Rick Celebrini

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Dr. Rick Celebrini, a sports and orthopedic physiotherapist, begins his third season as the Warriors’ director of sports medicine and performance after spending the previous eight years as head of sports medicine and science for Major League Soccer’s Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Additionally, Celebrini served as director of rehabilitation for the NHL’s Vancouver Canucks, a franchise he joined as a consultant in 2014. He was also the chief sport officer and continues as a co-founder of Fortius Sport and Health, an athlete development center located in British Columbia.

As a therapist and consultant, Celebrini has worked with the Dallas Mavericks, the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks, the Canadian Alpine Ski Team, Canadian Soccer Association and the NHL Players Association. In 2010, Celebrini served as chief therapist at the Vancouver Winter Olympics and Paralympics and was the manager of medical services for the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC).

A native of Burnaby, British Columbia, Celebrini is a former professional soccer player and represented the Canadian National Team in the 1987 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Chile and the PanAm games in Indianapolis. He graduated with a degree in physical therapy from the University of British Columbia (UBC) in 1992 and, in 2011, received his PhD in rehabilitation sciences from the faculty of medicine at UBC. He recently received a Doctor of Letters, honoris causa from Capilano University.