A University of California (Cal) athletic department employee was arrested last week in Oakland as part of a prostitution sting by undercover police officers.
According to the Contra Costa Times, Pierre Ingram solicited online an undercover officer posing as a sex worker. The police arrested him when he showed up at a local motel and charged the Cal football assistant coach with suspicion of misdemeanor solicitation of a lewd act.
Ingram, 30, serves as the Cal Golden Bears' recruiting coordinator in addition to coaching the team's wide receivers and overseeing the offense's passing attack. Since his April 16 arrest, Ingram was cited, released and scheduled to appear in court next month.
"We are aware of the situation and at this time the University is in the process of gathering more information. We were first made aware of the situation prior to the spring game. Coach Ingram did not participate in the spring game (Saturday) and has been placed on administrative leave while the University looks into the matter," Cal's athletic department said in a statement. "Once that process is complete and the situation has been fully assessed, we will be in a position to comment further."
ESPN noted Ingram was not at the Golden Bears' spring game last weekend, which is now apparently due to his administrative leave. Ingram coached the Bears' running backs for two season before being put in charge of the wide receivers and the passing game. He previously coached on Sonny Dykes' staff at Louisiana Tech before moving with him to the Cal program.
"He is embarrassed and remorseful to have brought this type of attention to his family and the school," Darryl Stallworth, Ingram's attorney, told ESPN of his client. "He is deeply apologetic and seeking counseling. Right now he is asking for his family's privacy."
