Bio

Estefen Valdez enters his 2nd season in 2024-25 as a member of the Ohlone College Baseball coaching staff.  Coach Valdez serves as the program's recruiting coordinator, outfielders coach, and is responsible for coaching First 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 championship level program," said Head Coach Mike Curran, "but he understands the expectations.  He knows that for us to win, he needs to identify and bring in top level players.  In just one year, he's brought in some great players.  He gets that to win, you must have top-level players.  He's a great worker, a great person, and someone who enjoys pounding the pavement to find good players.  We are better because of him."  Coach Valdez is also excellent a building relationships with players.  "He's very genuine and real, and players in today's age appreciate that."

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 use 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 is a big part of our success.  We are blessed to have him.”  

Coach Valdez is single and currently resides in Newark.

Updated 12/25/2024