Larry Venis joined the Boston
University staff in 1994. Venis began his athletic training
career after receiving his Bachelor's of Science degree in Physical
Education with a concentration in Sports Medicine from the University
of Massachusetts at Boston.
A native of South Boston,
his initial positions were with Parkway Orthopedics and Sports
Medicine, Inc. and at Dedham High School, where he served as
head athletic trainer. He remained at Dedham for the 1986-87
school year, and then moved to Framingham State College where
he worked for a year.
Venis returned to his alma
mater in 1988 and continued there until 1994 when he was named
to the Boston University staff.
He has had considerable
experience working in hockey, having served as the medical coordinator
and athletic trainer for the New England Pro-Am Hockey League
form 1986-92, as the medical liason for the 1990 World Select
16 Hockey Tournament and as the athletic trainer for the USA
Hockey Player Development Program in 1988.
Venis' other athletic training
positions have been with the Boston Marathon from 1986-present,
the NCAA's National Youth Sports Program from 1987-94 and the
Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid during the summer of
1996.
Venis and his wife, the
former Ellen Norton live in Dorchester with their daughter,
Jessica and twins, Nathanial and Abigail.
