Brian Hainline, M.d., to Receive the AFCA’s 2022 McLaughry Award
December 1, 2021
NCAA Chief Medical Officer, Brian Hainline, M.D., has been selected as the 2022 recipient of the AFCA’s highest honor, the Tuss McLaughry Award. Hainline will receive the award during the 2022 AFCA Convention in San Antonio, Texas.
Hainline oversees the NCAA Sport Science Institute, a national center of excellence whose mission is to promote and develop safety, excellence, and wellness in college student-athletes, and to foster life-long physical and mental development. For over 30 years, he has been actively involved in sports medicine, including serving as Chief Medical Officer of the US Open Tennis Championships and the United States Tennis Association, plus serving as a member of the New York State Athletic Commission and the USOC Sports Medicine Committee.
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Hainline is co-author of Drugs and the Athlete and played a pivotal role in the rollout of drug testing and education worldwide. He is the lead editor of the medical textbook Sports Neurology – a book that provides a comprehensive overview of concussions and other neurologic injuries in sport. Hainline is chair of the American Academy of Neurology Sports Neurology Section, and Clinical Professor of Neurology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and Indiana University School of Medicine.
Hainline graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1978 and was the No. 1 rated singles and doubles player as a senior on the Irish tennis team. He went on to study medicine at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and completed his residency in neurology at The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. Hainline was formerly Director of Clinical Neurology and Sports Neurology at the Hospital for Joint Diseases in New York City and was a practicing physician as Chief of Neurology and Integrative Pain Medicine at ProHEALTH Care Associates in Lake Success, New York.
In 2001, Hainline was awarded the Tennis Educational Merit Award by the International Tennis Hall of Fame, presented to those who have made notable contributions in the tennis education field at the national level and have demonstrated leadership and creative skills in such areas as instruction, writing, organization and promotion of the game of tennis. In 2004, he received the Irving Glick Award of Excellence from the WTA Tour at the US Open Tennis Championships, recognizing sports medicine contributions by a tournament physician that are outstanding and exemplary. Hainline was inducted into the USTA Eastern Tennis Hall of Fame in 2011 and in 2013 was bestowed the ITF Award for Service to the Game. He received the International Tennis Association David A. Benjamin Achievement Award in 2016.
At the NCAA, Hainline developed, in partnership with the Department of Defense, the NCAA-DoD Grand Alliance CARE Consortium, which is a $100+ million study whose aim is to understand the natural history of concussion and neurobiological recovery in concussion and is the first study to differentiate repetitive head impact exposure from concussion. This landmark study, which includes an advanced research component, is the largest, prospective clinical study ever conducted in the history of concussion. The Grand Alliance also includes a Mind Matters educational and research initiative, whose goal is to change the culture of concussion safety.
Through a collaborative effort with key medical organizations, Hainline has spear-headed task forces that have led to inter-association documents on concussion, independent medical care, year-round football practice contact, mental health, cardiovascular care, catastrophic injury and sexual violence. He has also developed key alliances with youth sport organizations, understanding that an effective sport model begins at youth and extends to college and beyond, with a premise that sport should be a model of wellness for life. He served as co-chair of two International Olympic Committee summits: Pain Management in Elite Athletes; and Mental Health in Elite Athletes, both of which produced primary consensus papers and numerous sub-specialty papers.
Hainline has worked closely with the football community. He was chair of USA Football’s Development Model Council, which led to the production of the Football Development Model for youth. He is currently a member of the USA Football Medical Advisory Panel. He oversees the presentation of emerging data to the NCAA Football Oversight Committee, which has resulted in several important safety updates. Since the beginning of the era of COVID-19, Hainline has overseen the resocialization of collegiate sport. His tireless efforts were a key factor in the safe and successful completion of the 2020 football season, and the safe rollout of the current season.
The Award
The Tuss McLaughry Award is given to a distinguished American (or Americans) for the highest distinction in service to others. It is named in honor of DeOrmond “Tuss” McLaughry, the first full-time secretary-treasurer of the AFCA and one of the most dedicated and influential members in the history of the Association. The award was established in 1964.
Tuss McLaughry
Tuss McLaughry began his coaching career at his alma mater, Westminster (Pa.) College in 1916. During his early days in coaching, McLaughry spent his spare time playing pro football with the Massillon (Ohio) Tigers. Knute Rockne was a teammate. He went on to become head coach at Amherst (1922-25), Brown (1926-40), and Dartmouth (1941-55). His most successful years were at Brown, where he had a 15-year record of 76-58-5. In 1926, McLaughry produced Brown’s only undefeated team. Two of his other teams at Brown had only one loss.
McLaughry retired from coaching in 1954 but continued in his capacity as chairman of the Physical Education Department at Dartmouth until 1960, when he accepted the appointment with the AFCA. He retired from that position in 1965.
McLaughry played a leading role in the development of the AFCA while at the same time establishing a reputation as a successful head coach at some of the most prestigious schools in the East. He worked diligently throughout his lifetime to advance the best interests of the football coaching profession.
