Stephen Spiro was named Head Athletic Trainer of the Cleveland Cavaliers in August 2013. In his role, he is responsible for the prevention, care and rehabilitation of injuries, along with the rest of the Cavaliers Performance Team. Spiro works to coordinate all athletic training services for Cavaliers’ players and organizes medical care along with team physicians and support staff. Spiro also served as an athletic trainer in the first Basketball Without Borders Camp in Angola in the summer of 2016 at Pavilhao Multiusos do Kilamba in Luanda.

Spiro joined the Cavs as assistant athletic trainer in September 2010. Prior to joining the Cavs, he spent six years as an assistant athletic trainer at Temple University serving as the primary athletic trainer for the men’s basketball program. He worked with Basketball Hall of Fame Head Coach John Chaney and was apart of three Atlantic 10 Conference Championships under Head Coach Fran Dunphy.

Upon graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology from Temple University in 2002, the Onset, Mass. native enrolled in the master’s program at the University of Miami (FL). While at Miami, he served as a graduate assistant athletic trainer with the women’s volleyball team and also worked with the Hurricane football team. He was a part of the Hurricanes Sports Medicine staff for the 2003 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Championship.

After earning his Master’s Degree in Sports Medicine from Miami (’04), Spiro joined the staff of the Pawtucket Red Sox as an assistant athletic trainer during the 2004 season.

Spiro is a certified member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) and the Ohio Athletic Trainers’ Association (OATA), along with being a performance enhancement specialist and corrective exercise specialist through the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM).

Spiro resides in Rocky River with his wife, Abbey, daughters Mary and Caroline.

Alberto Padilla joined NBATA in August of 2018 as an athletic trainer for the Cleveland Cavaliers and was promoted to Associate Head Athletic Trainer in 2022. Padilla has a broad background in athletic training and rehabilitation that enhances the Cavaliers player care. Padilla assists injury mitigation, evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation. He draws on his experiences and training as a licensed athletic trainer.

Padilla earned his BS in Economics from the Pennsylvania State University as well as a BS in athletic training at Temple University. He went on to earn his MS degree in exercise science from California University of Pennsylvania in 2014. Padilla is a 15-year veteran of the United States Marine Corps, where he reached the rank of Captain and served as a communications officer.

Kevin Kamlowsky was named Assistant Athletic Trainer for the Cleveland Cavaliers in August 2022. In his role, he supports the performance staff and plays an important part in the Cavaliers rehabilitation team.

Kamlowsky joined the Cavs organization in October 2018 where he spent 4 years as the Head Athletic Trainer for the Charge, the Cavaliers G-League team. During that time, he helped transition the team from Canton to Cleveland and took part in the inaugural season for the Cleveland Charge.

Prior to joining the Cavs, Kevin started his career in athletic training at Case Western University, where he spent 2 years as an Assistant Athletic Trainer. In addition to overseeing Men’s and Women's Soccer, Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving, Wrestling and Baseball, he also instructed Kinesiology. Kamlowsky’s next 4 years were spent as an assistant athletic trainer at Kent State University, serving as the primary athletic trainer for the men’s basketball program. During his time at KSU, the Golden Flashes won the MAC East regular season division title in 2015, the MAC tournament championship in 2017, and had their first NCAA tournament appearance in nine years.

Kamlowsky received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Akron in 2009 and went on to earn his master’s degree from Defiance College in 2011. During his time in grad school, he interned with the Tri-City Dust Devils, the short season single A affiliate with the Colorado Rockies. After finishing his master’s degree, he went on to intern at Central Michigan University where he served as the primary athletic trainer for the Chippewas baseball team.

A Northeast Ohio native, Kevin resides in Silver Lake with his wife, Amanda, and son, Koen

Murphy Grant has been an athletic trainer for over 25 years and has been recognized as a leader in the sports medicine space. Grant has continued to stay on the forefront of collegiate sports medicine and COVID policy development. Murphy’s knowledge base in injury prevention, sports performance, and rehabilitation has kept him on the cutting edge of the health care being provided in both the professional athletics and collegiate settings. Through this leadership and commitment to the profession, Grant was named Executive Chair of the Intercollegiate Council for Sports Medicine in January of 2017.
Murphy Grant is an athletic trainer with the Cleveland Cavaliers, after spending a previous season with the Utah Jazz. Grant spent two years at Wake Forest University where he was the Senior Associate Athletic Director for Sports Performance and Health Care Administrator. Grant responsibilities were to provide supervision and administrative oversight to the Sports Performance Team (Sports Medicine, Sports Psychology, Sports Nutrition, and Sports Performance). Ensure that all Wake Forest student-athletes and activities are following NCAA policies, practices and guidelines relating to student-athlete health and safety. Oversee athletics health care administration and delivery within the Sports Performance Team and serve as the designated Athletics Healthcare Administrator.
Grant's move to collegiate administration has showed his commitment to the models of care in collegiate athletics. Where athletic trainers, sports performance coaches, sport dieticians report to a medical professional administratively in this setting. In addition to his athletic training work, Grant vast knowledge of sports performance and aquatics has allowed him to travel all over the world educating some of the top sports medicine and sports performance professionals on the care and performance of their athletes and patients. Grant has worked with programs such as the television show The Biggest Loser, the Chelsea Football Club, Manchester United, Manchester City, Tottenham, and West Brom of the English Premier League and also Major League Baseball’s Washington Nationals, Navy SEALs, and several Orthopedic and Physical Therapy clinics around the country. With his vast knowledge of aquatic therapy, he has been a lecturer at several aquatic based seminars. Grant is also responsible for a section in the book The Use of Aquatics in Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Rehabilitation and Physical Conditioning.
- Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award Recipient (NATA) 2023
- Quincy University Sports Hall of Fame (Football) 2021
- Quincy University Sports Hall of Fame (Team – Football) 2018
- Awarded the Athletic Trainer of the Year Award – State of Kansas

Grant attended Quincy (Ill.) University, where he was a member of the football team from 1992-96. He was a part of the first ever athletic training class where he earned a degree in athletic training in 1997. Murphy then went to Illinois State, where he served as a graduate assistant in the athletic training department while earning his master’s degree in exercise science in 1999.
Murphy Grant sought out and completed his Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) certification (currently non renewed) when he was hired in a dual role at Oklahoma State University as the athletic trainer and strength and conditioning coach for men’s basketball. Grant continued to seek further knowledge by obtaining two certifications through the National Academy of Sports Medicine: Performance Enhancement Specialist (PES) and Corrective Exercises Specialist (CES). DBC (Level 1 Performance Certification).
He has served on numerous boards including the Atlantic Coast Conference Medical Advisory Group, NCAA Medical Advisory Board, Summer Search, Aegis Science Sports Advisory Board, AdvoCare International Sports Advisory Council. Murphy is the current chair of the NATA’s Compensation Task Force, and also chaired the NATA’s Intercollegiate Council for Sports Medicine, the Big 12 Medical Aspect of Sport Board, and the NATA’s Ethnic Diversity Advisory Council.
In 2017, Murphy founded Grant Sports Performance and Therapy, LLC, which provides one-on-one and group rehabilitation and performance sessions for clients. In addition, his 23 years of collegiate leadership and experience provide consulting services to colleges and universities, professional teams for sport program assessment, organizational structure review, medical policy and procedure reviews, and strategic planning for athletic departments. Murphy is an international speaker on leadership in sport, health and safety, and conducts workshops and webinars on rehabilitation techniques for physicians, athletic trainers, physical therapists, and sport performance coaches.
His family includes wife Amy, sons Jackson and Gavin.