Keith Garnett begins his first year as Chair of the EDAC.  He has been a member of the NATA Ethnic Diversity Advisory Committee since 1997 as the District 5 liaison, then representative.  Keith is currently the assistant athletic trainer for the Houston Rockets, of the National Basketball Association.  Before joining the Rockets, Keith has worked with the Charlotte Bobcats and the Kansas City Chiefs.  Keith spent eight years as head athletic trainer and assistant professor at Drury University.  He completed his undergraduate work at the University of Oklahoma and his Masters degree from Central Missouri State University, now the University of Central Missouri.