By Tim Peterson
(El Monte) – Victor Romero has resigned as the head football coach at El Monte after one season he confirmed Friday.
“El Monte was a great experience. I loved coaching there. It’s just not something I can do full time,” Romero said. “I want to do things in ministry and spend more time with family. I want to visit my father in Arizona whenever I can. But I’m leaving with a good taste in my mouth. Coaching at El Monte was a great opportunity. I feel blessed.”
Romero took over for Jesse Ceniceros who stepped down after the 2019 season in which he led the Lions to a CIF and a State championship.
After the entire 2020 season was postponed due to COVID-19, El Monte, along with the entire Mission Valley League, didn’t play in the Spring season in 2021 and Romero didn’t step in as head coach until July. Despite having just a few weeks to get ready Romero guided El Monte to a 3-2 record in the MVL (4-6 overall), and a trip to the CIF Division 14 playoffs where the Lions lost to Pomona 40-16 in the first round.
“I’m still on campus and will be coaching the kids until June or until the new coach comes in,” Romero said. “I’ll do whatever I can to help out.”
Actually these guys would love to coach but logistically it doesn’t always make sense. If schools were able to do a few more things … for starters being on campus if they are a teacher and getting additional staff members positions on campus, a pay increase would be nice, parents that actually support and don’t try to tear down the program, a budget for essentials and a few perks…
These dudes love resigning smh
It’s called loyalty why he left something they should teach there at EMHS to admins. Nobody hiding!
More DELETED whoopings with the same homegrown kids he had. Which some left or didn’t play when C left.
Sound like some yellow teeth dude on Twitter. I’m sure the West Covina city counsel would want to know why you can’t coach at EM.
Hats off (straw) to Romero for stepping in and helping out until the next coach steps in. It would have been interesting to see what Coach C could have done. Would he have kept bringing in transfers and kicking everyone’s a$$ or would he have won with homegrown talent? Too bad he ran and hid. Hope he ends up somewhere else.
@ LEV. I’ll bite Whom is your suggestion to fix the worlds ills if not football coaches. And tell me their resume of past fixes if you dare. I could use a good laugh from a clown.
Thank you, Coach Romero, for stepping in and stepping up during difficult times. Much appreciated. We wish your and your family well moving forward.
@? and @SoCal: two dolts that live in a fantasy (football) world where they think that football is the cure-all to society and that schools should focus on the 1% of the population that plays football. It’s totally football players versus the world, and the football coaches can fix the world’s problems. Football ain’t all that.
From T. Peterson: Wouldn’t that be isn’t all that?
Coach Vic Romero for Coach of the year for an outstanding job at El Monte this past season.
Thank you coach for one of the greatest coaching jobs in football ever! Coach Vic Romero for coach of the year!
Coach Ceniceros did nothing. He had one good transfer that made him look good. When the players needed him the most he abandoned them and walked away word
Is he is interviewing for the South Hills job.
From T. Peterson: If you think he’s going to South Hills you are out of touch.
I believe this man’s true calling is modeling straw hats.
School boards all over the US seem to want the position only to enhance their resumes and move on up the nearest political ladder. How can I parlay this gig into becoming president or at least get a cushy gig on some commision with a nice monthly check. Kids, who cares. Boards have a faster turnover than Burger King patty flippers. How great would it be if football coaches ran the schools. Those are the guys that care. Not some wannabe on the board.
Coaching football is a thankless job. A varsity head coach gets about $4,000 a year and it is a year round job if you want to win. Plus, if you do not have administrative support like El Monte forget it. I feel bad for all the football coaches in the valley. They are more impressionable than any teacher or administrator on campus and they do a great job instilling great work ethic, honor, responsibility, etc… for $4,000. What a joke.
Coach Ceniceros is still on campus. Maybe admin will come back to him with hat in hands and give him everything he wants & needs to continue to be successful. Just a thought…
Nah, admin & school board will screw it up again!