Eddie Hernandez joined the San Joaquin Delta College Basketball staff in 2013.  Coach Hernandez is currently in his 22^nd  season of coaching basketball.  For the past 18 years he has been a local high school coach.  He played for Coach Ressa at Franklin High School and joined his coaching staff after graduation in 1994.  Next he joined the coaching staff at Bear Creek High School and for the past 14 years he has helped transform their basketball program.  During his nine years as the head coach, his teams made playoffs three times, including the first playoff win in school history. He coach three league MVP’s, one All-Area Stockton Record Player of the Year, and five Stockton Record 1^st Team All-Area Players.  Coach Hernandez is the winningest coach in Bear Creek basketball history and was named Coach of the Year by the Stockton Record in 2010.  He has coached many players that have continued their careers at Delta College including Jerrell Green, Dwayne Lee and AJ Khalon.

Eddie attended Delta College and received his B.A. in Physical Education in 2000 from CSU Stanislaus.  In 2009 he received his Master’s Degree in Kinesiology from Fresno Pacific University.  He has been a teacher for 14 years and is currently an elementary Physical Education teacher in Lodi Unified as well as an adjunct professor at Delta College.  Coach Hernandez and his wife Isela have been married for 18 years.  They reside in Stockton with their four children, Sabrena (21), who is currently a Delta College student, Alex (11), Lina (8) and Lily (6).