

Kyle Southall, PhD(c), LAT, ATC, PES, CSCS
Kyle Southall, currently serves as an Athletic Trainer and Director of Sports Science and Performance for Briarwood Christian School while completing his PhD in Rehabilitation Sciences from UAB. Before BCS Kyle served as the Director of Clinical Education for the undergraduate and master’s in athletic training programs at Samford University since 2016. Kyle previously served as head athletic trainer at Birmingham-Southern College from 2013-2016 and assistant athletic trainer from 2012-2013. Kyle is Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) trained and currently the state representative for the NATA ATs Care as well as on the SEATA ATs Care Committee and NATA National ATs Care Committee. Kyle became a member of Team USA Sports Medicine in the Spring of 2016 and has traveled with a variety of teams to Japan, Mexico, Dominican Republic, and Israel. Kyle is nationally certified by the BOC and is licensed by the Alabama Board of Athletic Trainers. Kyle is a 2010 graduate of Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, with a Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training. He did his post-graduate work at West Virginia University, where he received a Master of Science in Athletic Training in 2012. Kyle was also an adjunct professor in the athletic training and sports science department at Waynesburg University and West Virginia University during his time in Morgantown. Also, while at WVU Kyle became level-1 Graston trained, a certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS) and became a certified Performance Enhancement Specialist (PES) through the National Academy of Sports Medicine. In his free time Kyle enjoys spending time with his family and friends, fishing, and traveling with his wife, Emily and daughter Brinley.