Ray Babnik serves as Elon Athletics' Director of Sports Medicine and the Head Football Athletic Trainer. He was promoted to the director position in September 2025 after arriving at Elon in February 2025 as an associate athletic trainer.
Babnik manages the Alumni Field House training room and leads Elon Athletics' insurance-related responsibilities. He spent the previous three years at Guilford College (2022-25), where he held the position of assistant director of athletics for sports medicine and head athletic trainer and provided athletic training coverage across all 22 sports, primarily working with football and softball.
Prior to that, Babnik was a clinic athletic trainer at Murphy Wainer Orthopedics from 2021-22. He also spent six years as the head athletic trainer at Greensboro College from 2015-21. Prior to that he was an assistant athletic trainer at Greensboro College from 2013-15.Â
Babnik has also spent time as the head athletic trainer for the Carolina Cobras in the National Arena League. He was an athletic training student and then graduate assistant at SUNY Cortland from 2007-13.Â
Babnik earned his bachelor's degree from SUNY Cortland in 2011 and his masters degree in 2013.
A Greensboro resident, Babnik is married to Megan and the couple has two daughters, Oliva and Madison.Â