After nearly nine years away from the Cedar
Valley, Terry Noonan has returned. He has been named
Director of Community Athletic Training Services
for the collaborative program between Cedar Valley
Medical Associates PC, Allen Health Systems and the
University of Northern Iowa. His office is located in
the new Human Performance Center between the
UNI-Dome and the Physical Education Center on the
UNI campus.
Between 1999 and his hiring this fall, Noonan
was Director of Sports Medicine and instructor at
Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, OK. He
managed a budget of more than one million dollars.
Prior to his appointment at OSU, he was UNI’s head
athletic trainer and instructor from 1985-1999. He was
a UNI assistant athletic trainer and instructor from
1983-85 and head trainer at Columbus High School in
Waterloo from 1981-83.
“I am very excited about the chance to return to
the Cedar Valley and all the opportunities available
with the new position,”
Noonan said. “I don’t think
people in the community
really understand how the
things happening with UNI
and Cedar Valley Medical
establish the Cedar Valley as
one of the true leaders in the
sports medicine area. The
new facilities at UNI are not
available at many Division I
schools in the nation. We are
committed to the health care
of the community, students
and education of the athletic
training students.”
Noonan’s duties include
serving as site manager.
He’s designated as the
acting administrator of
the community outreach
athletic training services, the
hydrotherapy programs, and the XL Sports Acceleration
program. He supervises, manages and coordinates the
clinical personnel of the outreach services and the XL
programs.
“This new position allows me to be more
involved with the student-athlete from start to
finish,” he said. “The starting point is the high school
athletes and planning their training and conditioning
opportunities at the regional Olympic Training Center
in Waterloo. I get to work with the student-athlete and
athletic training student, two of my biggest passions.
This position allows me to work more with the clients
outside the college setting in providing quality care.
“What parent would not want quality medical
care available to their son or daughter on site during
competition and practice? Not only the high schools,
but other organized venues. We also have the
opportunity to educate the ‘volunteer coaches’ in the
community about proper conditioning and first aid
treatment for their teams.”
Noonan has been a Nationally Certified Athletic
Trainer for more than 26 years. He has served on the
board of the National Athletic Trainers Association
(NATA) since 2005 and has been chair of its Finance
Committee and Billing Task Force. He’s past president
of the Iowa Athletic Trainers Association and served
as Public Relations Director and newsletter editor
of NATA District V. He’s a member of the Iowa
organization’s Hall of Fame.
“I naturally will miss the intensity and bedlam
of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State athletic events,”
Noonan said. “I will miss the warmer weather. But
we’re moving to an area we are familiar with and
where we have friends. We’re moving closer to home
(Dubuque), and this represents an opportunity to
expand my career and education.
“I missed the people and community of Cedar
Falls,” he added. “Stillwater is a smaller town, but
WOW – the things taking place in the Cedar Valley are
mind boggling.”
He and his wife, Jeri, hopefully will have a short
separation until their house sells in Stillwater. He’s also
left behind son Casey, 23, a graduate student at OSU.
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