Keith Naugle is a clinical professor in the Department of Kinesiology, with a Ph.D. from the University of Florida (UF). His program concentration was in athletic training and sports medicine with minor in health education and behavior. He is a NATA Certified Athletic Trainer (AT), as well as a Certified Strength Coach (CSCS) and Personal Trainer (CPT) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association.
Naugle joined the faculty in 2014 after serving as a clinical assistant professor and clinical education coordinator in the UF’s athletic training and exercise physiology/fitness wellness programs.
He received his M.S. in Kinesiology from the University of Illinois. During his time at the University of Illinois, Naugle was an athletic trainer and strength and conditioning graduate assistant for the wheelchair basketball and track teams. He spent two years teaching health and physical education in Virginia, serving as the high school’s head athletic trainer.
Naugle’s research areas are active gaming and physical activity and its various uses in physical activity, rehabilitation, and pain in the Pain and Physical Activity Laboratory. He is also working on several projects involving youth pitching and pitch counts. He has collaborations with NASA at Kennedy Space Center with an active gaming intervention to reduce slips, trips, and falls in NASA employees. He’s been published in the Journal of Athletic Training, Medicine & Science Sports & Exercise, and the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research with research and invited presentations at multiple national and regional conferences.
Naugle is directing the undergraduate research experiences in the Kinesiology department and has had students present at local, regional, and national conferences for organizations like the American Pain Association and the National Strength and Conditioning Association. If you are interested in pursuing research as a student, please reach out to him.
