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Alfonso Ibarra was hired as the Cross Country Coach at ML King in May of 2022. A life-long Riverside resident, Coach Ibarra joins the King staff after 16 years at Riverside Poly.

A 1996 Arlington High graduate, Coach Ibarra was a tremendous student-athlete and impactful leader on the AHS campus. A fine all-around athlete, he was a mainstay on the Lion cross country and track teams being named team MVP multiple times. He was a four-time CIF qualifier in track and led the cross-country team to 2 straight trips to CIF Prelims. He proved to be one of the best distance runners the Inland Empire ever produced and still holds the 1600 and 3200 records at Arlington High.

In 2006, he began his teaching and coaching career at Poly. During his stint as the Bears head cross country coach, Ibarra showed a great ability to get the most out of his teams. He took a moribund program and made those Poly teams annually competitive in their league and in CIF. He made similar contributions to the track team serving as their distance coach. Ibarra is a graduate of Cal-State San Bernardino and has his Master’s Degree from Cal Baptist. He will be teaching in the King Math Department.