A veteran of almost three NBA decades, Roger Hinds joined the Knicks in July 2005 as Head Athletic Trainer and currently serving in an Emeritus Role in the organization. Roger is a Big Apple native and is just the sixth head trainer in the franchise’s 69-year history, joining Jim Nevins, Don Friederichs, Bill Norris, Danny Whelan and Mike Saunders. Roger served for eight years (1996-97 through 2003-04) as Head Athletic Trainer for the Dallas Mavericks. He joined the Mavs after four seasons (1992-93 through 1995-96) as Assistant Athletic Trainer and Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Atlanta Hawks, serving under longtime Hawks trainer Joe O’Toole. Hinds served as host athletic trainer for the East squad at the 2015 NBA All-Star Game at Madison Square Garden. Hinds is a Certified Athletic Trainer, a Performance Enhancement Specialist, and a Corrective Exercise Specialist.

In 1996, Roger served as Strength and Conditioning coach for the gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic Team in Atlanta. From 2001-2004, he served as President of the National Basketball Athletic Trainers’ Association Foundation. He received the Bill Chisolm Ethnic Diversity Award from the NATA in 2015. Roger’s interest in Athletic Training was sparked by a visit to Professor Chisolm at Brooklyn College as a sophomore.

Roger was a contributing author of two books: Total Fitness the NBA Way (Perennial Currents, 2000) and Condition the NBA Way (Cadell & Davies, 1994). He works with Alabama-based Nations of Coaches, a Christian-based organization created by former Alabama HS coach Tommy Kyle that helps to enhance coaches’ influence on young athletes both on and off the field. In the summers of 2010 and 2011, he traveled to Mexico City to help coordinate basketball clinics for the Eduardo Najera Foundation. In August 2009, he visited his birthplace for the first time in more than three decades and hosted a basketball training workshop for the Trinidad and Tobago Basketball Federation in Port of Spain, Trinidad. He addressed West Point Cadets at Fellowship of Christian Athletes meeting in September 2009 and enjoyed 12-year tenure at the College of Charleston prior to his NBA career. In 2010, Hinds co-hosted an online film-web program for the NBA/Taco Bell Light Menu Initiative, teaming with Brandon Jennings and Basketball Hall of Famer Bob McAdoo. Hinds served as his school’s head athletic trainer (1980-1990) and as well as director of sports medicine (1990-1992). He also served as an adjunct professor in the health, physical education and recreation department and as a strength and conditioning coach. In both 2009 and 2010, he served as a guest reader for pre-schoolers as part of City of Newark’s Head Start health awareness program for youth and parents. He was a guest speaker at the Magner Career Center on the campus of his alma mater, Brooklyn College.

In May 2018 Hinds was recognized as a distinguished alumnus by his alma mater, Brooklyn College, and was honored to address the graduates at the Commencement ceremonies at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

Hinds is an avid Knicks fan and was a member of Brooklyn Prep’s final graduating class of 1972. He earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in physical education from Brooklyn College in 1977 and his Master of Science Degree in physical education from Indiana State in 1978. Roger and his wife Carmen have four children: Jade, Aja, Andre, and Greg, as well as five grandchildren. The Hinds family resides in Prosper, Texas, and are active in local church activities.

Casey joined the staff of the New York Knicks as Vice President of Sports Medicine in the summer of 2024. Prior to his time in New York he served as Head Athletic Trainer (2004-2019) and VP of Player Health and Performance (2019-2023) for the Dallas Mavericks. Smith was a member of the sports medicine staff of the Phoenix Suns, where he was Head Strength and Conditioning Coach and Assistant Athletic Trainer from 2000-2004.

He is a graduate of West Virginia University with a Master’s of Science in athletic training, and he received his Bachelor’s Degree in exercise science from Arizona State University in 1992.

Smith has served as athletic trainer for the USA Men’s Senior National Basketball Team from 2005 through 2012, including the gold-medal-winning teams at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, 2010 FIBA Championships and 2012 London Olympics. Casey also served as a member of the United States Olympic medical staff as the athletic trainer for boxing at the 2004 Athens, Greece Olympics. Casey has served a variety of positions one the NBATA’s Executive Committee including Chairman from 2011-2013.

Casey became interested in athletic training while a student at Wellston High School in Wellston, Ohio where as a high school sophomore he successfully petitioned the school board to add a certified athletic trainer from the graduate program at nearby Ohio University. That addition was in the summer of 1985 and is a position that is still utilized at the school today.

Anthony celebrates more than two decades with the Knicks, and was promoted to his current role as Head Athletic Trainer in 2020. Anthony works in all areas of medical therapy/treatment, including individual work with players and physical therapy assignments, coordinates and implements individual players’ rehab and injury-prevention programs and is responsible for assisting players with acute injuries. He has served as an Athletic Trainer for Knicks’ Summer League squad since 2005 and was a member of the Athletic Training Staff for the 2015 NBA All-Star Game at Madison Garden.

