Cal Officials Will Not Renew Contract of Football Assistant Coach Arrested on Suspicion of Solicitation

University of California at Berkeley’s football recruiting coordinator and wide receivers coach arrested in Oakland on April 16 will no longer represent the school, according to a statement released by officials at UC Berkeley.

“Assistant Football Coach Ingram was placed on paid administrative leave following his recent arrest for solicitation. We are not renewing his contract and he will no longer represent or act on behalf of this University in any capacity.”

Pierre Ingram, 30, was one of five “johns” who were arrested last Thursday in the anti-human trafficking operation in Oakland, Alameda County prosecutors said.

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Ingram was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of solicitation and is scheduled to be arraigned in Alameda County Superior Court on May 15, according to prosecutors.

According to the Cal football team’s website, Ingram is married and has two children, a daughter and a son. Ingram was born in Dothan, Alabama, graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts and currently is pursuing a masters of science degree in sports science from State University of New York at Cortland, according to the website.

Ingram was the running back coach at Louisiana Tech University under head coach Sonny Dykes and joined Dykes when he came to Cal in December 2012 to become its head coach, according to the website.

Bay City News contributed to this report.

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