College - Xavier
Terry Kofler returns for his 20th season with the Hornets in 2007-08, once again facing the formidable task of keeping the Hornets healthy for an entire year. As the team’s athletic trainer, his responsibilities center on the day-to-day care, prevention and treatment of the players’ injuries. During his tenure, Kofler has provided a perfect example of durability, as he has missed only one of the 1,526 Hornets regular season games and has been at all 61 playoff games and all preseason games (home and away) since the club’s inception in 1988. He is certified by the National Athletic Trainers’ Association.

Also serving as the team’s director of travel, Kofler is responsible for managing the Hornets’ in-season road itinerary. He negotiates with and serves as the liaison to the team hotels in all 28 NBA road sites and is in charge of scheduling all practice sites and shootaround times for the club’s 40-plus game road slate.

Prior to assuming his current position in the summer of 1988, Kofler had spent his entire career at Xavier University (Ohio). He attended the school as an undergraduate and upon his graduation in 1976, took over the position of head athletic trainer and equipment manager. Kofler held this position from 1976 to 1983, earning his master’s degree in education along the way. After spending a year as assistant to the athletic director, Kofler was named assistant athletic director in 1984 and served the school in that capacity until he became the Hornets’ trainer. As assistant AD, Kofler coordinated travel arrangements for 13 varsity sports, supervised the school’s athletic facilities, administered several varsity sports programs and served as trainer for the men’s basketball team.

Kofler is a past Secretary of the National Basketball Trainers Association, and was selected to be trainer for the NBA All-Star Game in Charlotte in 1991. The Cincinnati native has served as consulting trainer for Queen City Sports Medicine, Inc. in Charlotte and as an instructor in the education department of Xavier University. He is also a past chairman of the Greater Cincinnati Athletic Trainers Association.

Kofler, 52, and his wife, Janet, reside in Harvey.