Tim Taft - General Coach - University of North Carolina Athletics

Tim Taft

Title:
Team Orthopedic Physician
Email:
timothy_taft@med.unc.edu
Phone:
919-966-3655

Dr. Timothy Taft is the Senior Orthopaedic Surgeon at the University of North Carolina.

Taft, a native of St. Louis, Mo., received his B.A. degree from Princeton University in 1964 and his M.D. from the University of Missouri in 1969. He completed his residency in orthopaedic surgery at Carolina in 1974 and has been the orthopaedic surgeon for the Tar Heels since that time.

Taft is the Max Novich Distinguished Professor of Sports Medicine at the UNC Medical School. He has held numerous national leadership positions in sports medicine including serving on the Board of Directors for the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine and being an examiner for the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. He is on the sports medicine advisory committee for the NC Medical Society, the NC High School Athletic Association and Special Olympics North Carolina.

Taft was one of the team physicians for the 1979 U.S.A. Pan American Games Team, the 1980 U.S.A. Olympic Team and was head physician for the 1981 U.S.A. World University Games Team. He served as a staff physician for the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and was the medical director for the Special Olympic World Games in 1999. He has been the team physician for numerous U.S.A. national teams including the U.S.A. basketball teams which won the 1986 Men's and the 1990 Women's World Championships.

Taft and his wife, Judy, have two children, Todd and Becky. Becky is married to Aaron Fecher, and they have a son, Coby.