Pueblo East won the 3A football championship last season under the guidance of David Ramirez. (Mark Adams)
David Ramirez, who led Pueblo East to the Class 3A football championship last November, has resigned as the school’s football coach.
Pueblo City Schools sent a press release announcing the change on Tuesday morning, and cited “personal reasons” for the resignation. Ramirez also resigned his job as a physical education teacher at the school.
In part, the release stated, “The resignation is effective immediately. Ramirez cited personal reasons for stepping down. East High School Principal Patrick Krumholz said an extensive search will begin immediately for Ramirez’s replacement.”
Ramirez told the Pueblo Chieftain that the resignation was “a voluntary thing with me.”
“I’ve been thinking about it for a while,” he told the paper. “I’ve been doing it since I was 24 and I felt it was just time for me to move on.”
Ramirez coached the Eagles for seven of the past eight seasons with a one-year absence in 2011.
He was hired in 2007, and went 47-33. Over the past three seasons, his mark was 28-11. That includes 11-3 in 2014, when he led Pueblo East to the school’s first title in its 55-year history.
After the season, was voted as the 3A coach of the year by his fellow coaches.
Prior to joining Pueblo East, Ramirez was an assistant at Coronado. He graduated from Pueblo Centennial in 2001.
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