Pete Dolan is officially out as head coach at UCSB

I'm a UCSB alum (ran four years on the team) and I saw that 3 people who were on the team re-posted that news article, so those might be some of the anonymous sources.

Since when did running 7 days and 70mpw constitute abuse? Guys on my club team put in more work.

I never heard Pete call someone fat or tell them to lose weight. Pete was a high mileage believer but never forced it upon anybody. He encouraged people to run more but never forced them. I got up to 100+ some years but found 70-80 to be my sweet spot and he had no issues with that. Like some of the other posters said, he would always give it to you straight. No BS. He would give you the cold shoulder after bad races sometimes but he would talk to you about it later when everything settled down a little. Nothing he did while I was there was worth firing over. He was getting better as the years went so it’s weird to see him go now. I heard he was worse in the past when he was going through his divorce.

7 letters, only two athletes signed, them and one was a lousy 10 foot Pole Vautler ( when is 10-11 foot divison 1? ) No interview with school, or Dolan what a poor news story. That's what you get after 30 years. Absolute bull s... in that story.

Sounds like a BS witch hunt. I'm surprised the tough LRC crowd are all for it.

Sounds like Metcalfe was 5x the A-hole that Dolan was, yet he "parted company" while Dolan was given the axe. I guess life isn't fair, certainly at the D-1 athletics level.

Pete was rarely out at the other practices from what I know. It was usually the event coaches that dealt with the other athletes. I laughed when I saw who one of the person that complained was. She was lucky to be on the team to be honest. Funny cause Pete was nicer to the girls then the guys team. He was way harder on the guys team. There were girls on the team who were hurt for 1-2 years that still kept there scholarship for that time. He always gave people a chance. What kind of an Ahole would do that.

BDSM wrote:

I wonder if this has more to do with a retirement eligible employee and CA pension. 30 year CA state employees can retire with up to 80% of their last salary.

This sounds as close to the truth as anything. Given California’s severely underfunded pension system and the need to make cuts wherever possible, why not bring in a new coach for a third of the salary?

This is essentially what happened to Pete when he took over 30 years ago from Sam Adams as I recall.

Grouchy, Pete took over the program from Jim Tripplet.

Good, they should be. Maybe they will have a higher standard for humanity and mentorship.

shelly-ann conway wrote:

Rojo, could you tell us, for the uninformed, how Toni Reavis is familiar with the situation that lead to Pete Dolan being fired? His article doesn't mention any connection or knowledge of the events so just wondering. Thanks!

Reavis routinely sounds off with grandiloquence and great emotion about things he knows little to nothing about. It is arguably his main shtick.

This kind of thing couldn't have happened to a nicer guy

Dolo's own parents are disappointed in him, we cannot dispute that! Hopefully this embarrassment can change his life around given the few years he has left. What goes around is all around!

-LateToDrills

legal eagle wrote:

This kind of thing couldn't have happened to a nicer guy

I'll take "Things no one would ever say about Pete Dolan" for $500, Alex!

UC Santa Barbara's Men's and Women's XC/T&F programs violated "countable athletically related activity restrictions". Former T&F HC docked for failure to promote an atmosphere of compliance.

Two years probation, $5K fine plus 1% of each team's budgets, reduction in scholarships as well as official and unofficial visits, vacation of records and show-causes for the coach involved.