The athletic training department is led by head athletic trainer Chad Floyd, who is in his seventh year
as full-time athletic trainer. Floyd's vast experience includes working with Major League Baseball's
Minnesota Twins and with two of the top collegiate baseball programs in Arkansas.
Floyd, a native of Ozark, Ark., began his athletic training career with the University of Arkansas-Fort
Smith where he covered the nationally renowned Lion baseball program. Floyd then went to Arkansas Tech
University where he covered baseball, football and basketball. After three years at Arkansas Tech,
Floyd worked with the Twins minor league system at several locations including Fort Myers, Florida,
Fort Wayne, Indiana and Davenport, Iowa. Floyd's duties with the Twins included daily treatments,
rehabilitation and game coverage. He also helped coordinate a daily in-season conditioning program.
Following his stint with the Twins, Floyd worked two years with Cooper Clinic Sports Medicine where
he oversaw numerous area high schools and served as a liaison to the clinic for injury referral.
Floyd holds state, district and national training certifications and has an Arkansas teaching certificate
in Health and Physical Education. He is a member of the National Athletic Trainers Association,
Southwest Athletic Trainers Association and Arkansas Athletic Trainers Association. He currently
serves on the Arkansas Athletic Trainers Association scholarship committee. Floyd is a 1995
cum laude graduate of Arkansas Tech University where he earned a Bachelor's degree in Health and
Physical Education. He currently teaches Care and Prevention of Athletic Injuries at Ozarks.