FAIRMONT, WV (LOOTPRESS) – Longtime Fairmont State University administrator and head athletic trainer Robert Cable has announced his retirement following the 2022-23 academic year.
Cable is currently in his 32nd year at Fairmont State and currently serves as Senior Associate Director of Athletics for Sports Medicine & Game Day Management.
“When I came to Fairmont as the athletic director in the fall of 2020, Bob was one of the few people I remembered from my previous experience at Glenville State in the early 2000s,” said Fairmont State Director of Athletics Greg Bamberger. “The knowledge and experience he had accumulated during his entire career helped greatly in my transition.”
Cable, a well-respected leader in the athletic training community both regionally and nationally, was inducted into the West Virginia Athletic Trainers’ Association Hall of Fame in April 2022 as he was presented the crystal trophy that honored his dedication and achievement in athletic training.
Five years earlier, Cable was also inducted into the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Trainers’ Association (MAATA) Hall of Fame in May of 2018. The achievement celebrated his service to Fairmont State University, the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA), and MAATA.
Cable has also been named the co-Athletic Trainer of the Year by the West Virginia Athletic Trainers Association (WVATA).
The WVATA Athletic Trainer of the Year Award recognizes Cable’s exemplary accomplishments in helping lead Fairmont State University through the challenges presented by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Cable and his staff led the way at Fairmont State as well as at the conference level in dealing with the crisis, successfully developing and implementing numerous protocols and procedures to meet the safe competition guidelines established by the NCAA and the Mountain East Conference.
Cable’s 30-plus year tenure at Fairmont State has included many board and leadership positions within the Athletic Training community both regionally and nationally. Cable is very active within WVATA, MAATA, and NATA.
Before coming to Fairmont State, Cable was the head athletic trainer, head women’s softball coach, and assistant women’s basketball coach at West Virginia Wesleyan College. His softball team made the school’s first trip to the NAIA National Softball Championship Tournament in his final season.
