Puryear Named Co-Head Athletic Trainer at CSUDH
Taylor Puryear brings 25 years of experience to CSUDH athletic training staff
February 1, 2002

CARSON, Calif.-Taylor Puryear has been named the Co-Head Athletic Trainer at Cal State Dominguez Hills as announced by CSUDH Athletics Director Ron Prettyman.

"I am real excited to be able to get someone with the experience level Taylor brings to our program," states Prettyman. "He will be able to step in and help guide a program that has already distinguished itself as one of the top athletic training programs in the area."

Puryear, a Certified Athletic Trainer, comes to the program with 25 years of experience in the athletic training profession. Puryear began his career at Southern California College (now Vanguard University) as the Head Athletic Trainer in 1977. He worked at SCC up until 1995 where he was also the Chair of the Department of Exercise Science and an Assistant Professor.

An Oklahoma native, Puryear left Southern California College in 1996 to take over as the Head Athletic Trainer and Assistant Professor at Phillips University in Oklahoma. He served in that capacity up until 1998 when he left Phillips to become the Head Athletic Trainer at Northwest Oklahoma Orthopaedic Hospital where he worked until his arrival at CSUDH.

Puryear is a 1976 graduate of Southern California College where he earned a bachelor's degree in Physical Education. In 1985, he received his master's degree from Cal State Fullerton in Physical Education/Athletic Training.

A member of the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA) and the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) since 1980, Puryear resides in Irvine, CA with his wife and three children.