Christopher "Mike" Jones

A native of New Augusta, MS, Christopher “Mike” Jones graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Education in 1997 from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. While an Athletic Training Student, Mike was the recipient of the UAB Inaugural Football Scholarship in 1993 and the Gene Bartow Undergraduate Academic Scholarship in 1996. He then went on to receive a Master of Arts in Health Education from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 1998 while serving as a Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer for the football and volleyball teams.
After leaving UAB, he went to the University of Cincinnati to work as an Assistant Athletic Trainer for the football team until 1999. He returned to UAB where he managed healthcare for the football team, working through the ranks, eventually becoming Associate Athletic Director and Head Athletic Trainer until 2016. Mike has served the Alabama Athletic Trainers’ Association in numerous capacities: Public Relations Chairman (1999-2004), Governmental Affairs Committee member (2000-2010), Vice-President (2003-2010). He has also served as Secretary (2011-2014), Vice Chairman (2014-2016), and Chairman (2016-2018) of the Alabama State Board of Athletic Training. From 2003 to 2006, Mike also served on the UAB National Alumni Society Board of Directors.
Since leaving the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Mike has served as the Executive Director of Safety 360, a non-profit company aimed at decreasing and preventing the number and severity of trauma and injuries in the active world we live in by developing equipment and standards and educating proper use through safety courses and fittings. Safety 360’s programs promote collaboration, research, education, and safety in the lives of children, teens, and adults across the world.
Mike has been recognized by the Alabama Athletic Trainers’ Association as the ALATA Service Award recipient in 2002, and the Award of Merit twice, in 2004 and 2008. He was a member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association, Southeastern Athletic Trainers’ Association, and College Athletic Trainers’ Society.
Mike and his wife Amy reside in Helena, AL with their pups Zeke “the Doberman” and Zane “the Great Dane.” They both have three children, Sydney Foshee (Birmingham), Kerrigan (Marietta, GA), and Mackenzie (Marietta, GA).