{"id":267047,"date":"2026-05-11T19:53:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T19:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/267047\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T19:53:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T19:53:07","slug":"north-florida-athletics-names-mayo-clinic-official-healthcare-provider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/267047\/","title":{"rendered":"North Florida Athletics Names Mayo Clinic Official Healthcare Provider"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013\u00a0University of North Florida Athletics announced a transformational collaboration with Mayo Clinic to be its Official Healthcare Provider on Monday.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe sponsorship will enhance\u00a0medical care, resources and health services for North Florida student-athletes, while strengthening the long-standing connection between North Florida and one of the nation&#8217;s leading healthcare institutions.\u00a0The collaboration will offer North Florida world-class clinical services and medical coverage for its coaches and student-athletes.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThrough the sponsorship, North Florida student-athletes will benefit from Mayo Clinic&#8217;s expertise \u2013\u00a0ranging from weekly on-site clinics within our North Florida Athletic Training facilities to comprehensive medical coverage at home competitions.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n&#8220;With Mayo Clinic as the Official Healthcare Provider of North Florida Athletics, our student-athletes and staff will benefit from on-site clinical services and access to Mayo Clinic&#8217;s sports medicine and orthopedic care,&#8221; Senior Associate Athletic Director\/Chief Medical Officer Fred Burnett said. &#8220;Dr. Kristina DeMatas serves as Head Team Physician, and Dr. Matthew Crowe leads orthopedic care. Through weekly on-site clinics in the North Florida Athletic Training Facility, comprehensive event coverage for home competitions, and direct access to Mayo Clinic&#8217;s world-class network for advanced evaluations, diagnostics, and procedures, our student-athletes are supported at every stage of their career.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n&#8220;We are incredibly proud to collaborate with Mayo Clinic as the Official Healthcare Provider of North Florida Athletics,&#8221;\u00a0Vice President of Intercollegiate Athletics <a href=\"https:\/\/unfospreys.com\/staff-directory\/nick-morrow\/170\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"170\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Morrow<\/a> added. &#8220;This collaboration brings Mayo Clinic&#8217;s clinical expertise to our student-athletes.\u00a0Mayo Clinic&#8217;s world-class expertise will significantly enhance the care we provide our student-athletes, while reinforcing our collective focus on health, performance and long-term well-being.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mayo Clinic signage and recognition will appear at North Florida Athletics venues and on its digital platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013\u00a0University of North Florida Athletics announced a transformational collaboration with Mayo Clinic to be its Official&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":267048,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-267047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}