Goenaga originally joined the Knicks in 1995-96 as an Athletic Training staff intern, then served as an Athletic Training room attendant prior to his promotion to a full-time Athletic Trainer position during the 2004-2005 season. He was then named Associate Athletic Trainer in 2012-13, and promoted to his current post in 2020-21.

Anthony’s NBA training career has spanned the globe. In the summers of 2008 and 2010, he served as an Athletic Trainer for the U.S. Olympic Select Team in Las Vegas. In the summer of 2009, he accompanied a contingent of NBA players and coaches on a league-sponsored goodwill tour of China. In the summer of 2012, he served as Athletic Trainer for NBA’s Basketball Without Borders trip to Moscow (served in a similar capacity for NBA’s BWB Brazilian trip to Sao Paulo in 2007), and also worked at the 2012 London Olympics. He worked with Carmelo Anthony at the 2012 London Olympics (Gold Medal) and 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics (Gold Medal) and at six consecutive NBA All-Star Games (2012-2017). He accompanied a contingent of NBA and WNBA players and coaches to a landmark NBA/FIBA basketball development camp in Cuba, in April 2015.

Anthony is a Certified Athletic Trainer, a Physical therapist, a Performance Enhancement Specialist, and a Corrective Exercise Specialist. He completed his Undergraduate work at Purchase College (Bachelor’s degree, Biology, 1997) and Graduate work at Long Island University (Bachelor’s degree, health science; Master’s degree in Physical Therapy, 2000) and Arcadia University (Doctorate in Physical Therapy, 2019). He became a Certified Athletic Trainer in 2002, completed level one training in Dry Needling Therapy in the summer of 2015, and has worked as a clinician in various physical therapy settings.

A Big Apple native, Anthony speaks fluent Spanish and lives in Thornwood, NY with his wife, Carolina, and their two sons, Aidan and Daniel.

Jonathan was born and raised in NYC and currently resides in Long Island with his wife Melissa, 3 month old daughter Lillie June and dog Penny.

Jonathan began his career at New York City Football Club working with the Academy, Second and First team in many capacities. He later joined the Nets organization as part of the G-League and NBA performance team. Jonathan has a strong interest in lumbopelvic rehabilitation while integrating pilates based movements. In addition to his manual skill sets, Jonathan utilizes sports science tools like kangatech, VALD products and motion capture systems.

Special interests include watching anything Disney/Star Wars related and enjoying a cup of coffee with his family.

Heather Mau was named the Senior Athletic Trainer for the New York Knicks in September 2024.

Prior to her arrival to the Knicks, she spent 5 seasons with the Dallas Mavericks as the Assistant Athletic Trainer (2019-2024). During her tenure there, she was apart of the back to back “Athletic Training Staff of the Year” award recipients during 2020-2022. In addition, Heather help establish, implement and was the care taker for the NBA’s 1st Emotional Support Animal, a Mini Bernedoodle named Bailey.
 
Prior to her stint with the Dallas Mavericks, Heather spent 3 seasons with the South Bay Lakers, the Los Angeles Lakers’ G-League affiliate, as their Head Athletic Trainer.
 
Before her time in the NBA, Heather spent 2 years at UC Riverside (2013-2015) and approximately one year at Cal State University, Northridge (2015-2016) where her main sport responsibilities were women’s soccer and softball at both institutions.
 
Before Mau began her career as an athletic trainer, she received her Master’s degree in Athletic Training from California Baptist University in 2013 and her undergraduate degree in Exercise Science from Adelphi University in 2011. Heather was also a student-athlete on the Women’s Volleyball team during her time at Adelphi University for 4 years.
 
Heather is originally from Honolulu, Hawaii and currently resides in Westchester County, NY.

Naoya was a Seasonal Assistant Athletic Trainer for the New York Knicks in 2022 and was named Assistant Athletic Trainer after the season. While working with the New York Knicks, he also helped the Westchester Knicks, G-League affiliate of the New York Knicks. Before joining the New York Knicks, he completed the NBA Summer League Internship with the Phoenix Suns in 2022. He graduated from Weber State University with a Master of Science in Athletic Training in 2022.

In addition to being a Certified Athletic Trainer, Naoya holds certification in Dry Needling through the American Academy of Manipulative Therapy, Corrective Exercise Specialist (CES) and a Performance Enhancement Specialist (PES) through the National Academy of Sports Medicine, and Graston M1 Training. Also, he attended a course with Orion Sports Medicine in Dayton, Ohio: An Integrated Approach to the Lumber Spine & Pelvis in Rehabilitation and Performance.

Naoya was born and raised in Toyama, Japan.