Alvaro Rivadeneira serves as Interim Head Coach for Florida Gulf Coast University's Cross Country (Men's & Women's) (Sport Supervisor: Ashley Kuhn) program in Fort Myers, Florida.
Alvaro Rivadeneira is entering his fifth year on the FGCU staff, spending four years as assistant coach for the men's and women's cross country teams and now serving as interim head coach for 2026. During the 2025 season, Rivadeneira assisted FGCU in a fourth-place finish at the ASUN Championships on the women's side and an eighth-place finish on the men's side. Ozia Trujillo was named the Atlantic Sun Conference's Runner of the Year while claiming All-ASUN First Team honors after setting a new FGCU and ASUN Championship record of 16:20.2, becoming the ASUN's 2025 Individual Champion.
