Minnesota Timberwolves
January 11, 2025 | 6:45 PM CST
Team unveils “The Gregg Farnam Training Room” at the practice facility
Minneapolis/St. Paul – The Minnesota Timberwolves today announced the team has unveiled The Gregg Farnam Training Room at the team’s practice facility at Mayo Clinic Square in a private ceremony. Farnam, the Timberwolves Vice President of Medical Services was bestowed this honor for his dedication and loyalty to the organization and its medical services for more than two decades.
Starting with the organization in the late 1990s, Farnam spent more than two decades serving as the Timberwolves Head Athletic Trainer. In this role, he touched the lives of thousands of players, coaches and staff members; from injury rehab and game preparation to mentoring the next generation of athletic trainers throughout the NBA.
Farnam is currently in his 28th season with the Wolves and first as Vice President of Medical Services. He spent the previous 24 seasons as Head Athletic Trainer after being named to that position in September of 2000. In addition to his head athletic trainer duties, Farnam was named Director of Medical Services in 2015 and promoted to Vice President of Player Health in 2017.
Farnam began working as an Athletic Trainer with USA Basketball in 2001 for the gold-medal-winning United States men’s basketball team at the Goodwill Games in Brisbane, Australia. He has worked with the United States Men’s U19 team that won a silver medal at the 2007 FIBA World Championships in Nova Sad, Serbia and the Team USA that won gold in the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup. Farnam was a part of Team USA as they won their third consecutive gold medal at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics. He has also worked with the U.S. Select Team in 2010 and 2012, as well as the National Team Mini Camp in Las Vegas during the summers of 2013 and 2015. Additionally, he provided medical coverage for the women’s volleyball team at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., in July 2003.
Farnam has also traveled to New Delhi (2008) and Singapore (2010) as the Athletic Trainer for the NBA’s Basketball Without Borders (BWB) Asia. BWB is designed to work with local players to promote the game and encourage positive social change in the areas of education, health and wellness, with an emphasis on HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention.
Farnam is a past chairman of the National Basketball Athletic Trainers Association (NBATA) and has also served on the NBATA Executive Committee as Secretary and Western Conference Head Athletic Trainer Representative. He is a certified member of the National Trainers Association, the National Strength and Conditioning Association and the National Academy of Sports Medicine.
