Hank Testa has been the associate head coach for the men's basketball team since 2004. Before joining the basketball staff, Testa was the head baseball coach for 10 years, earning Region III and Mountain Valley Coach of the Year in 2000. He previously coached at Whitesboro High School for two years. 

Coach Testa has been an assistant professor of accounting at Herkimer for 21 years. He was Business Division Chairman at HCCC for 10 years and is a Curriculum Evaluator for the State University of New York, Bureau of Proprietary Schools. Coach Testa lives in Ilion with his wife Donna, who is a professor of Health Services Management at HCCC.  They have three daughters and two granddaughters.  In December 2009, Testa was named College Educator of the Year by the Mohawk Valley Genesis Group.