughout the physical therapy world. He also implemented prevention programs which are currently used nationally in club sports, high schools, collegiate arenas and by professional athletes.
Latimer has been an adjunct professor at Florida State within the Athletic Training curriculum since 2003.
Latimer graduated from Florida State in 1988 with a bachelor’s degree in physical rehabilitation after serving as a student athletic trainer from 1984-88. Following his graduation from Florida State, he attended Florida A&M and earned his bachelor’s degree in physical therapy in 1991. In 2017 he completed a PhD from Nova Southeastern University. Prior to returning to Florida State in 2012, he worked in acute hospital care and orthopedic outpatient settings and for 14 years at Lee Orthopedics in Ft. Myers Florida and the Tallahassee Orthopedic and Sports Physical Therapy as a clinical coordinator, director and senior physical therapist.
Latimer, and his wife Cheryl, have been married for 28 years and have five children: Jordan. 24, Charlie, 21, Peyton, 19, Silas, 15 and Blaise, 13.
