Major League Athletic Trainers

Seattle Mariners

Rick Griffin
Position: Head Athletic Trainer
College Attended: Utah State University, University of Oregon(B.S), (M.S)
Years in MLB: 26
Rick "Griff" Griffin, 52, began his career in sports medicine as a teacher/trainer at Winston Churchill High School in Eugene, Ore., in 1977. A native of Brigham City, Utah, Griffin moved to professional baseball in 1978 when he became an athletic trainer for the Eugene Emeralds, a Cincinnati Reds Minor League affiliate. In 1981, Griffin became a full-time athletic trainer for the Seattle-based Sports Medicine Clinic, before accepting the position of head athletic trainer for the Seattle Mariners in 1983. Griffin and his assistant, Tom Newberg, received the "Athletic Training Staff of the Year Award" in 1999. A member of the NATA, ACSM, and the NWATS, Griffin has served as PBATS American League Athletic Trainer Representative from 1989-95, and worked at the MLB All-Star games in 1987, 1995 and 2001. He toured Japan with the Major League All-Stars in 1996 and lectured in Japan in 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001 and 2002. Griffin provides health care to the Montana Pro Rodeo Circuit and is an avid hunter and fisherman. He lives in Bothell, Wash.

Rob Nodine
Position: Assistant Athletic Trainer
College Attended: University of Nevada-Las Vegas B.S.
Years in MLB: 4
Rob Nodine begins his fourth year with the Major League Medical Staff after spending 14 years in the Mariners minor league system. A Battle Mountain, Nevada native, Nodine began his baseball career as an Athletic Trainer for the Class A Riverside Pilots in 1993. He progressed to the Class AA Memphis Chicks in 1997, and was promoted to the Class AAA Tacoma Rainiers in 2001. He received the inagural Seattle Mariners Minor League Staff Member of the Year Award as well as the President’s Award for the Mariner’s in 2006. Recently Nodine was appointed to the PBATS Executive Board as the American League Asst. Athletic Trainer Representative. Nodine is a member of the NATA and the Southwest Athletic Trainers Association. Nodine lives in Peoria, Arizona with his wife, Jennifer, daughters, McKenna and Shelby.