Past Tuss McLaughry Award Winners
1964 Gen. Douglas MacArthur, armed forces
1965 Bob Hope, entertainer
1966 Lyndon B. Johnson, U.S. President
1967 Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. President
1968 J. Edgar Hoover, director, FBI
1969 The Reverend Billy Graham, evangelist
1970 Richard M. Nixon, U.S. President
1971 Edwin Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Apollo 11 astronauts
1974 John Wayne, actor
1975 Gerald R. Ford, U.S. President
1977 Gen. James A. Van Fleet, armed forces
1979 Jimmy Stewart, actor
1980 Lt. Gen. Jimmy Doolittle, armed forces
1981 Dr. Jerome Holland, educator, business executive
1982 Robert Crippen & John Young, astronauts
1983 Ronald Reagan, U.S. President
1985 Pete Rozelle, NFL Commissioner
1986 Gen. Pete Dawkins, armed forces
1987 Gen. Chuck Yeager, armed forces
1988 Lindsey Nelson, sportscaster
1989 George Shultz, U.S. Secretary of State
1990 Burt Reynolds, actor
1993 Tom Landry, Head Coach, Dallas Cowboys
1994 Charley Boswell, armed forces
1996 Eddie Robinson, Head Coach, Grambling St.
1998 George Bush, U.S. President
2001 Andrew Young, United Nations Ambassador
2002 Roger Staubach, businessman, NFL Hall of Famer
2003 Stephen Ambrose, Author and historian
2004 Gen. Tommy Franks, armed forces
2005 Dr. Christopher Kraft, NASA
2007 Paul Tagliabue, NFL Commissioner
2008 Tom Osborne, Head Coach, Nebraska
2009 Rudy Giuliani, former mayor, New York City
2010 Tony Dungy, Head Coach, Indianapolis Colts
2013 Robert Mueller, Director, FBI
2014 Jeffrey Immelt, CEO, General Electric
2016 William McRaven, Chancellor, University of Texas System
2017 Grant Teaff, AFCA Executive Director, Head Coach
2018 Jack Lengyel, Head Coach and Athletic Administrator
2019 Verne Lundquist, sportscaster
2020 Chuck Neinas, Athletic Administrator
For more information about the AFCA, visit www.AFCA.com. For more interesting articles, check out The Insider and subscribe to our weekly email.
If you are interested in more in-depth articles and videos, please become an AFCA member. You can find out more information about membership and specific member benefits on the AFCA Membership Overview page. If you are ready to join, please fill out the AFCA Membership Application.
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NCAA Chief Medical Officer, Brian Hainline, M.D., has been selected as the 2022 recipient of the AFCA’s highest honor, the Tuss McLaughry Award. Hainline will receive the award during the 2022 AFCA Convention in San Antonio, Texas.
Hainline oversees the NCAA Sport Science Institute, a national center of excellence whose mission is to promote and develop safety, excellence, and wellness in college student-athletes, and to foster life-long physical and mental development. For over 30 years, he has been actively involved in sports medicine, including serving as Chief Medical Officer of the US Open Tennis Championships and the United States Tennis Association, plus serving as a member of the New York State Athletic Commission and the USOC Sports Medicine Committee.
RELATED ARTICLE: AFCA Announces 2021 Assistant Coach of the Year Award Winners
Hainline is co-author of Drugs and the Athlete and played a pivotal role in the rollout of drug testing and education worldwide. He is the lead editor of the medical textbook Sports Neurology – a book that provides a comprehensive overview of concussions and other neurologic injuries in sport. Hainline is chair of the American Academy of Neurology Sports Neurology Section, and Clinical Professor of Neurology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and Indiana University School of Medicine.
Hainline graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1978 and was the No. 1 rated singles and doubles player as a senior on the Irish tennis team. He went on to study medicine at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and completed his residency in neurology at The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. Hainline was formerly Director of Clinical Neurology and Sports Neurology at the Hospital for Joint Diseases in New York City and was a practicing physician as Chief of Neurology and Integrative Pain Medicine at ProHEALTH Care Associates in Lake Success, New York.
In 2001, Hainline was awarded the Tennis Educational Merit Award by the International Tennis Hall of Fame, presented to those who have made notable contributions in the tennis education field at the national level and have demonstrated leadership and creative skills in such areas as instruction, writing, organization and promotion of the game of tennis. In 2004, he received the Irving Glick Award of Excellence from the WTA Tour at the US Open Tennis Championships, recognizing sports medicine contributions by a tournament physician that are outstanding and exemplary. Hainline was inducted into the USTA Eastern Tennis Hall of Fame in 2011 and in 2013 was bestowed the ITF Award for Service to the Game. He received the International Tennis Association David A. Benjamin Achievement Award in 2016.
At the NCAA, Hainline developed, in partnership with the Department of Defense, the NCAA-DoD Grand Alliance CARE Consortium, which is a $100+ million study whose aim is to understand the natural history of concussion and neurobiological recovery in concussion and is the first study to differentiate repetitive head impact exposure from concussion. This landmark study, which includes an advanced research component, is the largest, prospective clinical study ever conducted in the history of concussion. The Grand Alliance also includes a Mind Matters educational and research initiative, whose goal is to change the culture of concussion safety.
