Cal assistant coach, top recruiter arrested in prostitution sting

Cal assistant coach, recruiting coordinator arrested in prostitution sting

Nov 29, 2014; Berkeley, CA, USA; California Golden Bears head coach Sonny Dykes on the sideline against the Brigham Young Cougars during the fourth quarter at Memorial Stadium. The Brigham Young Cougars defeated the California Golden Bears 42-35. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports /

An assistant coach and the top recruiter at Cal, Pierre Ingram, was arrested as part of a prostitution sting.

Cal’s Pierre Ingram was arrested on April 16 after he solicited an undercover cop online and showed up at a Motel 6 on Embarcadero, according to the San Jose Mercury News.

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This is not going to go over well on the recruiting trail for Ingram who is the Golden Bears’ recruiting coordinator and wide receivers coach. According to the report, Ingram was arrested for misdemeanor solicitation of a lewd act and given a court date for next month.

Definitely not what you want hanging over your head after Cal finished their spring practice with the team’s annual spring game on Saturday afternoon.

Ingram is in his third year on the Cal coaching staff after he followed head coach Sonny Dykes from Louisiana Tech. He was the team’s running backs coach his first team years before switching over to the wide receivers for this season. According to his bio on the team’s official website he is married with two children.

Cal has the chance to make it back to a bowl game this season after making big improvements in the second year under Dykes who led the team to a 5-7 record, one win shy of bowl eligibility in 2014 after a 1-11 season in his first year two seasons ago.

It would be uncommon to make a change to the coaching staff after spring practice has already finished and summer camp only a few months away, but if you are Dykes would you fire Ingram for this offense or would you discipline him in some other manner and keep him on the staff?

I think if this was mid-February and the recruiting class was signed and spring practice was still a month away from beginning it would be a much easier decision for Dykes, but in mid-April the decision is little trickier, if he thinks he won’t be able to replace him on the staff.

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