Jim Clover
Full Time Lecturer
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Full Time Lecturer
Kinesiology
Bio
Military Service:
The United States Air Force “Honorable Discharge” 1972 –1976
- 2014 – Present Coordinator of Sports Clinic - Riverside Medical Clinic
- 1981 – 11/24/14 Coordinator, The SPORT Clinic
- 1984 – Present Director, The SPORT Foundation
- 1984 – 2013 Ret. Instructor, Riverside County Office of Education “Sports Therapy and Fitness”
- 2019 – 2020 California State University Faculty Senate
- 1998 – Present President/Owner, Clover Enterprise Inc. “Athletic Trainer Services” Currently 40 athletic trainers on staff at 40 High Schools and other event coverage
- 1999 – Present Board Member, California Interscholastic Federation “Sports Medicine Advisory Committee”
- 2019 – 2021 Academic Senate; California State University San Bernardino
- 2014 – 2015 Adjunct Professor, Loma Linda University “Principles of Coaching” & “Anatomy Kinesiology”
- 1989 – 2018 Director, “Practical Applications in Sports Medicine” sports medicine seminars for Athletic Trainers, Physical therapist, students, and physicians
- 1985 – 2018 Director, Inland Empire All-Star Football Classic”
- 2003 – 2010 Instructor “SportsmetricsTM” training program scientifically proven to decrease serious knee ligament injuries in female athletes.
- 2013 – 2018 (ITAT) Impact Trained Athletic Trainer
- 1985 – 2008 Instructor, Riverside Community College “Athletic Training”
Awards:
- 2018 “Hall of Fame” Riverside Sport Hall of Fame “Contributor”
- 2018 College of Natural Sciences Outstanding Lecturer, California State University of San Bernardino
- 2018 Cal. State University San Bernardino “Adjunct Professor of the Year”
- 2017 Cal. State University San Bernardino “Most Inspiring Professor of the Year”
- 2017 Father of the Year “American Diabetes Association”
- 2016 Cal. State University San Bernardino “Adjunct Professor of the Year”
- 2016 CIF Southern Section: Distinguished Service Award
- 2009 “Hall of Fame” Riverside Community College
- 2008 “Riverside Sports Hero, Lifetime Achievement Award” from California Baptist University
- 2007 National Football Foundation, Riverside County Chapter “Outstanding Contribution to Amateur Football”
- 2004 NATA “Most Distinguishes Athletic Trainer”
- 2004 District 8 “Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer”
- 2001 NATA, District 8 “All-District 8 Team” For the Clinical/Industrial area
- 2000 NATA, District 8 “Special Recognition” Award
- 1998 “Hall of Fame” Coalition to Protect American Sports (CAPS),
- 1994 “Entrepreneur of the Year” Socially Responsible Category
- Award from Assembly Member Steve Clute, in appreciation of outstanding commitment to the youth
- Book/s:excellent -
- 2015 “Sports Medicine Essential” 3rd Edition – Cengage Learning Publishing
- 2004 “Sports Medicine Essentials” 2nd Edition – Cengage Learning Publishing
- “Sports Medicine Essentials” Thomson – Delmar Learning Publishing Inc.
- 2000 “Clinical Athletic Training” Chapter 10 “Clinical Marketing,” Slack Incorporated
Presentation: (Selected) !
- 2017 “Hit this not this” RUSD Coach’s Clinic
- 2016 “Concussion” Pacific Union PE/Heath Teachers In-services
- 2015 “We need Football, Let Me Help You Keep It” SCIFCA Convention
- 2013 Presentations to Riverside Kaiser Residents on Sideline Management, concussions, & orthopedic evaluations
- 2013 Presentation to the Riverside County Residency on Sideline Management & concussions.
- 2017 Practical Application in Sports Medicine (Director)
- 2015 Practical Applications in Sports Medicine (Director)
- 2015 “The Magic of Teaching Sports Medicine, HOSA conference
- 2014 Practical Applications in Sports Medicine (Director) “Concussion Sidelines to ER to home.”
- 2013 Practical Applications in Sports Medicine (Director)
- 2012 Practical Applications in Sports Medicine (Director) “Concussions”
- 2012 IE Athletic Directors Conference “Questions I have a few – and answers
- 2011 Practical Applications in Sports Medicine (Director)
- 2010 Practical Applications in Sports Medicine (Director)
- 2009 Practical Applications in Sports Medicine (Coordinator)
- 2008 Practical Applications in Sports Medicine, Director) “Injury Surveillance”
- 2007 Practical Applications in Sports Medicine, (Director) “MRSA in the High Schools”
- 2006 Practical Applications in Sports Medicine, (Director) “Home Exercise Program with your iPod and Cell Phone.”
