Bio

Eduardo Pacheco joined the RCC football coaching staff in 2016 and is in charge of linebackers. He also serves as the Football Information Director.

As a player, Pacheco prepped three varsity seasons for the Eagles, earning All-League honors and helping Etiwanda to a league championship in 1995. Pacheco was part of two Etiwanda playoff teams in 1995 and 1996. Pacheco also served as the Team Captain and was named the Lineman MVP in his Senior year.

After a coaching stint at his alma mater Etiwanda H.S. (three years), Pacheco spent one season at Glen A. Wilson H.S. as the Assistant Defensive Coordinator and helped lead the Wildcats to the second round of the playoffs. Pacheco coached the previous eight seasons (2008-15) at Citrus College, including the last five (2011-15) as the Owls' defensive coordinator.

In his first season with Riverside, Pacheco helped the Tigers to their fourth straight National Central Conference Championship. That season Nick Underwood, MLB, earned the 2016 National Central Defensive Player of the Year award and went on to play for the University of Maryland in the Big 10 Conference.

Pacheco is married to his wife, Denise.