The University of Michigan Athletic Department announced this morning the hiring of David Granito as head football athletic trainer.
Granito will serve as the primary medical contact for the Michigan football program and will work to deliver comprehensive health care and lifetime wellness services for the football program.
Since 2003, Granito has served as an assistant athletic trainer with the Patriots, where he provided the highest level of integrated sports medicine to all members of the team, staff and football community. He was an associate trainer for the Patriots organization for one season (2002-2003) before moving into the role he held for the past 14 years.
Prior to his stint in Foxborough, Granito spent one season as an associate athletic trainer with the New York Giants (2001-2002) and served as a graduate assistant athletic trainer at West Virginia University for three years (1999-2001).
Granito is a member of the Professional Football Athletic Trainers Society and the National Trainers Association. He earned his master’s degree in athletic training from WVU in 2001 and received his bachelor’s degree in physical education from Kean College in 1999.
