So'oto was on the Virginia staff when a 2017 incident shook up Charlottesville, Va.
Thursday’s seven-hour Cal lockdown following a shooting incident on the Clark Kerr campus brought back some troubling memories for Golden Bears outside linebackers coach Vic So’oto.He is referring to an August 12, 2017, incident in Charlottesville, Va., when a person driving a car rammed into a group of people protesting the presence of a white supremacist group. The crash killed one person and injured 35 others, and it was a major national story.
He recalls the Virgina athletic director coming to practice before then-head coach Bronco Mendenhall delivered the news. “That was by far – it was probably 10, 100, however many times you want to put it against what happened yesterday,” So’oto said. “Sadly someone lost their life that day. Police gave up the search for the shooter of Thursday’s incident, but gave the all-clear signal around 2:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon. Cal’s Thursday morning practice was postponed to Thursday afternoon, but Friday’s practice was back to its usual 9:30 a.m. starting time.Many of the Cal football players were still unaware of exactly what had happened Thursday.
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