The top assistant on the staff, Tito Ortiz is now in his eighth season with the Falcons and has been coaching for 16 years. Ortiz is responsible for a great deal of the team’s recruiting and plays a large part in the day-to-day workings of the program. As a graduate of Mayfair High School, Ortiz was a two-year participant in both basketball and football. He earned All-League honors in basketball before transferring to Cerritos College and then Cal State Dominguez Hills, where he earned his Bachelor’s degree in kinesiology and recently completed his Master’s in Educational PE from Azusa Pacific University.

          Ortiz began his coaching career at Paramount High the year after he graduated from high school, and spent three years with the Pirates. He then moved on to Cal State Dominguez Hills, where he coached with both head coach Gary Cain and former Falcon assistant Tony Carter-Loza. After four years with Cal State Dominguez Hills, Ortiz became an assistant coach at Cal State Los Angeles until his arrival on the Norwalk campus.