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Tony Ontiveros joined the MiraCosta College Athletic Department as the head athletic trainer in the summer of 2022. Previous to this he spent 17 years at UC Riverside in a variety of positions, the most recent wsa Associate Athletics Director/ Sports Medicine & Performance.  

Ontiveros also spent two seasons as the head athletic trainer for the San Diego Spirit, a professional women's soccer team that competed in the Women's United Soccer Association.  From 1994-2001 he was the assistant athletic trainer at UC 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 the 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 ofthe 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 served as a clinical instructor with the California Baptist Athletic Trainer 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.