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Steve Stricker
Head Athletic Trainer
Steve Stricker is in his third season with the Bobcats as head athletic trainer, where he monitors the
medical needs of the Bobcats players and also manages the team’s travel needs. Stricker brings over
20 years of experience to the Bobcats in a career that includes stops with the Washington Wizards,
University of Michigan, University of Texas-Arlington and Iowa State University.
Stricker began his career at his alma mater, Iowa State, where he served as both a student trainer and
assistant athletic trainer while earning his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. He went on to serve as head
athletic trainer at UT-Arlington from 1993-95 before moving on to Michigan, where he held the positions
of assistant athletic trainer and associate supervisor of athletic medicine. In 2001, Stricker joined the
Wizards, serving as the team’s athletic trainer for three seasons.
Most recently he served as marketing manager for team sports at Gatorade, handling all contracted
college and professional teams in the Central and Northeast regions of the United States.
Stricker is a Certified Athletic Trainer and is a member of the National Athletic Trainers Association. He
and his wife, Pam, have two children, Jonathan and Samantha.
Michael Irr
Strength & Conditioning Coach
Michael Irr enters his third season with the Bobcats as strength and conditioning coach, after spending
the previous two seasons as assistant strength and conditioning coach with the Chicago Bulls. Irr is
responsible for the strength, speed, power, conditioning and nutrition of Bobcats players and assists with
the rehabilitation of injuries.
Irr is a 2006 graduate of the University of Connecticut, where he majored in exercise science with a
concentration in strength and conditioning. While at UConn, he served as a student assistant in the
strength and conditioning department, assisting with teams including men’s and women’s basketball.
He also spent the summer of 2005 working in the strength and conditioning department at Holy Cross,
where he assisted both college and high school athletes. In addition, he was awarded a scholarship for
being the top strength and conditioning student in his class upon his graduation from UConn.
Irr is a member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association and a Certified Strength and
Conditioning Specialist.
Dennis Williams
Assistant Athletic Trainer
Dennis Williams is in his fifth season as the Bobcats’ assistant athletic trainer, where he assists with the
team’s medical needs.
Prior to joining the Bobcats in July of 2006, Williams spent four years as athletic trainer for the men’s
basketball and cheerleading teams at the University of South Carolina. Before that, he served as head
athletic trainer for the Greenville Groove during the inaugural 2001-02 season of the NBA Development
League. He also spent time at the collegiate level as the head athletic trainer for North Greenville College
in South Carolina and assistant athletic trainer at North Carolina A&T.
Williams is a Certified Athletic Trainer and Performance Enhancement Specialist and Corrective Exercise
Specialist. He holds membership with the National Athletic Trainers Association, the National Basketball
Athletic Trainers Association, the National Academy of Sports Medicine, and the National Strength and
Conditioning Association.
Williams received a Bachelor’s degree in science in physical education from the University of South
Carolina in 1995 and a Masters from Furman University in 1999. He and his wife, Dana, have one son,
Robert Floyd Williams.
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