Through a collaborative effort with key medical organizations, Hainline has spear-headed task forces that have led to inter-association documents on concussion, independent medical care, year-round football practice contact, mental health, cardiovascular care, catastrophic injury and sexual violence. He has also developed key alliances with youth sport organizations, understanding that an effective sport model begins at youth and extends to college and beyond, with a premise that sport should be a model of wellness for life. He served as co-chair of two International Olympic Committee summits: Pain Management in Elite Athletes; and Mental Health in Elite Athletes, both of which produced primary consensus papers and numerous sub-specialty papers.
Hainline has worked closely with the football community. He was chair of USA Football’s Development Model Council, which led to the production of the Football Development Model for youth. He is currently a member of the USA Football Medical Advisory Panel. He oversees the presentation of emerging data to the NCAA Football Oversight Committee, which has resulted in several important safety updates. Since the beginning of the era of COVID-19, Hainline has overseen the resocialization of collegiate sport. His tireless efforts were a key factor in the safe and successful completion of the 2020 football season, and the safe rollout of the current season.
The Award
The Tuss McLaughry Award is given to a distinguished American (or Americans) for the highest distinction in service to others. It is named in honor of DeOrmond “Tuss” McLaughry, the first full-time secretary-treasurer of the AFCA and one of the most dedicated and influential members in the history of the Association. The award was established in 1964.
Tuss McLaughry
Tuss McLaughry began his coaching career at his alma mater, Westminster (Pa.) College in 1916. During his early days in coaching, McLaughry spent his spare time playing pro football with the Massillon (Ohio) Tigers. Knute Rockne was a teammate. He went on to become head coach at Amherst (1922-25), Brown (1926-40), and Dartmouth (1941-55). His most successful years were at Brown, where he had a 15-year record of 76-58-5. In 1926, McLaughry produced Brown’s only undefeated team. Two of his other teams at Brown had only one loss.
McLaughry retired from coaching in 1954 but continued in his capacity as chairman of the Physical Education Department at Dartmouth until 1960, when he accepted the appointment with the AFCA. He retired from that position in 1965.
McLaughry played a leading role in the development of the AFCA while at the same time establishing a reputation as a successful head coach at some of the most prestigious schools in the East. He worked diligently throughout his lifetime to advance the best interests of the football coaching profession.
Past Tuss McLaughry Award Winners
1964 Gen. Douglas MacArthur, armed forces
1965 Bob Hope, entertainer
1966 Lyndon B. Johnson, U.S. President
1967 Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. President
1968 J. Edgar Hoover, director, FBI
1969 The Reverend Billy Graham, evangelist
1970 Richard M. Nixon, U.S. President
1971 Edwin Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Apollo 11 astronauts
1974 John Wayne, actor
1975 Gerald R. Ford, U.S. President
1977 Gen. James A. Van Fleet, armed forces
1979 Jimmy Stewart, actor
1980 Lt. Gen. Jimmy Doolittle, armed forces
1981 Dr. Jerome Holland, educator, business executive
1982 Robert Crippen & John Young, astronauts
1983 Ronald Reagan, U.S. President
1985 Pete Rozelle, NFL Commissioner
1986 Gen. Pete Dawkins, armed forces
1987 Gen. Chuck Yeager, armed forces
1988 Lindsey Nelson, sportscaster
1989 George Shultz, U.S. Secretary of State
1990 Burt Reynolds, actor
1993 Tom Landry, Head Coach, Dallas Cowboys
1994 Charley Boswell, armed forces
1996 Eddie Robinson, Head Coach, Grambling St.
1998 George Bush, U.S. President
2001 Andrew Young, United Nations Ambassador
2002 Roger Staubach, businessman, NFL Hall of Famer
2003 Stephen Ambrose, Author and historian
2004 Gen. Tommy Franks, armed forces
2005 Dr. Christopher Kraft, NASA
2007 Paul Tagliabue, NFL Commissioner
2008 Tom Osborne, Head Coach, Nebraska
2009 Rudy Giuliani, former mayor, New York City
2010 Tony Dungy, Head Coach, Indianapolis Colts
2013 Robert Mueller, Director, FBI
2014 Jeffrey Immelt, CEO, General Electric
2016 William McRaven, Chancellor, University of Texas System
2017 Grant Teaff, AFCA Executive Director, Head Coach
2018 Jack Lengyel, Head Coach and Athletic Administrator
2019 Verne Lundquist, sportscaster
2020 Chuck Neinas, Athletic Administrator
For more information about the AFCA, visit www.AFCA.com. For more interesting articles, check out The Insider and subscribe to our weekly email.
If you are interested in more in-depth articles and videos, please become an AFCA member. You can find out more information about membership and specific member benefits on the AFCA Membership Overview page. If you are ready to join, please fill out the AFCA Membership Application.
