Jack Daley will not be back next year as Gilroy High School’s
athletic director. Debbie Flores, Gilroy Unified School District
superintendent, confirmed a search for his replacement will begin
next week, but would not discuss the circumstances surrounding
Daley’s dismissal.
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We are posting the position and will hire a new athletic
director for next season,
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Flores said. She declined to delve into further details, and did
not comment on whether the decision had any connection to Alvin
Harrison’s DUI arrest in Orange County while on an April 7 school
athletic trip.
GILROY
Jack Daley will not be back next year as Gilroy High School’s athletic director.
Debbie Flores, Gilroy Unified School District superintendent, confirmed a search for his replacement will begin next week, but would not discuss the circumstances surrounding Daley’s dismissal.
“We are posting the position and will hire a new athletic director for next season,” Flores said.
She declined to delve into further details, and did not comment on whether the decision had any connection to Alvin Harrison’s DUI arrest in Orange County while on an April 7 school athletic trip.
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“I can’t and will not begin to discuss details of personnel issues,” Flores said. “Everyone has the right to confidentiality.”
Harrison, former GHS track and field head coach, caused a two-vehicle wreck sending two people to the hospital while driving a school-rented van on state Highway 73, according to the California Highway Patrol.
No students were with Harrison at any point that evening.
It was later found Harrison did not have a valid driver’s license.
Joel Herrera, GUSD Human Resources assistant superintendent, said it had been discovered during the early stages of the school district’s investigation that Daley rented the van Harrison used to attend a track meet in Arcadia with four GHS sprinters.
Daley first came to GHS in 1988 as a substitute teacher. He was named the Central Coast Section’s Athletic Director of the Year in 2007.
“This is a very difficult decision,” Flores said. “Jack Daley has done a wonderful job over the years.”
Calls to Daley and GHS Principal Marco Sanchez were not immediately returned.
