Staff Directory
Rich Campbell
- Title:
- Assistant Director of Athletic Training (Men's Basketball)
- Email:
- Phone:
- 201-620-5850
Richard Campbell joined the Rutgers Athletics Department in 2016 and currently serves as an Assistant Director of Athletic Training, overseeing the medical care for the Scarlet Knights men’s basketball program.
Working closely with Assistant Athletic Director of Strength and Conditioning, David VanDyke, Campbell has made a significant impact on the health and well-being of men’s basketball student-athletes. In their initial three seasons, men’s basketball players were sidelined a total of just 17 combined games due to injury. The Scarlet Knights had three total games missed among players in 2018-19, 11 in 2017-18 and three in 2016-17.
Campbell now has the benefit of best-in-class facilities at the RWJBarnabas Health Athletic Performance Center. He resides in the 1,252-square foot “Guiliano Family Basketball Treatment Center,” while utilizing sports medicine and hydrotherapy areas featuring two plunge pools. A 6,450-square foot high performance nutrition café and the 6,950 square-foot “Platek Family Strength and Conditioning Area” featuring a 40-yard inlaid turf track, cryotherapy chamber, and individualized student-athlete monitoring technology are also utilized to enhance performance.
Rutgers strives to implement the latest technologies to benefit its programs and student-athletes. In that effort, men’s basketball utilizes Sparta Science, Catapault, Polar Team Pro and GymAware. Sparta Science provides an objective measure of how players react to gravity with validated scientific assessments and provides evidence-based training prescriptions. Catapault replaces laboratory-based performance testing with microtechnology to obtain actionable data in real time regarding performance. Polar Team Pro provides real-time heart rate data to make objective decisions. GymAware is the gold standard Linear Positional Transducer (LPT with angle measurement) for measuring performance, implementing Velocity Based Training and monitoring power.
Before and after every season, men’s basketball welcomes BAM (Basic Athletic Measurement) to the RAC to conduct player testing. A team of strength and conditioning coaches and technology professionals who utilize the most reliable methods and precise measuring tools, BAM has conducted the NBA Draft combine since 2009. Results are registered to a BAMScore™, a proprietary index for reliably measuring athletic performance, and placed in a requisite category. As a result, players receive the information necessary to gauge personal and professional aspirations.
Prior to arriving at Rutgers, Campbell spent two seasons at Stony Brook, working with head coach Steve Pikiell to ensure the well-being of men’s basketball student-athletes.
Additionally, Campbell worked at the University of Texas at San Antonio, where he oversaw all sports medicine needs for baseball and volleyball student-athletes by designing and implementing athletic training policies and rehabilitation programs and spent a year as an athletic trainer intern for the Arizona Cardinals, where he assisted with the daily operations for the team's athletic training needs.
Campbell received a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology and Exercise Science and a Master's and certification in Athletic Training from Stephen F. Austin. Campbell worked as a graduate student, working specifically with the Lumberjacks’ football and basketball teams. He also spent two summers interning with the Houston Texans and Arizona Cardinals before graduating, where he assisted with training practice and game responsibilities.
Working closely with Assistant Athletic Director of Strength and Conditioning, David VanDyke, Campbell has made a significant impact on the health and well-being of men’s basketball student-athletes. In their initial three seasons, men’s basketball players were sidelined a total of just 17 combined games due to injury. The Scarlet Knights had three total games missed among players in 2018-19, 11 in 2017-18 and three in 2016-17.
Campbell now has the benefit of best-in-class facilities at the RWJBarnabas Health Athletic Performance Center. He resides in the 1,252-square foot “Guiliano Family Basketball Treatment Center,” while utilizing sports medicine and hydrotherapy areas featuring two plunge pools. A 6,450-square foot high performance nutrition café and the 6,950 square-foot “Platek Family Strength and Conditioning Area” featuring a 40-yard inlaid turf track, cryotherapy chamber, and individualized student-athlete monitoring technology are also utilized to enhance performance.
Rutgers strives to implement the latest technologies to benefit its programs and student-athletes. In that effort, men’s basketball utilizes Sparta Science, Catapault, Polar Team Pro and GymAware. Sparta Science provides an objective measure of how players react to gravity with validated scientific assessments and provides evidence-based training prescriptions. Catapault replaces laboratory-based performance testing with microtechnology to obtain actionable data in real time regarding performance. Polar Team Pro provides real-time heart rate data to make objective decisions. GymAware is the gold standard Linear Positional Transducer (LPT with angle measurement) for measuring performance, implementing Velocity Based Training and monitoring power.
Before and after every season, men’s basketball welcomes BAM (Basic Athletic Measurement) to the RAC to conduct player testing. A team of strength and conditioning coaches and technology professionals who utilize the most reliable methods and precise measuring tools, BAM has conducted the NBA Draft combine since 2009. Results are registered to a BAMScore™, a proprietary index for reliably measuring athletic performance, and placed in a requisite category. As a result, players receive the information necessary to gauge personal and professional aspirations.
Prior to arriving at Rutgers, Campbell spent two seasons at Stony Brook, working with head coach Steve Pikiell to ensure the well-being of men’s basketball student-athletes.
Additionally, Campbell worked at the University of Texas at San Antonio, where he oversaw all sports medicine needs for baseball and volleyball student-athletes by designing and implementing athletic training policies and rehabilitation programs and spent a year as an athletic trainer intern for the Arizona Cardinals, where he assisted with the daily operations for the team's athletic training needs.
Campbell received a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology and Exercise Science and a Master's and certification in Athletic Training from Stephen F. Austin. Campbell worked as a graduate student, working specifically with the Lumberjacks’ football and basketball teams. He also spent two summers interning with the Houston Texans and Arizona Cardinals before graduating, where he assisted with training practice and game responsibilities.
Career Timeline:
- 2019 - Present - Rutgers University • Assistant Director of Athletic Training
- 2016-2019 – Rutgers University • Athletic Trainer
- 2014-2016 – Stony Brook University • Assistant Athletic Trainer
- 2012-2014 – University of Texas at San Antonio • Assistant Athletic Trainer at University of Texas at San Antonio
- 2011-2012 – National Football League Arizona Cardinals • Athletic Training Intern
Personal:
- Hometown: Temple, Texas
- Education: Stephen F. Austin State University, 2011 - M.S. Athletic Training 2011; Stephen F. Austin State University, 2009 - B.S. Kinesiology
- Family: Wife - Karissa; Daughter - Collyns
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