Innovations in Athletic Training Speaker Series: Think Excellence. Develop Champions.

Think Excellence. Develop Champions.
Lessons in Leadership, Athletic Training & Sports Medicine

You are invited to join faculty, staff, students, and friends of UNCW’s College of Health & Human Services for the 2026 Innovations in Athletic Training Speaker Series, featuring Murphy Grant, athletic trainer, sports medicine leader, and owner of Grant Sports Performance and Therapy.

With more than 28 years of experience across professional and collegiate athletics, Grant will share perspectives shaped by a career spanning direct patient care, sports medicine administration, athletic performance, and organizational leadership. His experience includes work within the NBA and NCAA Division I athletics, along with consulting and education focused on athlete health and safety, leadership development, organizational structure, strategic planning, and sports medicine program review.

Thursday, October 22, 2026 | UNCW Discovery Hall

5:30–6 p.m. | Meet & Greet with Murphy Grant
6–7 p.m. | Featured Talk

About the speaker:

Murphy Grant has spent more than 28 years working in professional and collegiate sports medicine. He has served as an athletic trainer with the Cleveland Cavaliers and Utah Jazz and previously held leadership roles at Wake Forest University, the University of Kansas, and Oklahoma State University.

Throughout his career, Grant has helped advance models of care in collegiate athletics while providing leadership across sports medicine, sports performance, sports psychology, and sports nutrition. His work has also included consulting and education with professional sports organizations, universities, health care organizations, and military professionals.

Grant is the founder and owner of Grant Sports Performance and Therapy, LLC, where he provides rehabilitation and performance services as well as consulting in program assessment, organizational structure, medical policies and procedures, and strategic planning. He has served on numerous national and collegiate sports medicine boards and committees and currently chairs the National Athletic Trainers’ Association Compensation Task Force.

Grant was recognized with the NATA Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award in 2023 and was named the State of Kansas Athletic Trainer of the Year in 2014.

1.5 BOC CEUs are available.

Questions? Please email msat@uncw.edu. 

The Innovations in Athletic Training Speaker Series is generously sponsored by Drs. Rock and Emma Vomer of Avance Care.