**Reiff retired in May of 2025.
Ralph Reiff returned to Butler University in July, 2019 in the newly-expanded position of Sr. Associate Athletic Director for Student-Athlete Health, Performance and Well-Being.
Reiff, who previously served Butler Athletics from 1981-1999 in the roles of head athletic trainer and director of sports medicine, was inducted into the Butler Athletics Hall of Fame in 2018.
In his role at Butler, Reiff coordinates all health care activities for Butler’s teams and student-athletes. While serving as a member of Barry Collier’s senior leadership team, Reiff oversees Butler’s sports medicine department, strength and conditioning program, and the department’s well-being staff and partners physicians, dietitians and sports psychologists. He also directly serves as the athletic trainer for Butler’s men’s basketball program.
Reiff served on several BIG EAST and Butler working groups during the COVID-19 pandemic, while also overseeing Butler Athletics' protocols and procedures to limit spread of the virus.
Reiff led Indianapolis-based St.Vincent Sports Performance since leaving Butler in 1999. In this role, he oversees more than 100 SVSP physicians, psychologists, athletic trainers, strength and conditioning coaches, physical therapists, dietitians, rehabilitation specialists and many others. SVSP services elite and professional-level athletes from USA Diving, USA Track & Field, football, basketball, baseball and motorsports to collegiate athletes from Butler University and beyond.
Reiff was inducted into the National Athletic Trainers Association Hall of Fame in 2013.
Reiff was manager of Athlete Care for the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta. This selection took Reiff to Atlanta for 18 months of planning, implementation and management of all medical and performance operations for the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games. At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, he designed and managed the Athlete Recovery Center.
In recent years, Reiff has worked extensively with IndyCar drivers and crews, as well as USA Track & Field at their highest-profile championships.
Reiff has managed the medical aspects of more than 20 NCAA events, including three Men's Final Four Basketball Championships; the 1988 and 1996 U.S. Track & Field Olympic Trials; 2002 FIBA World Basketball Championships; medical director for the 2004 FINA Swimming World Championships; and the 2006 USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships.
Honored as a Sagamore of the Wabash by then-Indiana Governor Robert Orr for his contributions to the welfare of the citizens of Indiana, Reiff has also been inducted into the Indiana Athletic Trainers Association Hall of Fame and has also been recognized as a Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer in Indiana. Indiana Senator Richard Lugar recognized him with a special citation for his health efforts in the state of Indiana.
Reiff’s career includes teaching as a member of Butler’s College of Education, while also serving as a consultant and presenting to groups both nationally and internationally. He has received awards and honors from prestigious organizations such as USA Track & Field and Indiana Sports Corp.
One of the many ways that Reiff stayed involved at Butler once he joined the St.Vincent staff was through serving as an analyst for Butler men’s basketball games, first on Butler’s Radio Network from 2000-08 in addition to select televised games on WISH-TV from 2009-16.
Reiff is a 1980 graduate of the University of Indianapolis and received his master’s degree from Miami (Ohio) in 1981. He and his wife, Brenda, have two sons, Alex and Elliott, and a daughter, Betsy.
