Eder Quintanilla

Eder Quintanilla joined the Spartans men's soccer staff as an assistant coach in 2020. 

He arrived at SJSU after spending the last four years as a member of the San Jose Earthquakes Development Academy coaching staff, most recently serving as the head coach of the Earthquakes' U19 team. 

While with the Earthquakes, Quintanilla applied his evaluation techniques and personal knowledge stemming from his earlier playing and coaching days to advance a fast-growing academy program. There are currently nine Earthquakes Academy products on the San José State roster. 

Prior to joining the coaching staff at the Earthquakes Academy, Quintanilla helped guide Wake Forest's resurgence back into one of the top collegiate programs in the nation. 

He joined the Demon Deacons as the team's director of player development in 2014 and served as an assistant coach for the 2015 season, a campaign that saw the club win the ACC title en route to an Elite Eight appearance in the NCAA Tournament. 

No stranger to the youth soccer scene prior to arriving in Winston-Salem, Quintanilla was the U12's coach and scout in the historic club of the Spanish "La Liga" Athletic Club Bilbao, an Academy known for developing talented young players each year for the Spanish National Team. 

He graduated with a Spanish national soccer coaching title equivalent to UEFA "A" and has experience coaching in both England with the Hollingbury Hawks soccer club and in Mexico with Coerver Sport, partners of West Ham United of the English Premier League.

Quintanilla graduated from the University of the Basque Country in 2009 and holds a Master's degree from INEDI School (Spain). He also played soccer as a professional for 3rd Division teams in Spain such as Erandio, Indautxu and Deusto.