Men's Basketball
- Title:
- Associate Athletics Director for Health and Wellness/Head Athletic Trainer (MBB)
- Email:
- steven.grech@csun.edu
- Phone:
- 3237
Steven Grech was promoted to Associate Athletics Director for Health and Wellness in August 2024.
An alumnus of the University, Grech has served as CSUN's Assistant Athletics Director for Sports Medicine and Head Athletic Trainer since 2005; beginning his 20th year with Matador Athletics in 2025-26.
In his role, Grech is responsible for the leadership in planning and executing the development of a nationally competitive athletics program, along with ensuring the annual operational objectives are established and achieved in the following functional areas; Sports Medicine, Athletics Performance (Strength and Conditioning), Nutrition, mental health services, and team physicians.
Additionally, Grech serves as the Designated NCAA Athletics Health Care Administrator for Athletics. In his role he is the primary point of contact between campus and the NCAA national office and a leader of Athletics health care team. As Associate Athletics Director, Grech is the liaison with campus mental health services.
As the leader of Athletics Wellness, he oversees Mental Health awareness programs to ensure health and well-being best practices are established and achieved.
In addition to his role as Associate Athletics Director for Health and Wellness, Grech serves as the primary athletic trainer for the Matador men's basketball and men's golf programs.
Grech is an expert in Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF), having learned under the guidance of Robert Moore, PhD at San Diego State University. In 2015, he obtained a certificate in the Advanced Functional Biomechanics of the Lower Quarter through the Movement Performance Institute in Los Angeles. In 2012, he became certified as a Corrective Exercise Specialist (CES) through the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM).
Grech is also in his 10th season serving as a Certified Athletic Trainer Concussion Spotter for the National Football League (NFL) during Los Angeles Rams home games.
Prior to becoming the Director of Sports Medicine at CSUN, Grech served one year as the Associate Head Athletic Trainer in 2005-2006.
From 2002 through 2005, he was an Assistant Athletic Trainer at the University of Southern California, where he was a part of two consecutive National Championship teams in football.
From 1999 to 2002, Grech served as Assistant Athletic Trainer at CSUN, working primarily with men's basketball and football. He also served one year as the Head Athletic Trainer for the University of San Diego football program in 1998-99. He also gained NFL and NHL experience while working as a summer camp athletic training intern for the Oakland Raiders (1995-97) and the Los Angeles Kings (1995).
Grech earned his bachelor's degree in Kinesiology from CSUN in 1995 while serving as an undergraduate student athletic trainer for three years working primarily with the football and women's basketball teams.
He earned his master's degree in Biomechanics from San Diego State in 1998 following two years as a graduate assistant athletic trainer with the Aztec football and baseball teams has been an NATABOC certified athletic trainer since 1995.
Grech resides in Chatsworth with his wife, Donna, and their dog Marcus. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with family, mountain biking, hiking, and going to the beach.
