The Indiana Pacers are losing one of their top front office architects.
Indiana University announced Monday, February 23, that Ryan Carr has been hired as Executive Director of Basketball under head coach Darian DeVries, ending a 23-year run with the NBA franchise.
Carr most recently served as Senior Vice President of Player Personnel from 2024-26, capping a steady rise through the organization that began as a regional scout in 2003.
His new role in Bloomington will focus on roster construction, and he will report directly to DeVries while assisting in additional areas of the program.
The departure comes during a difficult 2025-26 campaign for the Pacers, who sit 15-42 and 15th in the Eastern Conference standings.
Front office continuity often shapes long-term team building, and Carr played a central role in several key personnel decisions over the past two decades.
During his tenure, Indiana won three Central Division titles, reached five Eastern Conference Finals and captured the 2025 Eastern Conference championship before falling to the Oklahoma City Thunder in a seven-game NBA Finals.
Carr’s influence extended across multiple roster cycles.
He was part of the leadership group that drafted Danny Granger with the 17th pick in 2005, selected Paul George 10th overall in 2010 and chose Myles Turner with the 11th pick in 2015.
More recently, he assisted in building the 2024-25 NBA runner-up roster that featured Tyrese Haliburton, Pascal Siakam, Aaron Nesmith and Obi Toppin.
Indiana also selected Andrew Nembhard (31st overall) and Bennedict Mathurin (sixth overall) in the 2022 NBA Draft during his time overseeing player personnel.
Carr’s career arc within the organization reflects institutional trust.
He served as Director of Scouting from 2009-18, Director of Player Personnel from 2018-19 and Vice President of Player Personnel from 2019-24 before his elevation to senior VP.
He began his NBA career with the Pacers as a video intern during the 1997-98 season under Larry Bird, later becoming video coordinator as the club reached consecutive Eastern Conference Finals.
Before returning to the Pacers in 2003, Carr spent four seasons as an assistant coach at UTEP, where the Miners posted a 23-win campaign and NIT appearance in 2000-01.
His move to Indiana University marks a return to his alma mater.
Carr was a student manager under Hall of Fame coach Bob Knight from 1992-96 and graduated in 1996 with a degree in sport marketing and management.
For the Pacers, the transition removes a long-tenured evaluator who helped shape both draft strategy and trade construction.
For the Hoosiers, it adds an executive with deep NBA scouting experience at a time when roster management and talent evaluation are increasingly central to college basketball success.
