Eddie Cornejo

Last updated
Eddie Cornejo
Current position
TitleHead coach
Team Cal State Northridge
Conference Big West
Record34–17
Biographical details
Born (1981-11-19) November 19, 1981 (age 41)
San Bernardino, California
Playing career
2001 Riverside CC
2002–2003 Oklahoma
2003 Vancouver Canadians
2004 Modesto A's
2005–2006 Stockton Ports
2006–2007 Midland RockHounds
2007–2008 Sacramento River Cats
2008 Colorado Springs Sky Sox
2008 Tulsa Drillers
Position(s) Infielder
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2011 UC Riverside (H/IF)
2012–2018 UC Santa Barbara (H/IF/RC)
2019 San Jose State (H/IF/RC)
2020–2022 Cal State Northridge (H/RC)
2023–presentCal State Northridge
Head coaching record
Overall34–17
TournamentsNCAA: 0–0

Eduardo Cornejo (born November 19, 1981) is a baseball coach and former infielder, who is the current head baseball coach of the Cal State Northridge Matadors. He played college baseball at Riverside Community College in 2001 before transferring to Oklahoma. He played professionally from 2003 to 2008.

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Playing career

Cornejo grew up in San Bernardino, California, where he attended Jurupa Valley High School. Cornejo would go on to play college baseball for the Riverside Community College. As a freshman at Riverside Community College in 2001, Connejo had a .368 batting average, a .438 on-base percentage (OBP), and a .492 slugging percentage (SLG), with three home runs. [1] As a sophomore in 2002, he transferred to the University of Oklahoma, Cornejo batted .325 with a .411 SLG, 17 doubles, and 31 RBIs. As a junior in 2003, he batted .393 with a .509 SLG, 2 home runs, and 49 RBIs. [2]

Cornejo was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 13th round of the 2003 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the Athletics on June 6, 2003, forgoing his senior year of eligibility in college. [3] He would play the next five years in the Athletics organization, never advancing above Triple-A. He was released, and signed with the Colorado Rockies organization where he would finish out the 2008 season. He announced his retirement in 2009.

Coaching career

Cornejo began his coaching career in 2011, as an assistant for the UC Riverside Highlanders. [4] He would join the staff of the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos the following season. [5] He left the Gauchos following the 2018 season to join the staff of the San Jose State Spartans. [6] He would join Dave Serrano's staff on the Cal State Northridge Matadors for the 2020 season. When Serrano announced that he would be retiring following the 2022 season, Cornejo was named the head coach of the Matadors beginning with the 2023 season. [7]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Cal State Northridge Matadors (Big West Conference)(2023–present)
2023 Cal State Northridge 34–1720–10T-2nd
Cal State Northridge:34–1720–10
Total:34–17

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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