GCU Athletics

Juan Rivera

Assistant Coach | 1st Season 

Juan Rivera will serve is Coach Freeman's Bench Coach for the Georgian Court Baseball inaugural season in 2025. 

Coach Rivera is an accomplished baseball coach with 25 years of baseball playing and coaching experience. He played at William Paterson from 1983-85 before transferring ato Mercy College in New York. 

Following his playing days, Rivera enlisted in the U.S. Navy from 1989-2009 where he coached the All-Navy Military All-Star Baseball team in San Diego, Calif. 

Prior to playing collegiately, Rivera played at Cliffside Park High School where he was All Bergen County Honorable Mention.