Football
Blanc, Rob
Rob Blanc
- Title:
- Head Athletic Trainer, Football
- Email:
- rblanc@athletics.pitt.edu
- Phone:
- 412-648-8705
Rob Blanc enters his 34th year as head football athletic trainer and clinical instructor at Pitt. With his exceptional sports medicine knowledge and experience, Blanc is a tremendous resource for the entire Pitt Department of Athletics.
Widely respected by his peers, Blanc is a past recipient of the NCAA Division I Head Athletic Trainer of the Year Award presented by the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA). He has also been honored with the Distinguished Merit Award from the Pennsylvania Athletic Trainers’ Society in recognition of his dedicated service, past achievements and outstanding professional contributions that have furthered the advancement of the athletic training profession in the Commonwealth.
In addition to his responsibilities with the Panthers’ football program, Blanc has a lead role with the Pitt Performance Team, a unique blending of the university’s numerous resources that focuses on the development and welfare of the total student-athlete. He also helps coordinate sports coverage, budget, inventory, drug testing and counseling.
Blanc is an adjunct clinical instructor for Pitt’s NATA-approved undergraduate athletic training curriculum. He has co-authored two textbooks, Emergency Care in Athletic Training and Athletic Training Case Scenarios: Domain-Based Situations and Solutions, with three graduates of the University of Pittsburgh athletic training program. Blanc had a third book published in 2017, True Stories From The Athletic Training Room.
Blanc graduated from Slippery Rock University in 1982 and earned his master’s in athletic training in 1984 from Ohio University. He was also a certified paramedic and was involved in an emergency medical service for 17 years in nearby Bethel Park, Pa.
A native of Pittsburgh, Blanc served as head athletic trainer at neighboring Duquesne University for two years before joining the Panthers’ staff.
Blanc began his athletic training career as the head athletic trainer at New Lexington (Ohio) High School in 1983. A year later, he began working for the Pittsburgh Steelers on a part-time basis, serving at training camp and at all home games.
Blanc’s wife’s name is Peggy. He has three children: son, Jason, and daughters, Jordan and Shannon.
Beyond the Bio
Favorite place on the University of Pittsburgh campus?
Cathedral of Learning
Favorite sports moment at Pitt?
Beating West Virginia 13-9
What is your favorite thing to do in the city of Pittsburgh?
Enter through the Fort Pitt Tunnels
What do you love most about the University of Pittsburgh?
The tradition
What is your favorite aspect of working in Pitt’s athletic department?
The people
What do you love most about working in athletics?
All the relationships you develop
If you could have dinner with any three people who would it be and why?
David Letterman - I enjoy his sense of humor and his interview style. Bruce Springsteen - discuss how he got so successful for so long. My dad, he died when I was young
Hobbies outside of work?
Wood working and construction projects
Widely respected by his peers, Blanc is a past recipient of the NCAA Division I Head Athletic Trainer of the Year Award presented by the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA). He has also been honored with the Distinguished Merit Award from the Pennsylvania Athletic Trainers’ Society in recognition of his dedicated service, past achievements and outstanding professional contributions that have furthered the advancement of the athletic training profession in the Commonwealth.
In addition to his responsibilities with the Panthers’ football program, Blanc has a lead role with the Pitt Performance Team, a unique blending of the university’s numerous resources that focuses on the development and welfare of the total student-athlete. He also helps coordinate sports coverage, budget, inventory, drug testing and counseling.
Blanc is an adjunct clinical instructor for Pitt’s NATA-approved undergraduate athletic training curriculum. He has co-authored two textbooks, Emergency Care in Athletic Training and Athletic Training Case Scenarios: Domain-Based Situations and Solutions, with three graduates of the University of Pittsburgh athletic training program. Blanc had a third book published in 2017, True Stories From The Athletic Training Room.
Blanc graduated from Slippery Rock University in 1982 and earned his master’s in athletic training in 1984 from Ohio University. He was also a certified paramedic and was involved in an emergency medical service for 17 years in nearby Bethel Park, Pa.
A native of Pittsburgh, Blanc served as head athletic trainer at neighboring Duquesne University for two years before joining the Panthers’ staff.
Blanc began his athletic training career as the head athletic trainer at New Lexington (Ohio) High School in 1983. A year later, he began working for the Pittsburgh Steelers on a part-time basis, serving at training camp and at all home games.
Blanc’s wife’s name is Peggy. He has three children: son, Jason, and daughters, Jordan and Shannon.
Beyond the Bio
Favorite place on the University of Pittsburgh campus?
Cathedral of Learning
Favorite sports moment at Pitt?
Beating West Virginia 13-9
What is your favorite thing to do in the city of Pittsburgh?
Enter through the Fort Pitt Tunnels
What do you love most about the University of Pittsburgh?
The tradition
What is your favorite aspect of working in Pitt’s athletic department?
The people
What do you love most about working in athletics?
All the relationships you develop
If you could have dinner with any three people who would it be and why?
David Letterman - I enjoy his sense of humor and his interview style. Bruce Springsteen - discuss how he got so successful for so long. My dad, he died when I was young
Hobbies outside of work?
Wood working and construction projects
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