Mark Dempsey
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- Year Inducted:
- 2019
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- Sport(s):
- Athletic Training/Donor
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- Inductee Category:
- Contributor
Mark Dempsey, a 1985 graduate, is being inducted for his contribution to Central Methodist. In the early 1980's, Dempsey founded the athletic training program at CMC while studying for his BSE in Physical Education. At the time, individuals did not have to have a certificate to be an acting athletic trainer in Missouri.
Dempsey started by working with the men's basketball program before expanding his services to the football team, developing a foundation for what would eventually become the athletic training department. After graduation, he continued his education in the field at the University of Missouri. Dempsey returned to Central Methodist as the Head Athletic Trainer in 1991 and was later promoted as the Director of Sports Medicine in Columbia.
Dempsey currently serves on the Missouri Board of Healing Arts Sports Medicine Advisory Committee as well as the Missouri State High School Activities Association Sports Medicine Advisory Committee. He is the Vice President and COO of Peak Sport and Spine, which is the 4th largest privately-owned Physical Therapy company in the United States, and was recently honored as an inductee of the Missouri Sports Medicine Hall of Fame.
