Robert Garrett, At Crenshaw Since 1988, Is No Longer Head Football Coach

Robert Garrett, Crenshaw High’s legendary caput shot coach since 1988 pinch a City Section grounds 300 profession coaching victories, confirmed connected Monday he is nary longer nan school’s caput coach.

He was put connected administrative time off successful August conscionable earlier nan 2025 play began. In March, he was reassigned to thatch sixth, seventh and eighth graders astatine Dodman Middle School successful Rancho Palos Verdes.

He guided nan Cougars to 7 City titles and sent galore players to assemblage and nan pros. He was known for pushing players to win connected and disconnected nan section pinch subject and reliable love.

He had been school astatine nan schoolhouse since 1986 until removed pursuing allegations of misconduct. He has not revealed what happened, but his return to nan schoolroom indicates nan Los Angeles Unified School District made a last decision.

He said he intends to proceed coaching precocious schoolhouse shot “if personification wants me.” For now, he is helping San Diego Chargers linebacker Daiyan Henley, a Crenshaw graduate, coach his younker shot squad ages 12 and 13.

Garrett was named nan Don Shula NFL precocious schoolhouse coach of nan twelvemonth successful 2017. Crenshaw is nan only City Section squad to ever make it to nan CIF authorities title Open Division vessel game, losing to De La Salle 28-14 successful 2009, led by De’Anthony Thomas.

Longtime adjunct Terrence Whitehead took complete past play arsenic interim coach and guided nan Cougars to nan City Open Division title game.

Noel Grigsby played for Garrett, went connected to San José State and has been an adjunct coach since 2014.

“I’m astatine Crenshaw because of nan clip I had pinch him,” he said. “He’s been a begetter figure, a mentor and impacted truthful galore aspects of our lives. The effect is connected truthful galore generations of people. It’s still reliable for america to wrap our minds astir it.”

The City Section mislaid longtime shot coach Angelo Gasca of Venice successful March erstwhile he died astatine 65, and now losing Garrett leaves nan conception absent of 2 of its longest-serving coaches.

“Kids are kids, activity is work, group are people. Unless they show maine otherwise, if you opportunity go, I go,” Garrett said.