STAFF REPORTS
SANTA ROSA – According to multiple reports, the contract of Santa Rosa athletic director and boys basketball coach Johnny Cipriano was not renewed at Wednesday night’s Santa Rosa ISD Board of Trustees meeting.
The school board meeting was held via teleconference.
According to reports, the trustees’ vote was 4-3 for non-renewal of Cipriano’s contract.
A reason for non-renewal of the coach’s contract was not immediately given.
Cipriano coached the Warriors in basketball for 22 years and captured 16 district championships and co-championships. He took the Warriors to the UIL state tournament three times, which is more than any other Rio Grande Valley basketball coach has done.
This season, the Warriors shared the District 32-3A title with Brownsville Jubilee.