Division of Athletic Training

Faculty Profile

Carl G. Mattacola, PhD, ATC

	Department of Rehabilitation Sciences CT Wethington Building, Room 210E 900 South Limestone Ave Lexington, KY 40536-0200 Office: 859-323-1100 Ext 80860 Fax: 859-323-6005
Recent Publications PubMed Links Curriculum Vitae	carlmat@uky.edu

Dr. Mattacola is a NATABOC certified athletic trainer and serves as the director and an assistant professor of the Graduate Athletic Training Program at the University of Kentucky. He received his bachelor's degree in physical education/athletic training from Canisius College in Buffalo, New York. He completed his doctor of philosophy degree in sports medicine and received his masters of education degree, both at the University of Virginia. Dr. Mattacola has held various positions as an athletic trainer and as a professor, including Temple University in Pennsylvania and Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia.  His research has focused  on the study of functional assessments of neuromuscular postural control, resulting in many published articles/abstracts in American Family Physician, Journal of Athletic Training, and Orthopaedics. He will continue to explore factors that relate to athletic injuries and rehabilitation, focusing primarily on issues related to the lower extremity.

Dr. Mattacola enjoys spending his free time outdoors with his wife Leslie, foxhunting and horseback riding. They own a small farm with several horses that keeps them busy outside of their professions.