By MARIO AGUIRRE | STAFF WRITER
After one season at the helm, Carlos Saenz is out as Valley View’s head football coach.
Saenz, previously a coordinator and assistant for 20 years at various schools, said he was reassigned Wednesday morning.
“I’m thankful to have gotten the opportunity to work with those kids,” Saenz said in a phone interview. “They’re getting bigger, faster, stronger. We qualified two 7-on-7 teams to go to College Station. Our athletic period grew to over 100 kids (from 25) since I got here.
“I really don’t know why (the reassignment) happened, but I’m glad I got the opportunity to make an impact.”
A message left with Valley View ISD superintendent Rolando Ramirez seeking comment was not immediately returned.
Sanchez went 0-10 in his first and only season with the program. Prior to that, he was the offensive line coach and head softball coach at PSJA North.
Through the first six games of the 2015 season, the Tigers lost by an average margin of 5.2 points. Though the team one won more game (1-9) the previous season under coach Ubaldo Peña, that 2014 group opened the first five games losing by an average of 24.8 points.
The Tigers finished the year with four college signings. Two Valley View players (Carlos Batiz, Edgar Rodriguez) will take part in the Rio Grande Valley Coaches Association East/West All-Star Football Game this weekend.
“I’m happy with what we were able to build,” Saenz said. “I’m leaving that place, as a head coach, content that I was able to build and have a solid foundation there. Whoever comes in is going to have an opportunity to do something special there.”