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Dean Nesmith Training Facility
Completed in 1994, the Dean Nesmith Training Facility is one of the finest in the nation. The 4,000-square-foot facility contains a hydrotherapy area, treatment area with private examination rooms, a rehab area, taping and first-aid space, and staff offices.

Completed in 2005, the Aquatic Rehab Center boasts three Hydroworx pools. The center is just one part of the 4,000-square-foot Dean Nesmith Training Facility, which provides for the health and welfare of 500 student-athletes.

Bill Cowgill

Bill Cowgill Bill Cowgill, who has been a Division I trainer for 12 years at three different institutions, is in his seventh year as head trainer for men's basketball at the University of Kansas. Cowgill came to Lawrence from the University of Miami (Fla.), where he served as the primary athletic trainer for men's basketball, men's and women's track and field and volleyball for four years.

Prior to his stint at Miami, Cowgill spent two seasons as an assistant athletic trainer at the University of Notre Dame, where he worked with women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, track and field and spring football. Cowgill also worked two years as a graduate assistant at the University of Arkansas, where he earned a master's degree in education in 1997. In the summer of 1994 he was an intern with the Indianapolis Colts of the NFL. He served as a student trainer at his alma mater, Ball State, from 1990 through 1994. Between his tenures at Ball State and Arkansas, Cowgill spent one year as an assistant athletics trainer at Saint Joseph's College.

Cowgill is a member of the National Athletic Trainers Association. A native of Highland, Ind., Cowgill and his wife Kirsten have two sons, Lee and Ethan.

NBA Players Cowgill has worked with include:
James Jones
John Salmons
Mario Chalmers
Darrell Arthur
Darnell Jackson
Julian Wright
Billy Thomas
Brandon Rush
JR Giddens
Aaron Miles
Keith Langford
Wayne Simien
Cole Aldrich
Sherron Collins
Xavier Henry

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