Central Michigan University has supported athletic training education since 1972. An athletic training minor was approved by the university academic senate in January 1973 and first appeared in the 1973-1974 university bulletin. The Board of Directors of the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA) approved this education program on July 23, 1973 leading the way to a long tradition of preparing students to become certified athletic trainers (ATC).

As the athletic training profession transformed from a trade to a profession, and curricula and accreditation evolved in the 70's and 80's, so did the education program at CMU. In 1979, the faculty and staff at CMU supported the NATA Professional Education Committee (PEC) resolution to develop athletic training education programs as academic majors and formulated a 64-hour sports medicine major. As published in the 1981-82 bulletin, CMU was proud to offer students the choice of either a major, known then as the Sports Medicine major, or an athletic training minor, as programs of study to achieve national certification. In the spring of 1984, the NATA PEC evaluation team conducted a comprehensive on-site visit. CMU's undergraduate sports medicine major (leading to athletic training certification) was the first program in the country evaluated, by the PEC, as an undergraduate academic major. On June 12, 1984, the NATA Board of Directors continued its approval of CMU's athletic training education programs. Since 1984, many curriculum revisions and accreditation visits have taken place, maintaining the strong tradition of education. Each visit resulted in continuing approval or accreditation of CMU's athletic education programs. The athletic training minor was eliminated in 1989, so faculty and staff could focus its resources and energy on the advancement of the athletic training/sports medicine major for the preparation of entry-level certified athletic trainers. Today, CMU offers a 80-hour Athletic Training/Sports Medicine major.

The athletic training program's most recent on-site evaluation occurred in the spring of 2006. On July 24, 2006 the Commission of Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE) awarded CMU's program continuing accreditation with the next comprehensive evaluation scheduled to occur during the 2012-2013 academic year. The Athletic Training Education Program faculty, staff and clinical instructors, as well as the CMU administration, remain committed to excellence for delivering an athletic training program that exceeds the Standards for the Accreditation of Entry-Level Athletic Training Education Programs adopted by CAATE. Over the last several years, the students admitted into the program have a graduation rate of 97%.  Of those that graduated, nearly 95% have passed the BOC national certification exam, and the placement percentage has been 100%. Graduates, from the CMU athletic training program, work throughout the country in hospitals, clinics, industry, and corporate facilities, as well as in high school, collegiate and professional sports.

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