EL CERRITO – One of many Bay Space’s prime highschool soccer groups might be with out its head coach for the foreseeable future.
El Cerrito coach Jacob Rincon has been positioned on administrative go away, a number of sources informed the Bay Space Information Group. The rationale for and size of the suspension will not be identified.
Rincon didn’t reply to calls and messages left by the Bay Space Information Group.
The West Contra Costa County Unified College District additionally has not replied to a number of emails searching for remark.
Rincon has been absent from the sidelines because the Gauchos had been awarded a 6-0 victory at Oakland Tech on Sept. 13, a sport that ended within the second quarter when spectators got here onto the sphere.
Rincon’s absence will not be believed to be associated to the Oakland Tech sport.
For the reason that victory over Tech, El Cerrito defeated Campolindo 49-0 on Sept. 20 and misplaced to De La Salle, the Bay Space Information Group’s No. 1 group, 35-14 on Friday.
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After Friday’s loss, interim coach Tim Johnson informed this information group that he didn’t know why Rincon was absent.
“Whatever is going on, they’re keeping it in-house,” Johnson stated.
This isn’t the primary time Rincon has been placed on administrative go away. He was suspended in 2021 after a video portraying a brutal tackling drill from a 2019 apply went viral and drew nationwide criticism.
Since taking on as head coach in 2017, Rincon’s program has gone 31-1 in opposition to Tri-County Athletic League Rock Division opponents and reached a NorCal title sport in every of the previous two seasons.
El Cerrito is 4-1 this yr.
