Alta Loma's Persell needs a break, will likely return
Ted Persell resigned as Alta Loma High School's head baseball coach after eight seasons with the Braves and 12 total years as a head coach. Persell, who will continue as a special education teacher at Alta Loma, expressed the need to take a break from the long hours but said he anticipated a return to coaching.
"Coaching is year round with the fall, summer, sixth period and the weekends," Persell said. "There's just a point in your career where you get tired. I think it's time for me to be a little selfish. Maybe I'll like this break but maybe I won't."
Persell coached for four seasons at El Monte Mountain View before taking over the Alta Loma program eight seasons ago. The Cal State Fullerton graduate, who was a member of the 1995 College World Series championship team, not only is interested in returning to coach in high school but perhaps at a higher level.
"It's a definite possibility but I think that's something this break will dictate," Persell said. "Coaching at another level is something that's always been in the back of my head and there have been some opportunities."
Alta Loma won a share of the Baseline League title in 2009 and made the playoffs four consecutive seasons before finishing tied for fifth this year.
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Clay Fowler has been covering high school sports for six years in California and Texas. He was born in Dallas, attended the University of Texas and worked in Central Texas before joining the Daily Bulletin staff in 2006.
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