{"id":94545,"date":"2024-09-06T11:58:39","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T15:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=94545"},"modified":"2024-09-06T11:58:39","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T15:58:39","slug":"upstart-pacers-create-necessary-front-office-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/09\/06\/upstart-pacers-create-necessary-front-office-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Upstart Pacers Create Necessary Front Office Role"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Indiana Pacers have hired Dr. Jaimie Rubin into a newly-created position of Director of Sport Psychology and Team Wellness,\u201d per an official team announcement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Upstart Pacers Create Necessary Front Office Role<\/h2>\n

Rubin comes to the Pacers with an extensive background in sports psychology, helping collegiate and professional athletes alike. For the last five years, she\u2019s been the Assistant Director of Sports Psychology for the MLB\u2019s Minnesota Twins and the Head Sports Psychologist for the WNBA\u2019s Minnesota Lynx. With such an impressive resume, there\u2019s no doubt that she\u2019s prepared for her latest challenge.<\/p>\n

Dr. Rubin spent five years as a Sport Psychologist with Premier Sport Psychology, a private practice located in Minneapolis, MN, where she primarily served as the Assistant Director of Sport Psychology services for the Minnesota Twins and Head Sport Psychologist for the Minnesota Lynx. Dr. Rubin was responsible for developing and directing a multi-disciplinary team of mental health and mental performance providers tasked with designing and delivering integrated and comprehensive sport psychology services to players and staff.<\/p>\n

Prior to her time at Premier Sport Psychology, Dr. Rubin worked with student-athletes, teams, coaches, and staff at several Division I, II, and III institutions, including the University of Oklahoma, American International College, and Connecticut College. She also served as a counseling and mental training specialist for cadets at the United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA) and with the Collegiate Baseball League of Europe.<\/p>\n

Throughout her career, Dr. Rubin has spent time providing counseling and performance enhancement services \u2013 particularly to athletes throughout the injury and return to play process \u2013 in the Sport Injury and Recovery Rehabilitation Center at Springfield College, the Physical Therapy Unit at USCGA, and on the Rehab Team for the Minnesota Twins.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A point guard in high school and college, Rubin suffered multiple injuries throughout her athletic career. In that time, she became familiar with sports psychology by seeing one.<\/p>\n