Manny Rivera is in his ninth year as an assistant head athletic trainer with the 49ers after spending the previous 10 years as an assistant athletic trainer. This is Rivera's second stint with San Francisco after serving as an intern athletic trainer during the 2001 season.
Prior to being hired full time in San Francisco, Rivera spent a year working with the United States Olympic Committee. With the USOC, he provided medical coverage for hundreds of Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls in track and field, softball, baseball, soccer, volleyball and rugby.
After interning with the 49ers, Rivera served as a graduate assistant athletic trainer for the Indiana University football team. While at Indiana, he was directly responsible for the emergency medical supplies, training supplies and inventory, packing for team travel, as well as game day medical logistics. Rivera was also responsible for supervision, instruction and evaluation of undergraduate athletic training curriculum students. Rivera graduated from Indiana with a Master of Science degree in kinesiology in 2003.
Rivera began his career in athletic training, serving as a student athletic trainer at the University of the Pacific, where he earned a bachelor's degree in sports medicine, in 2001. He is a certified member of the NATA.
Rivera, his wife, Lauren, daughter, Alexis, and son, Tyler, reside in San Ramon, CA.
