Scott Trulock was hired as the Jaguars head athletic trainer on February 10, 2014 and is in his sixth season with the organization. Trulock, who spent the previous seven seasons as the head athletic trainer for the University of North Carolina’s football program, joined the Jaguars with 11 years of NFL experience.
Trulock began his career in the NFL as an assistant athletic trainer with the Philadelphia Eagles from 1996-98. Trulock then worked for the San Diego Chargers from 1999-2001 before joining the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as the director of rehabilitation from 2002-03. Trulock won a Super Bowl ring in 2002 when the Buccaneers defeated the Raiders in Super Bowl XXXVII. Trulock also spent three seasons (2004-06) as an assistant athletic trainer with the Denver Broncos. During his tenure in the NFL, Trulock has been a member of the Professional Football Athletic Trainers’ Society (PFATS). In PFATS, Trulock currently serves as the AFC representative on the executive board, and has also served as the director of research for the research and education foundation. In this role, Trulock was responsible for spearheading the surveillance of injury data to establish trends in injury patterns to NFL players.
Trulock, a native of Orlando, earned his undergraduate degree in sports medicine from Valdosta State in 1994, and his master’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1996. Scott and his wife, Jamie, have two daughters.
