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""David Craig, ATC""

On June 20, 2005 athletic trainer David Craig moved to the front office as assistant to the president, specializing in the medical aspects of the franchise. Craig reported directly to Pacers CEO/President Donnie Walsh and President of Basketball Larry Bird.

Craig, the team’s trainer for the last 35 years.

Craig was the 2003 winner of the Joe O’Toole NBA Athletic Trainer of the Year award; a 1995 inductee into the Indiana Athletic Trainers Association Hall of Fame as well as that organization’s Trainer of the Year winner in 1993; 2001 winner of the Distinguished Trainer Award from the National Athletic Trainers Association; a two-time NBA All-Star trainer and in 2004 served as a trainer for the U.S. Olympic basketball team.