In his fourth campaign as head athletic trainer for the Clippers, Jasen Powell has brought with him a great deal of experience and is a familiar face in the organization.

Powell was in his fourth year with the San Francisco 49ers as an assistant trainer when he made the move back to Los Angeles prior to the 1999-00 season. He had spent the 1994-95 season with the Clippers as an assistant trainer, after spending three seasons as a student trainer at Cal Poly Pomona. Powell’s previous experience also includes an internship with the Atlanta Falcons in their 1995 training camp.

Powell was a student-athlete, lettering three seasons as a point guard on the Cal Poly Pomona basketball team after transferring from San Diego State. He graduated from Cal Poly Pomona with a BA in Kinesiology and Health Promotion in 1995. In 1997, he created the Jasen Powell Health Promotion Scholarship. The personally funded scholarship is available to college-bound students in the Oakland Unified School District who are interested in the field of health care. He is currently the Western Conference representative for the National Basketball Trainers Association.

A native of Oakland, California, Powell attended Bishop O’Dowd High, where he was an All-Northern California selection in basketball and competed against current NBA stars Jason Kidd (New Jersey) and Lamond Murray (Cleveland).