Bob Mangine returned to Cincinnati in 2002 and currently serves as the Senior Associate Athletics Director and Physical Therapy Residence Director.
His current role includes serving as the head trainer for men's basketball, which he began in 2017, and men's golf.
Bob Mangine's extensive experience in the field of athletic training makes him well-suited to recognize and treat injuries as well as advise on their prevention. He supervises a program that addresses the health and well-being of the Bearcats on a year-round basis by drawing from over four decades of experience in sports medicine.
Mangine, who assumed football duties in 2005, began as Director of Rehabilitative Services at the University of Cincinnati in 2002. He has worked with both amateur and professional athletes since 1976, when he first arrived at UC. In 1982, he assisted in the development of the nationally-recognized Cincinnati Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center. After serving approximately 10 years with the organization, he started his own practice which merged with NovaCare Rehabilitation in 1998.
While he was a student at the University of Pittsburgh, Mangine launched his career in athletics training. He served as assistant athletics trainer of the Pittsburgh Condor Basketball Club and as head athletics trainer at the Community College of Allegheny County prior to graduation in 1977.
Mangine served as director of rehabilitation at UC from 1977-80 while earning his master's degree. After two years as an assistant professor of physical therapy at the Medical College of Virginia, he returned to Cincinnati to work in private clinics.
Mangine currently serves as National Director of Sports Physical Therapy Clinical Residency for NovaCare and is President of MBM Consultants, which provides educational management services for physical therapy and occupational therapy professionals.
A 25-year award recipient of the National Athletic Trainers Association, he was the head athletic trainer for the aquatic teams at the 1996 Olympics, and the Goodwill Games of 1986, 1990 and 1998. He is a charter member of the Sports Physical Therapy Section Hall of Fame and the Covington Catholic (Ky.) High School Athletics Hall of Fame.
His current role includes serving as the head trainer for men's basketball, which he began in 2017, and men's golf.
Bob Mangine's extensive experience in the field of athletic training makes him well-suited to recognize and treat injuries as well as advise on their prevention. He supervises a program that addresses the health and well-being of the Bearcats on a year-round basis by drawing from over four decades of experience in sports medicine.
Mangine, who assumed football duties in 2005, began as Director of Rehabilitative Services at the University of Cincinnati in 2002. He has worked with both amateur and professional athletes since 1976, when he first arrived at UC. In 1982, he assisted in the development of the nationally-recognized Cincinnati Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center. After serving approximately 10 years with the organization, he started his own practice which merged with NovaCare Rehabilitation in 1998.
While he was a student at the University of Pittsburgh, Mangine launched his career in athletics training. He served as assistant athletics trainer of the Pittsburgh Condor Basketball Club and as head athletics trainer at the Community College of Allegheny County prior to graduation in 1977.
Mangine served as director of rehabilitation at UC from 1977-80 while earning his master's degree. After two years as an assistant professor of physical therapy at the Medical College of Virginia, he returned to Cincinnati to work in private clinics.
Mangine currently serves as National Director of Sports Physical Therapy Clinical Residency for NovaCare and is President of MBM Consultants, which provides educational management services for physical therapy and occupational therapy professionals.
A 25-year award recipient of the National Athletic Trainers Association, he was the head athletic trainer for the aquatic teams at the 1996 Olympics, and the Goodwill Games of 1986, 1990 and 1998. He is a charter member of the Sports Physical Therapy Section Hall of Fame and the Covington Catholic (Ky.) High School Athletics Hall of Fame.