Bill Tuscany (2025) - E-Club Athletic Hall of Fame - Eastern Michigan University Athletics

Bill Tuscany

Induction:
2025
Class:
1973

Sports Medicine: Graduated from EMU in 1973 with a bachelor’s degree and again in 1973 with a master’s degree ... Served as the Associate Head Athletic Trainer and retired in 2018 after 32 years of service to EMU ... Predominantly oversaw EMU’s Olympic sports out of Bowen Field House throughout his tenure ... At the time of his retirement, he had worked with 105 of EMU’s 143 MAC Championship Teams ... Member of the EMU Athletic Training Alumni Chapter ... Served as a lecturer and preceptor in EMU’s accredited athletic training curriculum ... Certified member of the National Athletic Trainer’s Association (NATA) and received recognition for years served ... Member of both the Michigan Athletic Trainers Society and the Great Lakes Athletic Trainers Association and is a licensed Athletic Trainer by the State of Michigan ... Served as a Board of Certification Examiner from 1978 until 2009 at which time the exam was computerized ... Before returning to EMU in 1986, he was the head athletic trainer at Lewis University in Romoeville, Ill. from 1976-86. In additional to his athletic training duties, he served as the Director of the Emergency Medical Service and as an associate professor in physical education from 1981-86 ... Inducted in to Lewis University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1993.