ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Hawks Basketball Club has made hires to its Athletic Performance Team, it was announced today by President of Basketball Operations/Head Coach Mike Budenholzer. Keke (kay-kay) Lyles has been named Executive Director of Player Performance, Art Horne Head Athletic Trainer, Mike Roncarati Director of Rehabilitation and Chris Chase Athletic Performance Coach. They join Assistant Athletic Trainer Scottie Parker on the staff.
“The health and well-being of our players are a critical component of our ability to succeed,” Budenholzer said. “Our Athletic Performance Team has a wealth of experience working with high-level athletes in injury prevention, treatment and development that will serve us well and keep us strong over the course of a long season.”
Lyles will be responsible for overseeing and directing the Athletic Performance Team, and developing personal health and performance plans for each of the players. He spent the past two years with the Golden State Warriors, serving as Director of Athletic Performance/Assistant Coach. Lyles joined the Warriors from the Minnesota Timberwolves, where he was the club’s Strength and Conditioning Coach. He also spent a season with the Indiana Pacers as an Assistant Strength Coach and completed an internship with the Boston Celtics. A native of Redlands, CA, Lyles received his Bachelor’s Degree in Rehabilitation Science and his Doctorate of Physical Therapy from Northeastern University.
Horne comes to the Hawks from Northeastern University, where he was Director of Sports Performance, with oversight of the development and care of all varsity student-athletes, while serving as the Athletic Trainer and Strength and Conditioning Coach for the men’s basketball team. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Athletic Training and Physical Education with a teacher education certification from Canisius, and also holds a Master’s Degree in Education from Boston University.
Roncarati served as the Golden State Warriors’ Strength and Conditioning Coach the last two seasons, working previously as a physical therapist and strength and conditioning coach in his home state of Rhode Island. He graduated from Northeastern University with a Doctor of Physical Therapy, working with the athletic training and strength and conditioning staffs of the school’s basketball and baseball teams. A native of Cumberland, RI, Roncarati is a credentialed Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association.
Chase was most recently with the University of Southern California, where he was an Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach. He has previously served as an Assistant Strength Coach at the University of Rhode Island, Springfield College in Massachusetts and American International College in Massachusetts. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Exercise Science from The University of Connecticut and a Master’s Degree in Strength and Conditioning from Springfield College.
Parker is in his second season in Atlanta. He came to the Hawks from Fusionetics Sports Science, and was previously with the Seattle Seahawks, where he was part of the training staff for the 2014 Super Bowl champions. He also has experience with the Portland Trail Blazers and Ontario Warriors arena league football team. A Certified Athletic Trainer by the National Athletic Trainers Association, and a Performance Enhancement Specialist as well as Corrective Exercise Specialist by the National Academy of Sports Medicine, Parker graduated from University of Northwestern (St. Paul, MN) with a Bachelor’s Degree in Kinesiology and a minor in Coaching. He earned his Master’s Degree from California Baptist University in Riverside, CA in Athletic Training.