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Athletic Training Policies & Procedures
Pre-Participation Packets
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Staying Healthy at the University of Mobile
Visiting Team
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Welcome to the official page for the University of Mobile Athletic Training Program. The main athletic training room is located within the Jim and Dot Boothe Athletic Training Education Building on the University of Mobile campus. This building is a 2400 square foot complex that is located across from the university's cafeteria. The modalities available include: ultrasound, electrical stimulation units, cryotherapy, whirlpools, hivamat, game ready, paraffin, iotophoresis, and hydrocollator packs. In addition, there are six treatment tables and two taping tables located within this area.
The main training room also houses Encore Physical Therapy, which serves both community patients and UM student-athletes, faculty, and staff. Â The rehabilitation area has a variety of tools and equipment to allow a seamless transition for UM student-athletes to work back into their sport with as little time lost as possible.
The secondary training room is located in H. Austill Pharr Gymnasium and serves to provide treatment and taping options for the UM Basketball and Volleyball programs, along with their opponents. This training room houses emergency equipment as additional athletic training supplies.
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What to bring if you are a visiting team:
* Stocked training kit.
* A letter from your Certified Athletic Trainer if there are athletes with specific medical conditions or concerns.
* Insurance information for your team- both primary and secondary.
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What to know if you are a visiting team:
* All taping and treatments should be arranged in the MAIN training room, not at the field or court of play.
* UM athletic trainers do not arrive at a facility until 30 minutes before the start of the event.
* The training room is open approximately two hours prior to each game.
* A phone call or email will suffice to inform staffing when to expect you for taping.
* During the event, your team will be supplied with water, cups, injury ice, and access to basic emergency supplies.
* Please remember that we do have our own sports to take care of and your patience is appreciated.
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Rob DeLong, MEd, ATC
Head Athletic Trainer
Rob DeLong, a Fort Lauderdale, Fla. native, enters his third year as Head Athletic Trainer for University of Mobile Athletics.
DeLong brings a vast knowledge of athletic training to the University of Mobile, having worked as an athletic trainer for high school, collegiate, and professional levels throughout his career. He received his Bachelor of Science in Sports Medicine/Athletic Training from Barry University in Miami, Fla. in 1995, while working as a student athletic trainer from 1991-1994 at Barry. Two years after graduation, DeLong received his Master of Education in Sports Administration from Northwestern State University in 1997. He has been a certified athletic trainer for more than 26 years, including being a licensed athletic trainer in the state of Alabama since 2008.
DeLong spent a total of seven seasons as an intern athletic trainer in the National Football League (NFL), spending three seasons with the Miami Dolphins and four seasons with the Arizona Cardinals. Following his stint with the NFL, he took his first head athletic training position with Hialeah-Miama Lakes Senior High School in 1997. In 1998, DeLong took an assistant athletic training role with Southwest Missouri State University and later became the head athletic trainer at Louisiana College in 2002, his first collegiate head athletic training role.Â
Locally, DeLong spent 2008-2013 with Encore Rehabilitation in Mobile, Ala., while working as head athletic trainer at McGill-Toolen Catholic High School, one of the most successful high school athletic programs in the state. Most recently, DeLong has spent the last nine years as the industrial athletic trainer at Work Ready in Pascagoula, Miss. and has worked as an independent medical observer for the Sunbelt Athletic Conference, a NCAA D-I conference, since 2019.Â
DeLong is married to Lori DeLong, who is currently on faculty at the University of Mobile as Dean of School of Health and Sport Science and Associate Professor of Kinesiology, and the two have two children, MacLynn and Braeden.Â
Dyneisha Barrett
Assistant Athletic Trainer
Dyneisha is entering her second year as UM’s Assistant Athletic Trainer. She received her Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training at the University of Southern Mississippi in 2021. In 2023, she completed her Master of Science in Physical Education with an Emphasis in Athletic Training at the University of West Alabama.
While at the University of West Alabama, Dyneisha worked as a Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer for XC, Track and Field, Volleyball, and Cheer. Her duties at UM include game and practice coverage for UM’s 21 intercollegiate sports teams and serving as a preceptor for the Master of Athletic Training program.
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She is originally from Chunchula, Alabama.
Kristen C. Rather, DPTÂ
UMÂ Physical Therapist / Encore Rehabilitation
Kristen begins her ninth year as UM's on campus physical therapist. She is employed by Encore Rehabilitation and is the director for the Saraland clinic location. Kristen began her career at the University of Mobile and graduated with a B.S. in Athletic Training in 2004.Â
She returned to Alabama State University to complete her Doctorate in Physical Therapy.Â
Kristen and her staff are on campus three times a week to oversee physical therapy protocols for all UM Athletes, faculty, and/or staff members.
Kristen is married to Ben Rather and has two children, Isaac and Emorie.Â
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Dr. Matthew Busbee, MD
The Orthopaedic Group PC
Dr. Busbee, a sports medicine specialist, graduated from Auburn University with a Bachelor’s of Science in Biomedical Science. He received his medical degree from The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, graduating with AOA honors. Dr. Busbee completed his orthopaedic residency at the Campbell Clinic in Memphis, Tennessee. After residency, he completed a fellowship in sports medicine at the American Institute of Sports Medicine in Birmingham, Alabama, under the training of Dr. James Andrews and associates.
During his fellowship, Dr. Busbee specialized in open and arthroscopic treatment of athletic injuries to the shoulder, knee, and elbow. He is also trained in cartilage restoration procedures, including autologous chondrocyte implantation.
Dr. Busbee is a member of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. He is a former All-American swimmer at Auburn University and a graduate of Murphy High School.
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CONTACT INFORMATION:
| UMobile Athletic Department |
251.442.2278 |
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| Rob DeLong, Head AT |
251.442.2561 |
rdelong@umobile.edu |
| Dyneisha Barrett, Assistant ATÂ Â Â Â |
251.442.2361 |
dbarrett@umobile.edu |
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