Tony Ontiveros joined the UC Riverside Athletics Department as the head athletic trainer in the summer of 2003. He was appointed to his current position in the Fall of 2006.
Ontiveros came to UCR from the San Diego Spirit of the Women’s United Soccer Association, where he served as head athletic trainer for two seasons. From 1994 through 2001 he was the assistant athletic trainer at the University of California, San Diego, where he was responsible for the care and prevention of athletic injuries for the Triton’s 23 intercollegiate teams.
Ontiveros spent several years providing care for USA’s elite athletes while working with the United States Olympic Sports Medicine program. He has traveled internationally working with the US National Field Hockey Team, the 1998 World Youth Games in Moscow, Russia, and the 1999 Pan Am Games. In 2000 he was selected to represent the United States as a member of the Paralympics Sports Medicine Staff in Sydney, Australia.
Ontiveros is a member of the American College of Sports Medicine, the United States Olympic Sports Medicine Society and the National College Athletic Trainers Association. He has also serves as a clinical instructor with the California Baptist Athletic Training curriculum program.
The native of San Diego earned his bachelor’s of science degree from San Diego State in 1993. He went on to earn a master’s of arts degree in physical education with an emphasis in biomechanics and a specialization in athletic training from San Diego State in 2000. Ontiveros and his wife, Heather, live in Murrieta with their daughters Sophia and Lily.
