In a memo that he shared with the varsity’s baseball group final week and emailed over the weekend to the Bay Space Information Group, former San Ramon Valley baseball coach Tony Battilega cited an unsupportive administration, father or mother dishonesty and his personal psychological and bodily well being issues as the explanations he submitted his resignation final week with three league video games left on the schedule.
Battilega, in an interview on Sunday, mentioned he didn’t make the choice to step down from a staff ranked tenth within the newest Bay Space Information Group Prime 20 with out plenty of thought and persistence. In the end, he decided that the setting was too poisonous for him to proceed.
He resigned on Thursday, in response to the varsity district. Battilega’s memo is dated the day past.
An e mail from the Bay Space Information Group on Friday to San Ramon Valley principal Whitney Cottrell and athletic director Greg Ochs was forwarded by Cottrell to a district spokesperson, who confirmed that Battilega had resigned however declined to offer a motive.
“We will’t share that as a consequence of privateness causes,” San Ramon Valley Unified Faculty District spokesperson Ilana Israel Samuels wrote in an e mail, including that the district heard that Battilega shared the explanation publicly.
Battilega, who turned 55 final week, mentioned he despatched the memo to his staff however didn’t publish it on social media.
The memo learn:
To Whom it Could Concern,
On Wed 4/27/22 I formally resigned my place as head varsity baseball coach at San Ramon Valley for the next causes.
1. Unprofessional work setting that lacks needed management and administrative assist.
2. Power, unsubstantiated lies and claims made by dad and mom.
3. Hostile and unhealthy work setting leading to bodily and psychological well being issues.
Battilega wouldn’t get into specifics about his causes, besides to say that he was referencing a small share of fogeys.
He mentioned the choice to stroll away was not straightforward.
“It was actually tough,” mentioned Battilega, who was employed three years in the past by earlier college directors. “I contemplated every day the way to get by means of and survive and handle the off-the-field accusations with the stress of competing for a league title and every part that we have been about. I'm a really, very ‘staff’ and ‘we’ and character-driven coach. It grew to become an increasing number of tough to deal with these priorities and targets with the accusations towards me.
“It lastly obtained to the purpose on that day the place I used to be like I can’t do it to myself. I can’t do it to my household and finally it was most likely not truthful to the gamers. I wanted to take away myself within the season as a result of I couldn’t be the kind of coach that I wished to be any extra in that setting.”
Assistants Corey Linteo and Paul Gambs are teaching the staff for the rest of the season.
SRV misplaced on Friday to Granada 1-0, an end result that eradicated the Wolves from East Bay Athletic League regular-season title competition.
The staff closes the common season at De La Salle on Wednesday and at Monte Vista on Friday. The league playoffs start subsequent week, adopted by the North Coast Part playoffs after which doubtlessly the California Interscholastic Federation regionals the primary week of June.