Stan Van Gundy hires Jon Ishop, Anthony Harvey to round out restructured medical staff

A couple hires by the Pistons that we overlooked yesterday were the hires of Jon Ishop as Director of Sports Medicine and Anthony Harvey as strength & conditioning coach. They round out a restructured medical staff which includes long-time Pistons Arnie Kander and Mike Abdenour.

Here's the write-up on the two from the Pistons' official press release on Thursday:

Ishop comes to the Pistons from the New Orleans Pelicans where he spent the last four seasons as director of sports medicine/head athletic trainer. With the Pelicans, Ishop oversaw healthcare, prevention and rehabilitation of injuries and daily training room operations. Prior to the Pelicans, Ishop served as an assistant athletic trainer with the NFL's Houston Texans for eight seasons. A certified athletic trainer, he is also a National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) Performance Enhancement Specialist, Graston Technique Certified, a kinesiotape practitioner and a licensed massage therapist. Ishop received his Bachelor of Science degree in kinesiology from the University of Texas at Austin and his master's degree in sports administration from the University of Houston.

Harvey spent the last two seasons as an assistant strength and conditioning coach with the Orlando Magic. Previously, he worked at Florida A&M University from 2005-12 serving as a senior personal trainer, interim director of strength and conditioning and finally as an assistant strength and conditioning coach. Harvey earned his BS in Health Science Pre-Physical Therapy at Florida A&M.

Van Gundy on Ishop's newly created role:

Van Gundy described the newly created director of sports medicine position, to be filled by Jon Ishop who held the job with New Orleans most recently, like this: "It'll be an athletic trainer, so they'll have the diagnostic element, dealing with injuries, diagnosing injuries. It's all the administration of the training room, dealing with the doctors, setting up physicals, the recordkeeping, reporting to the league, treating athletes one on one, the day-to-day treatment of injuries and preventive stuff."

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