Eric Solberg set to retire after combined 64 seasons at Fresno City College

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- t's a week of alteration implicit astatine Fresno City College. Monday Tony Caviglia announced his status from the starring the shot squad aft 27 years. Wednesday Eric Solberg, a long-time caput shot manager and adjunct shot coach, tells Action News this volition beryllium his last season.

"It's conscionable hard," Solberg said. "Physically, mentally challenging. I don't privation anyone to play a violin for maine but astir of my days are 10-12 hours and that astatine my property conscionable wipes maine out."

A Bullard alum, Solberg played astatine Fresno State nether Bob Bennett. He was hired to beryllium Ron Scott's adjunct manager successful 1989 and the brace won a authorities rubric successful 1992.

Seven years aboriginal helium was hired to pb the men's shot squad wherever helium became a two-time nationalist manager of the year, winning 20 league titles and 2 authorities titles successful 2017 and 2019.

"I've been a portion of 46 league titles here. There's a accidental I've coached much games, not arsenic a caput coach, but much games than anyone successful California," helium said.

Solberg says he'll decorativeness his 38th play with Rams shot squad and 27th twelvemonth with the shot team. After adjacent to 4 decades astatine the schoolhouse helium says he'll miss the radical the most. "That's what JC is about," helium said. "Developing radical and moving them connected educationally. But adjacent if they don't bash that, I've had plentifulness of radical who didn't determination connected educationally but moved connected arsenic amended people. I'd similar to deliberation I helped with that."

In full he's a 3 clip nationalist manager of the twelvemonth with 3 authorities titles and was a portion of 46 league titles.

He tells Action News his anticipation is to enactment connected adjunct module astatine FCC and inactive beryllium an adjunct shot manager aft his authoritative retirement.

RESUME:

BASEBALL
- Hired successful 1989

- 26 league titles with Baseball, 9 Final Fours, 1992 State Championship

- 2019 National Assistant Coach of the Year (American Baseball Coaches Association)

SOCCER
- Hired successful 1999

- 20 league titles, 10 Final Fours, 2 State Championships (2017, 2019)

- 2016 & 2019 National Coach of the Year (United Soccer Coaches of America)