Tom Reed begins his 11th year in the NFL and second season as the Cardinals head athletic trainer after being hired to the position in June, 2008.
Reed came to the Cardinals after working the previous nine seasons (1999-2007) as an assistant athletic trainer with the Atlanta Falcons.
Tom Reed begins his 11th year in the NFL and second season as the Cardinals head athletic trainer after being hired to the position in June, 2008.
Reed came to the Cardinals after working the previous nine seasons (1999-2007) as an assistant athletic trainer with the Atlanta Falcons.
Born in Madison, WI and raised in Louisville, KY, Reed began his full-time training career as an assistant athletic trainer at Miami (OH) University from 1996-99 working with football, men’s basketball, soccer, and track and field before joining the Falcons for the 1999 season.
Reed played football for the University of Louisville in 1988-89 before transferring to the University of Kentucky where he finished his degree in exercise science and kinesiology in 1994. He did post-baccalaureate work in facilities management while working as a rehabilitation coordinator with the football team during his time at Kentucky. While in graduate school, Reed also served as a rehabilitation and therapeutic modalities instructor at Miami’s athletic training curriculum program.
The 39-year old Reed completed summer internships with the Falcons in 1994 and 1995 and was a Professional Football Athletic Trainers Society (PFATS) scholarship winner in 1994.
Reed and his wife, Nicole, reside in the Phoenix area with their sons, Jackson and Jameson.