Tony Degollado — Haro Team Manager Turned BMX Industry Builder

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Tony Degollado

Known in the industry as "Tony D" · Former BMX racer · Team manager, Haro Bikes (racing and freestyle) · Brand manager, Kenda Tires and Vee Tire Co. · Co-founder, Driven · BMX Freestyle Program Manager, USA BMX · BMX Programs Manager, USA Cycling · Track Coordinator, USA BMX (since 2023)

At a glance

Name: Tony Degollado (Anthony Degollado).
Known as: "Tony D."
Background: BMX racer before moving into the industry side of the sport.
Best-documented role: Team manager for Haro Bikes, running both the racing and freestyle teams directly.
Industry roles since: Brand manager, Kenda Tires. Brand manager, Vee Tire Co. Co-founder, Driven (tires). BMX Freestyle Program Manager, USA BMX (Gilbert, Arizona office). BMX Programs Manager, USA Cycling, working under Jamie Staff ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Current role: Track Coordinator, USA BMX, since 2023 — confirmed on USA BMX's staff page as of this writing.

A career built on both sides of the sport

Most people who spend a career in BMX pick a lane — racing or freestyle. Degollado's résumé runs through both, and that dual background is the thing every source on him leads with. He raced before moving into the industry, and the documented record doesn't specify sanctioning body or results. According to Bill Ryan, firsthand, 2026, Degollado raced for Haro and rode Supercross BMX components at the time — but by the time he landed at Haro Bikes as team manager, he was running Haro's racing program and its freestyle program at the same time, a combination BMXNews.org has called unusual even for a brand with as deep a history in both disciplines as Haro.

From Haro, Degollado moved into the tire side of the business — brand manager for Kenda Tires, then for Vee Tire Co., where he was still the public voice for the brand's BMX line as late as October 2013, when Vee Tire Co. named Triton Imports its exclusive UK distributor. He later co-founded his own tire brand, Driven, before shifting back to the sanctioning-body side of the sport. Bill Ryan, firsthand, 2026, adds more color to that stretch: after leaving Haro, Degollado worked briefly for Supercross BMX, then moved through roles at Alienation, FOX, and No Fear. Documented sources don't place those stops on the timeline, so their exact order relative to Kenda, Vee Tire Co., and Driven isn't nailed down — the full chronology here is approximate.

Building USA BMX's freestyle program

USA BMX brought Degollado on to head its freestyle effort out of the organization's Gilbert, Arizona offices, a role documented as BMX Freestyle Program Manager. Freestyle BMX's addition to the Olympic program — it debuted at the Tokyo 2020 Games — put real weight behind that hire. In the run-up to Tokyo, USA Cycling brought Degollado on as BMX Programs Manager, working directly under Jamie Staff, who had been running USA Cycling's BMX program.

Where he is now

USA BMX's current staff page lists Tony Degollado as Track Coordinator, part of the organization's Track Operations group, a role he's held since 2023.

Degollado and Legend Bike Co founder Bill Ryan have stayed close friends for more than 40 years, a friendship that goes back to Degollado's racing days (Bill Ryan, firsthand, 2026).

Why Degollado matters to BMX

He's not a contest-record name — the value here is different. Degollado is one of a small number of people who have run both the racing and freestyle sides of a major BMX brand, then carried that dual fluency into product (Kenda, Vee, Driven) and into the sport's national governing structure (USA BMX, USA Cycling) during the exact stretch when freestyle was fighting for — and won — Olympic recognition. That's a builder's career, not a rider's, and it's the kind of behind-the-scenes work that keeps BMX's business side functioning.

What we don't know. The documented record checked for this page still does not specify exactly when Degollado raced, his results, or which sanctioning body he raced under. Exact start and end dates for his Kenda, Vee Tire Co., Haro, and Driven roles are not documented anywhere found in this research — only that they happened, and roughly in that order. No USA BMX or National BMX Hall of Fame listing was found for Tony Degollado. No primary-tier BMX archive (oldschoolmags.com, bmxsociety.com) turned up period material naming him as a racer; the entire documented record comes from later industry-career coverage. Two additional details in this profile — that Degollado rode Supercross BMX components while racing for Haro, and that he worked briefly for Supercross BMX after leaving Haro before stints at Alienation, FOX, and No Fear — come from Bill Ryan, firsthand, 2026, rather than from a published source, and aren't independently documented.
Related Legend Bike Co pages:
History of BMX · Haro · Bob Haro · USA BMX

Sources

BMXNews.org — Tony Degollado tag archive, covering his USA Cycling BMX Programs Manager appointment and career summary (Haro, Kenda, Vee Tire Co., Driven, USA BMX Freestyle). USA BMX — "Meet The Team" staff directory, usabmx.com (accessed July 2026), listing Tony Degollado as Track Coordinator since 2023. FatBMX.com — Vee Tire Co. / Triton Imports UK distribution announcement, October 2013, quoting Tony Degollado.