Bio

Estefen Valdez enters his 1st season in 2023-24 as a member of the Ohlone College Baseball coaching staff.  Coach Valdez  will serve as the program's recruiting coordinator, outfielders coach, and will be responsible for coaching 1^st Base for the Renegades.

Coach Valdez has experience coaching with NorCal Baseball and locally at James Logan High School.  Valdez displays an intense passion for the game, for developing players, and for recruiting.  "Recruiting is such a huge responsbility for a first year guy," said Coach Curran, "but he understands the expectations.  He knows that for us to win, he needs to identify and bring in top level players.  In the short time I've known him, I see him to be a great worker, a good person, and someone who enjoys pounding the pavement to find good players.  I think he will help us tremendously."

I regards to his on-field duties, Coach Curran remarks that "I may be a little unorthodox in that I really believe the first base coach has a huge role in a team’s offensive success – they need to be  great communicators, know everything we are doing, know what our goal is for each situation.  They need to be able to know when to push our guys and when we need to be smart and pump the breaks.  And, they need to be vocal - you can lose games at first base if your coach is afraid to open his voice.  I have a great level of comfort with him over there and I know our players appreciate his communication and help.  Coach Stef will continue to grow and be a big part of our success.”

Coach Valdez is single and currently resides in Newark.

Updated 12/25/2023