Athletic trainer, Lindsy McLean worked as a student trainer at Vanderbilt then was head trainer at 3 colleges, Santa Barbara, San Jose, Michigan then worked for the 49ers in the NFL for 24 years.
McLean's college career began as a student athletic trainer at Vanderbilt University in 1956. J. Lindsy McLean was an athletic trainer for college and professional American football teams for nearly 50 years. In 1963, he was the head athletic trainer and director of physical therapy at the University of California Santa Barbara from 1963 to 1965. Next, in 1965, he was named the head athletic trainer and assistant professor at San Jose State College. Lastly, he was the head athletic trainer at the University of Michigan for eleven years from 1968 to 1979. In 1979, he moved to professional sports and became the head athletic trainer for the San Francisco 49ers, a position he held for 24 years. 
