May 2026 Virtual Lunchtime Lecture

Join us for our May 2026 Virtual Lunchtime Lecture with Brian Farr from the College of Education.

Join us for our May 2026 Virtual Lunchtime Lecture - “The New Playbook on Concussions”

Concussions have moved from the sidelines to the center of the national conversation — reshaping how athletes train, compete, and recover. But despite growing awareness, many questions remain.

In our May Lunchtime Lecture, Professor Brian Farr explores how our understanding of sport-related concussions has shifted over time—from early myths to today’s cutting-edge research—and what breakthroughs may be on the horizon. With insight grounded in science but relevant to anyone who loves sports, this talk examines what’s changed, what hasn’t, and why the future of athlete safety is still being written.

Texas Exes, a non-profit organization, is excited to bring our virtual Lunchtime Lectures to you free of charge. If you can, please consider making a donation when registering to help us continue to engage alumni and students across the globe.

Meet the Guest Speaker: Brian Farr

Director, Athletic Training Program

Clinical Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, College of Education

Brian Farr has been the director of the Athletic Training Program since its inception in 2002. He was instrumental in creating the ATP and has led the program through its initial JRC-AT candidacy (2002), CAAHEP accreditation (2006), transition to CAATE accreditation (2006), and CAATE re-accreditation (2011). He received a Teaching Excellence Award in 2012 and 2022, was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2013, named Clinical Associate Professor in 2018, and promoted to Clinical Professor in 2023. He received the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) Athletic Trainer Service Award in 2016, the NATA's Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award in 2019, the Southwest Athletic Trainers' Association Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award in 2019, and was inducted to the Texas State Athletic Trainers' Association Hall of Honor in 2022. He is the co-director and co-founder of the Longhorns Sports Medicine Camp and director and founder of the Longhorns Lecture Series for Continuing Education, a professional CEU program for area healthcare professionals. He has delivered more than two dozen professional presentations on a variety of sports medicine topics at the local, state, district and national levels. He was lead author on a chapter in Clinical Orthopedic Rehabilitation - An Evidence-Based Approach, 3rd ed and Clinical Orthopedic Rehabilitation - A Team Approach, 4th ed, and co-authored peer-reviewed, published articles in professional journals.

Prior to his faculty position, Farr spent three seasons as the athletic trainer for the Longhorn Men's Basketball team. In addition to tending to the basketball team, he assisted with medical care for UT's football and cheer and pom student-athletes, coordinated the athletic training student internship program, coordinated the educational in-service program, and taught for the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education.

Farr came to UT by way of Oklahoma State University where he served as assistant coordinator of Sports Medicine working with the Cowboys Men's Basketball and Football teams. He served as an adjunct clinical assistant professor in OSU's College of Education, where he taught athletic training courses. Farr also coordinated OSU's staff in-service educational series and assisted in the clinical education of OSU's athletic training students.

Farr also spent one year as the head athletic trainer for the Columbus Chill, a minor league professional ice hockey team; one season as the assistant athletic trainer with the World League of American Football's (NFL Europe) Scottish Claymores; and as an intern athletic trainer at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, NY. Farr was named to the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee Sports Medicine Staff for the 2011 Para Pan-Am Games in Mexico and the 2019 Games in Peru. He also served as the athletic trainer with USA Sitting Volleyball at the 2023 Pan-Am Zonal Championships in Canada, 2022 World Championships in Bosnia, 2012 WOVD International Cup in Cairo, Egypt, the World Super 6 Tournament in Tabriz, Iran, and a number of international and national tournaments and training camps.

Farr earned his B.S. in Physical Education and Exercise Science from Michigan State University in 1993. He completed a two-year graduate assistantship and his M.A. in Health, Physical Education, and Recreation from Ohio State University in 1996.

Farr is a nationally certified athletic trainer (ATC), a state licensed athletic trainer (LAT) and a nationally certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS).

Our virtual Lunchtime Lectures are hosted on Zoom. The Zoom link will be included in your Eventbrite confirmation email and resent to all registered attendees the week of the lecture.

Registration will close at midnight on Sunday, May 3.