Major League Athletic Trainers

Houston Astros

Nathan Lucero
Position: Head Athletic Trainer
College Attended: New Mexico State University
Years in MLB: 2
Nathan Lucero 40, out of Villanueva, NM has spent his entire career in the Houston Astros organization. He began his career in baseball in 1993 at the rookie level with the GCL Astros. He spent 1994 at the same level. He was promoted to the Midwest League in 1995 where he spent three seasons in Davenport, IA, with the Quad City River Bandits. Following his stint in the MWL, Lucero was sent to Florida with the Kissimmee Cobras of the Florida State League. After one year in FL, Lucero was promoted to the Jackson Generals in the Texas League. In 2000, the Generals became the Round Rock Express. While in the Texas League, Lucero received the Texas League Athletic Trainer of the Year award. Lucero remained the athletic trainer for the Express through the 2001 season. In 2002 Lucero was named the Strength and Conditioning Coordinator for the Astros Organization, a position he held until 2007, when he became the Strength and Conditioning Assistant for the Major League club. Lucero is a certified member of the NATA and a licensed athletic trainer in the state of Texas. Nathan and his wife Janet live in Manvel, Texas with their two daughters Isabella Feliz and Sophia Rose.

Rex Jones
Position: Assistant Athletic Trainer
College Attended: Southwest Missouri State University, Central Misso(B.S.), (M.S.)
Years in MLB: 13
Rex Jones, 51, has spent his entire athletic training career in the Astros organization. He received the call to the Major League in 1993 after spending 16 years in the Astros' Minor League system, including five years as the organization's director of Minor League athletic trainers. Jones started his pro baseball career in 1978 with the Class A Daytona Beach club while still earning a bachelor's degree in physical education from Southwest Missouri State. Jones was head trainer for the Class AA Columbus Astros from 1979 to 1983 before being promoted to Class AAA Tucson Toros in 1983. The Lockwood, Mo., native is a certified member of NATA, the Southwest Athletic Trainers Society, the Greater Houston Athletic Trainers Society and is a licensed athletic trainer in the state of Texas. He and his wife, Annette, live in Manvel, Texas with their children Megan, Jeremiah, and Laura.