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COACHING STAFF Head Coach, Reed Peters 5151 Pacific Avenue Office: Budd 124 Phone: 209-954-5183 Fax: 209-954-5696
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Head Coach, Reed Peters enters his second season with the San Joaquin Delta Mustangs. In just his first season the program took tremendous strides:
Before joining Delta College, Coach Peters enjoyed success at all of his previous stops. In Peters four seasons at Feather River College he compiled impressive totals which include, two conference championships, four straight top twenty rankings and playoff appearances, three coach of the year honors (2005, 2006, & 2007), and a unprecedented 25-0 Golden Valley Conference record in 2007. Peters 2005 and 2007 teams lead the state in numerous offensive categories: team batting average .336, runs scored 323, RBI's 284, doubles 104 and finshed second in 2005 with 93 stolen bases. Peters enters his sixteenth year as a college coach.
Peters, a 1992 graduate of the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, comes to Delta College with an impressive baseball resume both as a player and a coach. Peters' coaching career began at his alma mater, UNLV, where he was an assistant coach from 1990-94. He handled the outfield and base-running responsibilities along with recruiting. In 1995, he left UNLV to take the head coaching job at Colby Community College in Colby, Kansas. In his four seasons at Colby, Peters posted a 123-80 record for a .600 winning percentage. In his first season, he led the Trojans to the Region VI Championship, the first and only championship in the school's 40 years. His 1996 team was the west sub-region runner-up while his 1997 team was the west region conference runner-up. The 2002 Mountain West Coach of the Year, Peters, in his first three seasons at Air Force won more conference games than any other Falcon coach in their first three seasons. Peters won 28 league games in three seasons, passing the record of Joe Robison and Eric Campbell, who each won 24 games in his first three seasons. Peters, a 1992 graduate of UNLV, won 73 games overall from 2000-02, the second most by a Falcon baseball coach in the first three seasons. Peters led the Falcons to back-to-back 23-win seasons in 2000 and 2001 and to 27 in 2001. A 1984 graduate of Cherry Creek High School in Denver, he was one of only three people in the school's history to earn four varsity letters in baseball. A member of Cherry Creek's first state championship teams in football and baseball, Peters received all-state honors in both sports, and was inducted into the Cherry Creek High Scholl Hall of Fame in 2006. He earned three letters playing centerfield at UNLV from 1985-87, while starting and playing every inning of every game prior to signing professionally after his junior year. Peters earned all-Big West honors in 1986 and 1987 and led the league in home runs with 18 in 1987. Peters was equally impressive in the classroom as he earned GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-American honors in 1985 and 1986. Peters earned his bachelor's degree in business administration from UNLV in 1992 and his Masters Degree in Sports Administration from the United States Sports Academy in 2005. Following his collegiate career, Peters was a 10th-round draft choice of the California Angels in June, 1987. He played five years in the Angels' organization: 1987 Salem, Oregon (Short A), 1988 Palm Springs, Calif., (High A), 1989 Midland, Texas (AA) and 1990 and 1991 Edmonton, Alberta (AAA). He then spent two seasons in the San Francisco Giants organization playing for Shreveport, La. (AA) and the Phoenix Firebirds (AAA) in 1992. He spent the entire 1993 season with the Firebirds, followed by a season of winter ball in San Pedro de Marcoris of the Dominican Republic. He finished his professional career hitting over .300 four times. Most of his time was in the outfield, however he played all nine positions during his pro career. Baseball runs in the family as Peters' twin brother, Rex, is the head baseball coach at University California-Davis. Rex played in the Los Angeles Dodgers' organization from 1989-92, Reed's father, Rex, Sr., was with the Baltimore Orioles' organization from 1962-65. His brother-in-law, John Orton, was a major league catcher with the Angels. Peters, and his wife, Audrey, have three children: sons, Cade (10), Beau (8) and Drew (3). |
Assistant Coach, Denny Peterson 5151 Pacific Avenue Office: Budd 124 Phone: 209-954-5183 Fax: 209-954-5696
Denny Peterson, a veteran of nine years of high school and nine years of college coaching experience, returns for his fifth year as an assistant coach for the Delta Mustangs. Coach Peterson's primary responsibilities include coaching the pitchers, catchers, and recruiting. Peterson came to Delta after spending the previous three seasons at the University of The Pacific where he coached the catchers and hitters. The previous year (1999), Peterson was an assistant coach at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kansas. In addition to coaching the pitchers and catchers, Peterson was also an associate scout for the Tampa Devil Rays organization of Major League Baseball. Before entering college coaching, Peterson spent the previous nine years as a high school and American Legion coach in Arizona, Missouri, and Nebraska. Three different teams won a conference championship for the first time in the programs history. As a player, Peterson played baseball at Northwest Missouri State University from 1988-1991 before suffering a career ending shoulder injury. As a bearcat catcher in 1988, he helped Northwest Missouri State to a 39-12 record and an appearance in the NCAA Midwest Regional. Peterson transferred to Northwest Missouri State from Cloud County Community College and also represented the USA as a player in 1987.
Peterson earned both his Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Physical Education and Health with an emphasis in administration from Northwest Missouri State. Peterson and his wife of 11 years, Heather, have two daughters, Sydney (4) and Ellie (2).
5151 Pacific Avenue Office: Budd 124 Phone: 209-954-5183 Fax: 209-954-5696
Matt Wilson joins the San Joaquin Delta coaching staff after spending the previous two seasons at Sacramento State. Coach Wilson's primary responsibilities will include catchers, and recruiting. The Canoga Park, Calif., native was a five-year member of the Sacramento State baseball program and was the Hornets’ starting catcher for four consecutive seasons (2002-05). He is eighth in program history with 489 career at-bats and was also hit by a pitch 21 times in his career, ranking him fourth in program history. Wilson earned his Bachelor's Degree in Kinesiology from Sacramento State in 2006.
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