Virginia Tech has announced the hiring of Eddie Benion as Assistant Athletics Director, Sports Medicine, Men's Basketball.
At Virginia Tech, Benion will serve as the head athletic trainer for the men's basketball program. He will work closely with the Sports Medicine staff to assure the best possible care for the student-athletes.
"We are excited to have Eddie join our program," head coach Buzz Williams said. "With 20 years of Division I experience as the head trainer, Eddie comes to us with an outstanding reputation in the profession and is a proven leader in his field. His expertise with the needs of men's basketball student-athletes is well-known and he will be a great fit with our players and staff."
Benion joins the Virginia Tech staff following eight years as Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Medicine at VCU, where his primary duties were with men's basketball.
"I'm very happy to be joining the staff here at Virginia Tech, " Benion said. "Coach Williams has created a culture that is inviting and telling of the type of individual he is. He has been able to foster relationships with staff and players and it is that type of environment that I want to be a part of and I thrive in."
Prior to VCU, Benion spent six seasons as the head athletic trainer at Cleveland State University. He was responsible for all aspects of running the athletic training program, including the ordering and maintenance of supplies and equipment, coordinating preseason physicals and in-season medical care, filing athletic insurance claims and supervising the student athletic training program.
Before to his time with the Vikings, he spent six years as the head athletic trainer at Alabama A&M and a year as the head athletic trainer at East Lansing (Mich.) High School.
After graduating from the University of Missouri with a bachelor's degree in nutrition and physical fitness in 1995, he served as a graduate assistant with the athletic training staff at Michigan State for two years, working with the school's football, men's soccer and cheerleading teams and where he earned a graduate degree in kinesiology.
While an undergrad at Missouri, he worked as a student trainer for three years. He was responsible for coordinating the athletic training services for women's volleyball. He also he completed a pair of athletic training internships with the National Football League, working with the New York Giants preseason camp in 1994 and the for the Kansas City Chiefs in 1995.
He is certified athletic trainer by the National Athletic Trainer's Association, an organization that he has been a member of since 1993.
