Jason Besse is in his 10th year as an athletic trainer at MIT in 2025-26.
Besse came to MIT from Keene State College, where he worked as an athletic trainer from 2013-16. During his three years at Keene State, he worked primarily with the men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s basketball, baseball, and softball teams. Besse worked as a preceptor for the Keene State Athletic Training Program and also served as an adjunct instructor in athletic training, teaching Clinical Examination Strategies I. He also assisted with the transition and implementation of the SportsWare Electronic Medical Record System.
Prior to Keene State, Besse was a graduate assistant athletic trainer at Boston University and worked with the 2011-12 wrestling team and the 2012-13 club hockey and cheerleading teams. Overall, the athletic training department at BU provided medical care for 23 NCAA Division I varsity teams, 32 collegiate club teams and two high schools. Besse also assisted the medical director at a weekly clinic in Student Health Services and was a preceptor for the Boston University Athletic Training Program.
Besse's other experience includes serving as a member of the medical staff and later as the medical director at the Keene State College Soccer Camps from 2014-19. In this role, he was promoted to medical director in 2016 and supervised a staff of four certified athletic trainers that serviced over 400 athletes at the two-week overnight camps. In addition, Besse worked as an athletic trainer at the New England Revolution Academy in Foxboro, Mass. and is an active medical volunteer at athletic events throughout New England. Besse has also served on the Athletic Trainers of Massachusetts Young Professionals Committee.
A 2011 graduate of Messiah College, Besse earned his bachelor of arts degree in athletic training and later earned his Master's of Education in physical education from Boston University in 2013.
