Athletic Director

Mark Lebeda MS, ATC

MLebeda@bptech.org

This is Mr. Lebeda's second year at Bristol-Plymouth Technical School as Athletic Director.  He is also a Certified Athletic Trainer in which he worked for 12 years prior to coming to B-P.  Before B-P he was the Director of Athletics at T. Dewitt Taylor Middle/High School in Pierson, FL.  He was also the Director of the Allied Health Academy and Head Athletic Trainer at Seabreeze High School prior to starting at Taylor.  He has worked in various settings as a certified athletic trainer including boarding school, physical therapy clinic, division I college and division III college. He was an EMT for 10 years and has a strong background in emergency situations.  He is originally from New Jersey and is a big New England sports fan! He also likes to play ice hockey in his free time.

Certified Athletic Trainer

Scott LeFaivre, ATC

Who are athletic trainers?

Athletic trainers (ATs) are highly qualified, multi-skilled health care professionals who render service or treatment, under the direction of or in collaboration with a physician, in accordance with their education, training and the state's statutes, rules and regulations.  As a part of the health care team, services provided by athletic trainers include primary care, injury and illness prevention, wellness promotion and education, emergent care, examination and clinical diagnosis, therapeutic intervention and rehabilitation of injuries and medical conditions. 

Athletic trainers are sometimes confused with personal trainers. There is, however, a large difference in the education, skillset, job duties and patients of an athletic trainer and a personal trainer. The athletic training academic curriculum and clinical training follows the medical model.

Why use athletic trainers?

Athletic trainers provide medical services to all types of patients, not just athletes participating in sports, and can work in a variety of job settings. Athletic trainers relieve widespread and future workforce shortages in primary care support and outpatient rehab professions and provide an unparalleled continuum of care for the patients.

Athletic trainers improve functional outcomes and specialize in patient education to prevent injury and re-injury. Preventative care provided by an athletic trainer has a positive return on investment for employers. ATs are able to reduce injury and shorten rehabilitation time for their patients, which translates to lower absenteeism from work or school and reduced health care costs.