- 2005 Practical Applications in Sports Medicine (Director)
- 2004 Practical Applications in Sports Medicine (Director)
- 2003 Practical Applications in Sports Medicine (Director)
- 2002 Practical Applications in Sports Medicine (Director)
- 2001 Practical Applications in Sports Medicine (Director)
- 2000 Practical Applications in Sports Medicine, Director) “Prevention & Recognition of and ACL”
- 2000 Practical Applications in Sports Medicine, (Director) “Clinical Ready v/s Athletically Prepared for Competition.”
- 2000 Practical Applications in Sports Medicine, “Risk Management, Taking to the Parents”
- 1991 – 2004 Presenter, Sports Risk Management and the Keys to Safety
- 1992 – 2004 Presenter, Sports Injury Concerns, The Female Athlete
- 1997 Practical Applications in Sports Medicine, (Coordinator) “AED”
- 1995 Practical Applications in Sports Medicine (Coordinator) “How to use your Statistics.”
- 1994 Practical Applications in Sports Medicine, (Coordinator) “Survey of Education vs. Job”
- 1993 Practical Applications in Sports Medicine, (Coordinator) “Facemask Removal, football airway management of the sports Medical Emergencies.”
- 1992 Practical Applications in Sports Medicine, (Coordinator) “Coach/ Family/ Doctor Relationship”
- 2006 USF Sports Medicine Conference: Behind the Scenes as a Team Physician “Communicating with Parent of High School Athletes”
- 2001, 2002 & 2003 Southern California Amateur Softball Association, “Prevention and Evaluation of Sports Injuries” & “Return to Play”
- 2001 CIF Athletic Administrators Symposium, “Heat: How to Condition and Practice”
- NATA’s National Symposium 1998 “The Sports Medicine Store, Is it Real?”
- NATA’s National Symposium 1997 “Marketing the Certified Athletic Training”
- NATA’s National Symposium 1997 “The ATC as a Multi-Specialist: Multi-Entrepreneurial –How and where do we go from here.”
- California Athletic Director Meeting, 1997, “Understanding Insurance Programs. What should we know.”
- NATA District 8 Symposium 1997 “The Business Plan”
- NATA’s National Symposium 1996 “Marketing Risk Management to High Schools”
- NATA’s National Symposium 1995 “Marketing and Business Approach of a Successful Sports Medicine Out-Reach Program”
- NATA, 1988 “Statistical Analysis of Fall Sports”
- Coaching Regulations, The New Laws, 1988 “Education of the Coaches”
- Stovall’s All-Sport Clinic, 1987 “The Athletic Trainer’s Kit”
- Southwest Dance, Movement and Acro-Sport Workshop, 1986 to 1998 lecture on “Dance Injuries.”
- The SPORT Foundation “Practical Applications in Sports Medicine” Coordinator 1991- Present
- Kaiser Permanente Sports Medicine symposium 1996, “How to use the Athletic Trainer in an HMO Setting.”
- Orange County Nutrition Society, 1995 “Nutrition in the High School Student/ Athlete”
- CIF 1992, “A Total Continuum of Care for the Student-Athlete”
- UNLV Sports Medicine 1994, “Functional Rehabilitation for Athletes’
- Junior All-America Football, Keynote speaker 1992 to 1999 “Football injuries and prevention.”
- Pacific Northwest Regional National Pop Warner Certification Clinic “Sports Risk Management” 1983, 1984, 1985
- CIF Southern Section “Team Physician Course” Coordinator and Presenter
- CAPHERED Conference presenter “Common Sports Injuries” 1993 and 1995
- AOASM, Risk Management, and the Sports Medicine Physician: Reducing the Risk of injury to the Athletes in Your Care, La Jolla, CA, 1997
- National Federation of State High School Associations, Heat & Hydration – Knowledge & Prevention Strategies, Palm Desert, CA, 2007
Education
The Ohio State University B.S. Degree 1980
Azusa Pacific University M.Ed. Degree 1989
Florida International University D.A.T. 2021 (Doctorate of Athletic Training)
Courses/Teaching
KINE, 2300, 2400, 3500, 3900, 4100, 4200
Research and Teaching Interests
Concussions