Bill Bean by his own admission, was an average athlete, but being an average athlete led to a 40 year plus career as an athletic trainer/physical therapist.  He started out at his local high school as a student athletic trainer in Rexburg, ID and then thanks to his head football coach talking the athletic trainer at Utah State he became a student athletic trainer at Utah State.  After fulfilling is ROTC obligations to the US Army in Monterey, CA.  Bill reunited with Dick Melhart at Washington State as an assistant athletic trainer.  His next job was with the Utah Stars with the ABA.  After the Stars folded he was offered a job by Arnie Ferrin AD at the University of Utah.  This kicked off a 32 year career with the Utes where he witnessed the evolution of college athletics and college athletic training.  Bill retired from the U in 2008 but still is consulting with the University of Utah Sports Medicine Clinic at an foot orthotics specialist.  He has been honored by the National Athletic Trainers' Association's Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer award in 2002, The Rocky Mountain Athletic Trainers' Association Hall of Fame in 2003, Utah Athletic Trainers' Association Hall of Fame in 2004,  Bill also was part of the sports medicine team for the 1980 Winter Olympics and 2002 Winter Olympics.  He resides in Salt Lake City with is wife Nancy, they have two sons, Brandon and Justin.