University of Tennessee Athletics
Track & Field
- Title:
- Associate Athletic Trainer – Track and Field/Cross Country
- Email:
- nnegish1@utk.edu
- Phone:
- (865) 974-7120
Naoki Negishi joined the University of Tennessee Sports Medicine Staff in 2017 as the Associate Athletic Trainer for the Track&Field and Cross Country programs.
Negishi was formerly an Assistant Athletic Trainer for the University of Miami from 2009-2017, working primarily with the men's and women's track & field and cross country programs.
Negishi was a member of Team USA's medical staff for the 2017 Pan American Junior Championships in Trujillo, Peru, the 2015 NACAC Senior Championships in San Jose, Costa Rica, and the 2014 Pan American Sports Festival in Mexico City, Mexico.
Prior to his time at Miami, Negishi served as an Athletic Training Intern at the University of California, Berkeley. He worked with the football and men's and women's gymnastics teams during the 2008-09 season.
Negishi received a Master's degree in kinesiology with a concentration in athletic training from University of Virginia in 2008. While he was in graduate school at the University of Virginia, he worked as a Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer at Fork Union Military Academy.
Negishi received his Bachelors of Science in Athletic Training from The University of Alabama in 2007.
Negishi is originally from Gunma, Japan. He has been in the United State since 2001.
