Philip Young is beginning his fifth year as assistant director of sports medicine/head football athletic trainer at Kennesaw State entering the 2018-19 season.
Young oversees the injury prevention, evaluation and management for the Kennesaw State football program, as well as player injury rehab. He is proficiently trained in various functional movement assessments, including FMS and Fusionetics, kinetic integration, blood flow restriction therapy, kinesio taping, soft tissue mobilization, and myofascial decompression.
Prior to arriving at Kennesaw State, Young worked four years as senior assistant athletic trainer with the Georgia football team where he was in charge of daily operations including: preventative care, treatment, and rehabilitation of injuries to student-athletes. He also maintained medical records of student-athletes and supervised graduate and undergraduate students.
Before arriving in Athens, Young was a graduate assistant athletic trainer for two years (2008-10) at the University of Connecticut where he served as a certified athletic trainer for football, track and field, and the golf teams. He assisted with the development of pre and post-operative rehabilitation programs and was responsible for routine game and practice field supervision.
A 2008 cum laude graduate of the University of Georgia, Young earned a bachelor’s degree in exercise and sports science and athletic training. While an undergraduate, Young served as a student athletic trainer, assisting with the Bulldogs’ baseball, football and track and field programs. He also spent the summer of 2007 working as a training camp intern with the Atlanta Falcons.
Young is a graduate of Pope High School in Marietta where he was a four-year letter winner in football where he played along the offensive and defensive lines. He currently reside in Acworth with his wife, Jamie, and children, Jayden and Jackson.
