Author ProfileWilliam E. Prentice, PhD, ATC., PT Professor, Coordinator of Sports Medicine Program Department of Exercise and Sport Science University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NCBill Prentice, PhD, PT, ATChas been Coordinator of the Athletic Training specialization at the University of North Carolina since 1980 and is a Professor in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science. Dr. Prentice is recognized as an author, educator, and clinician.He served for ten years as the Director of Sports Medicine Education for the Healthsouth Corporation, and is the author of nine textbooks and more than 75 journal articles.He has received numerous awards, and was inducted into the National… Athletic Trainers Association's Hall of Fame in 2004.