Andy Llaguno begins his 10th season as Associate Athletic Trainer at his alma mater in 2008, where he is the head football and rowing trainer while assisting with all other varsity teams. He is a certified Athletic Trainer by the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) and Strength & Conditioning Specialist by the NSCA.

Llaguno returned to URI in 1998 as an assistant trainer before being promoted to associate trainer in 2000 and senior associate athletic trainer one year later. During that time, he also worked with gymnastics and field hockey in addition to his football duties, and also handled athletic insurance and undergraduate/graduate supervision.

Before returning to URI, Llaguno spent the 1997-98 season as an assistant football athletic trainer at Penn State and also worked with the football programs at West Virginia (1995-97) and Boston College (1994-95). After earning his B.S. in Physical Education & Exercise Science from URI in 1992, Llaguno earned his Masters in Education from Old Dominion University in 1994. While at ODU, he worked with the baseball, men's basketball, field hockey, and men's soccer programs and, upon graduation, served as head athletic trainer at Booker T. Washington High School.

In additionally to his athletic training duties, Llaguno currently teaches a pair of kinesiology courses at URI and has lectured at state, district, and regional conferences. He is dedicated to the educational process of students and was instrumental in the development of the athletic training major at West Virginia.

Llaguno is a R.I. State Liaison on the College/University Athletic Training Committee (CUATC), a Past President on the Rhode Island Athletic Trainers' Association and a Rhode Island State Liaison on the Ethnic Diversity Advisory Committee. He is also on the Eastern Athletic Trainers Association (EATA) conference committee and has given a myriad of presentations on all levels national, district, state, and community over the past 15 years.

Llaguno has published five articles in the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA) News Journal on varying topics of diversity. This year, he received the Professional Development Scholarship Award from the RIATA/District One and the URI Multicultural Award in Diversity/Excellence in Leadership. Last year, Llaguno was named Athletic Trainer of the Year - Division One from NATA's College/University Athletic Training Committee.

He is also active in the community, working with the Rhode Island Intercollegiate Sports Medicine Advisory Committee as well as a volunteer for the R.I. Autism Walk, U.S. Scholar Games, and World Scholar Games.

A native of Fair Lawn, N.J., Llaguno resides in Charleston, R.I. with his wife, Jenni, and their two sons - Andres and Mateo.

(updated June 19, 2008)