Columbia University Athletics

Jumpei Harada joined the Columbia training staff in July 2007 as an assistant athletic trainer and was promoted to associate athletic trainer and head of rehabilitation in 2021. He is the head trainer for the Lions football program and also works with the men's and women's golf programs.
 
Harada came to Morningside Heights from Penn State University, where he served as an assistant athletic trainer, working with the football squad for three years (2004-07). During this tenure, the Nittany Lions appeared in two bowl games including the FedEx Orange Bowl and Outback Bowl.
 
Previously, Harada also worked as an athletic training intern with the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2004 and as a graduate assistant athletic trainer at the University of Florida for two years.
 
From 2001-02, he served as the head athletic trainer for Japan's Women's National FID Basketball team, which participated in the World FID Basketball Tournament in Portugal.
 
Harada graduated from the University of Alabama in 2000 with a bachelor's degree in human environmental science with an athletic training certification. In 2004, Harada earned a master's degree in health and human performance with a focus in athletic training and sports medicine from the University of Florida.