Rick Antinori joined the Urbana University baseball staff prior to the 2020 season. He will help coordinate hitting and catchers along with managing the team's strength and conditioning program.

Antinori brings a diverse coaching and sports business background to the Blue Knights.

He’s the president, CEO and founder of Titan Total Fitness, Inc., a mobile virtual reality athletic training platform. He has personally trained dozens of professional and collegiate athletes.

Antinori also spent seven years at Phoenix Bats, a specialized wooden-bat manufacturer, and most recently served as Director of National & International Sales. Antinori was tasked with directing sales activities across US territory and managed logistics to penetrate international markets. He also directed the Major League Baseball Professional Representative Department.

Prior to moving to Ohio, Antinori led operations for the Developmental Disabilities Institute in Long Island, New York for over 20 years. DDI is a non-profit organization that serves children and adults. During his time there, Antinori developed an award-winning sports program, Wiffleball League - a learning, physically active environment for developmentally-disabled adults.

Antinori's coaching experience includes a six-year stint as an assistant with the Suffolk County Community College Softball program. He designed training programs that helped mold the country’s leading batting average in 2010 while consistently ranking top-five nationally in several offensive categories.

Antinori holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in public relations, advertising and applied communication from New York Institute of Technoloy. He earned a master’s degree from the United States Sports Academy and graduated Magna Cum Laude. Antinori is also certified in performance nutrition.