{"id":21582,"date":"2012-01-09T12:55:57","date_gmt":"2012-01-09T19:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=21582"},"modified":"2017-06-10T10:37:05","modified_gmt":"2017-06-10T17:37:05","slug":"its-family-time-for-thomas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=21582","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Family Time; Thomas Resigns at Covina"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\">\n<div id=\"attachment_21595\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21595\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21595    \" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/South-Hills-Cov-Scrimm.-8-26-11-022.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"374\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21595\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coach Darryl Thomas steps down after an 11-2 season and a trip to the Mid-Valley Division Semi Finals<\/p><\/div>\n<p>(Covina) &#8211; Darryl\u00a0Thomas\u00a0has\u00a0stepped down as the Head Coach at Covina High School effective immediately. Thomas,\u00a0who has been at the helm for 15 years, announced his decision Monday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more-->Thomas\u00a0cited the need to spend more time with his family.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For years I have coached these kids\u00a0up and\u00a0spent time with them to help them reach their potential.\u00a0Now it&#8217;s time\u00a0for me to spend time with my kids,&#8221; Thomas said. &#8220;My son is on the freshman football team\u00a0at Upland High School and I&#8217;d like to watch him play.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Thomas\u00a0has had a great run at Covina.\u00a0He had a total record of 103-70 with 11 playoff appearances, five\u00a0semifinal\u00a0appearances, and five Valle Vista League titles.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas will\u00a0remain at Covina\u00a0as Athletic Director. The search for a new coach now begins.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With the economy the way it is we are seeing if anybody on campus or staff\u00a0wants to take the position.\u00a0We should know within two weeks. If not we will open it up for other applicants off campus,&#8221; Thomas said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Covina) &#8211; Darryl\u00a0Thomas\u00a0has\u00a0stepped down as the Head Coach at Covina High School effective immediately. Thomas,\u00a0who has been at the helm for 15 years, announced his decision Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12816],"tags":[6686,667],"class_list":["post-21582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hsfootball","tag-covina-high-school","tag-darryl-thomas"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21582"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59222,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21582\/revisions\/59222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}