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Under administrative pressure, Russell Ponce resigned at 3:30 p.m. Monday as head football coach of Santa Rosa High School.

The resignation came on the heels of a meeting at the school, called by Santa Rosa principal James Goddard. In attendance were vice principal Alan Neelly, athletic directors Gary Dellepere and Jake Fitzpatrick, Goddard and Ponce. Goddard had alerted Ponce before Christmas that a meeting would take place after the holidays.

While Ponce, 35, was not fired at the meeting, he came away impressed that school administrators were not pleased with his direction of the football program.

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