Longtime Heat trainer Ron Culp passes away

Photo by Rick Havner/Sporting News via Getty Images via Getty ImagesFormer longtime Miami Heat trainer Ron Culp, whom the Heat hired as an expansion team in 1988, passed away earlier this week. He worked with Miami until his retirement in 2008. He was 75 years old. His daughter announced the news in a Facebook post.

Our Miami HEAT family is with heavy hearts upon learning of the passing of original Miami HEAT Athletic Trainer Ron Culp. Our most sincere thoughts, prayers and condolences are with the Culp family during this time. pic.twitter.com/4QQt1leHCI

— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) June 15, 2021 Throughout his 24 years with the Miami Heat, Culp was a fixture on the sidelines, sitting next to…