Tory Lindley, a 2011 inductee to the Illinois Athletic Trainers Association (IATA) Hall of Fame, has served as NU’s Director of Athletic Training Services since 2002.  
 
In 2016, the Great Lakes Athletic Trainer’s Association (GLATA) recognized Tory with the Golden Pinnacle Award, the association’s highest honor.

In 2012, NATA named Tory the NCAA Division I Head Athletic Trainer of the Year. A published author in the Journal of Athletic Training, Athletic Therapy Today and Rehab Management, Tory is an associate editor of Athletic Training & Sports Health Care Journal. Tory also is a recipient of the 2012 NATA Most Distinguished Athletic Association (GLATA) Dedicated Service Award and the 2007 NATA Athletic Training Service Award.
 
Tory serves on the NATA Board of Directors as NATA President. He has served as GLATA President, President-Elect and Illinois State Representative. The former IATA President, Tory also held elected offices in the Michigan and Minnesota Athletic Trainers Societies.
 
Before coming to Evanston, Tory was head athletic trainer at Eastern Michigan and a clinical supervisor and lecturer in the accredited athletic training curriculum for two years. Prior to EMU, he spent four years as a staff athletic trainer at his alma mater, Michigan State (1996-200), where he earned a bachelor’s degree in education with a specialization in athletic training in 1991.
 
Since the late 1990s, Tory has provided over 125 local, regional and national sports medicine and leadership presentations. His primary interests lie in life balance, organizational health, concussion management and healthcare risk mitigation.
 
Tory and his wife Beth reside in Skokie, IL. They have three children: Jonah, Evan and Genevieve. 
 
Education:

• Michigan State University
• University of Minnesota

 
Clinical Specialties/Interests

• Biomechanical analysis of running gait
• Osteopathic manual medicine

 
Honors/Awards:

• Head Athletic Trainer of the Year for Division I, National Athletic Trainers' Association, 2012
• Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award, National Athletic Trainers' Association, 2012
• Hall of Fame Member, Illinois Athletic Trainers Association, Inc., 2011
• Dedicated Service Award, Great Lakes Athletic Trainers' Association, 2009
• Athletic Training Service Award, National Athletic Trainers' Association, 2007
• Staff Member of the Year, Hamline University, 1996
• Outstanding Student Athletic Trainer Award, National Athletic Trainers' Association, 1990
• Tasha Bolton Memorial, Big Ten Conference Student Athletic Trainer of the Year Award, 1990
• Ray J Saltzman Outstanding Student Athletic Trainer Award, Michigan State University, 1990

 
Publications:

• Baugh CM, Kroshus E, Lanser BL, Lindley TR, Meehan WP. Variation in Sports Medicine Staffing Across NCAA Power 5 Schools.  Free Communications Program sponsored by the NATA Foundation, 2016 NATA Clinical Symposia & AT Expo, Baltimore, MD, June 2016

 

• Baugh CM, Kroshus E, Lanser BL, Lindley TR, Meehan WP. Variation in Sports Medicine Staffing Across NCAA Power 5 Schools.  American Journal of Sports Medicine.  (Under Review)

 

• Lindley TR.  Landing at Your Destination: How to Climb the Career Ladder.  Training & Conditioning.  October 2014.  Vol XXIV, No.7

 

• Writing Group Member “Recommendations and Guidelines for Minimizing Head Impact Exposure and Concussion Risk in Football” National Federation of High School Associations Concussion Task Force, Indianapolis, IN July 19-21, 2014.

 

• Lindley TR.  Analysis of Salaries and Institution-Provided Extra Income Among High Profile Athletic Training Positions at High Profile NCAA Institutions.  Athletic Training and Sports Health Care Journal.  2012; (4)2: 79-86. 

 

• Lindley TR.  How Do You Recharge Your Battery?  GLATA Eblast.  June 2010.

 

• Lindley TR.  Leadership Behind the Scenes:  Your Title Does Not Always Equal Your Leadership Value.  IATA News.  2009; Vol 2, Issues 1-4.

 

• Carey RW, Lindley TR.  IATA Archives and Records in Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library.  NATA News.  May 2008.

 

• Lindley TR.  Head Injury Management.  Physical Therapy Products.  June 2005.

 

• Lindley TR, Sedory, D.  Patients or Athletes – Does it Matter?  NATA News.  2003; 11:39.

 

• Lindley TR.  Concussion management on the field: the recognition and treatment of head injuries in athletics.  Rehab Management.  2000;13(3):20-22.

 

• Buckley WE, Broxterman R, Lindley TR, West TE.  Development of the athletic training profession: where are we now?  Athletic Therapy Today.  1996;1:23-26.

 

• Lindley TR, Kernozek TM.  Taping and semi rigid bracing may not affect ankle functional range of motion.  Journal of Athletic Training.  1995;2:109-112.