IU basketball is hiring Indiana Pacers executive Ryan Carr in a GM-type role, a source confirms to The Daily Hoosier.
Reporting to head coach Darian DeVries, Carr is expected to play a significant role in Indiana roster-building efforts.
Carr had been with the Indiana Pacers for the last 23 years, with his most recent title being Sr. Vice President/Player Personnel. He has extensive experience evaluating players in that role, and others, including leading the Pacers scouting department. Carr played a leading role in constructing the 2025 NBA Finals Pacers squad.
Before joining the Pacers he was a college assistant for four years at Texas El Paso.
An IU alumnus, Carr was an IU basketball manager for four years under Bob Knight from 1992 to 1996.
247Sports appears to have been the first to report this news.
Indiana later confirmed the news. The full release from IU is below.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 23, 2026
Indiana Adds Ryan Carr as Executive Director of Basketball
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana head men’s basketball coach Darian DeVries announced the Executive Director of Basketball Ryan Carr, a former Indiana men’s basketball manager and 1996 graduate, on Monday.
He brings over two decades of NBA front office experience with the Indiana Pacers, rising from a regional scout to Senior Vice President of Player Personnel. His role with the Hoosiers will focus on roster building. He will report directly to DeVries and will assist with other areas of the program, as well.
BEFORE BLOOMINGTON
Carr, a Sumner, Washington native, spent the past 23 seasons with the Indiana Pacers in a variety of roles. He served as the Senior Vice President of Player Personnel (2024-26), Vice President of Player Personnel (2019-24), Director of Player Personnel (2018-19), Director of Scouting (2009-18), Assistant Director of Scouting (2008-09), and Scout (2003-08). Carr was mentored by the likes of Larry Bird, Donnie Walsh, Kevin Pritchard, and Chad Buchanan in Indianapolis.
During his tenure with the Pacers, the franchise won three Central Division titles, made 14 playoff appearances, earned three 50-win seasons, reached five Eastern Conference Finals, and won the 2025 Eastern Conference title. Indiana drafted All-Star Danny Granger with the 17th pick in the 2005 NBA Draft, nine-time All-Star Paul George 10th overall in 2010, and two-time NBA blocks leader Myles Turner with the 11th selection in the 2015 draft.
His role included assisting in the building of the 2024-25 NBA runner-up roster with trades for two-time All-NBA selection and 2024 Olympic gold medalist Tyrese Haliburton, Eastern Conference Finals MVP Pascal Siakam, starting swingman Aaron Nesmith, and key reserve Obi Toppin. The Pacers also selected starting shooting guard Andrew Nembhard (31st overall) and sixth man Bennedict Mathurin (6th) in the 2022 NBA Draft.
Carr was an Assistant Coach with UTEP from 1999-03. The Miners posted a 23-win season and trip to the NIT in 2000-01.
He began his professional career with the Indiana Pacers as a Video Intern during the 1997-98 season and was then promoted to Video Coordinator for 1998-99. The Pacers reached the Eastern Conference Finals in each of those seasons with Larry Bird as Head Coach.
Carr served as an undergraduate manager under Naismith Hall of Fame Indiana men’s basketball coach Bob Knight from 1992-96. During his collegiate time in Bloomington, the Hoosiers won the 1993 Big Ten title and advanced to the Elite Eight (1993) and Sweet 16 (1994) in four trips to the NCAA Tournament. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in sport marketing and management in 1996. Carr and his wife, Kimberly, have three children – twins Austin and Caitlin, and Bryn.
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