Phoenix Suns 2010-11 Media Guide - NBA Media Central

Mike Elliott
Strength and Conditioning Coach/Assistant Athletic Trainer
Beginning his eighth season as a member of the Suns’ athletic training staff, Mike Elliott
this season enters his second campaign as the club’s head strength and conditioning
coach/assistant athletic trainer. In his role, he is responsible for all aspects of player
strength and conditioning and assists Nelson with daily recognition, care and treatment
of team-related medical issues.
Elliott, who joined the Suns full-time in 2003-04 as assistant athletic trainer, accepted
a position as the lead strength and conditioning coach for the British Men’s National Team in 2010 as the team
trains for the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
Elliott is a certified athletic trainer, performance enhancement specialist (PES) and corrective exercise specialist
(CES) from the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM). He received his Master of Science in performance
enhancement and injury prevention from California University at Pennsylvania in 2005 and did his undergraduate
work in exercise science at Arizona State University where he was in the athletic training program under Perry
Edinger and former Suns strength coach/assistant athletic trainer and current Dallas Mavericks Head Athletic Trainer
Casey Smith.
The Phoenix native is a 1997 graduate of Brophy College Preparatory.
John Treloar
Director of Player Personnel
John Treloar joins the Suns as director of basketball operations after being named to
the post on Sept. 15, 2010. In his new role, Treloar will assist President of Basketball
Operations Lon Babby and General Manager Lance Blanks in personnel decisions and will
lead the club’s draft scouting process.
Before joining the Suns, Treloar, 53, spent the last two seasons as the head coach of
the NBA Development League’s Erie BayHawks, an affiliate of the Cleveland Cavaliers and
Toronto Raptors, where he was also responsible for all personnel decisions. Treloar joined the expansion franchise
in 2008, and both assembled the squad and led it to a playoff berth in club’s inaugural season.
A 30-year veteran of basketball as both a coach and general manager, Treloar’s head coaching experience at
the professional level was established over eight seasons in the CBA with the Wichita Falls Texans (1990-94),
Chicago Rockers (1994-95) and Connecticut Pride (1996-97). His teams made seven playoff appearances in eight
seasons and in 1991 Treloar became just the second coach in league history to win a championship in his first
season on the bench. While in the CBA, Treloar competed against coaches like George Karl, Flip Saunders, Eric
Musselman and Terry Stotts, all of whom eventually became NBA head coaches. Prior to becoming a coach, Treloar
served as general manager for both the Mississippi Jets (1987-88) and Texans (1988-89).
Treloar enjoyed success as an assistant coach at Louisiana State University (2004-08) and Indiana University
(1997-2004) under Bob Knight and Mike Davis, helping to guide the Hoosiers to six NCAA Tournament appearances
and the 2002 Final Four.
A native of Clinton, Miss., Treloar and wife, Debra, have two children, Taylor and Trey. He earned a bachelor’s
degree in business administration from Bellhaven College and a master’s degree in behavioral studies from the
University of Alabama.
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