Dominguez Hires Calvin

Mack Calvin, the former USC basketball star who coached the Clippers briefly during the 1991-92 season, apparently has been hired to coach the Compton Dominguez High boys’ basketball team, according to a school district board member.

Calvin, 54, has been added to the teachers’ schedule at Dominguez, an indication he is the Dons’ new boys’ basketball coach, said Saul Lankster II, a member of the Compton Unified School District board of trustees.

“You don’t plug a teacher into a schedule unless he has the job,” said Lankster, adding that Calvin was scheduled to teach the same classes taught by former coach Russell Otis.

Otis was dismissed after being charged in November with sexually molesting a player. He was acquitted of all charges in April. Last month, Otis submitted a request to the school district to be reinstated as coach and physical education instructor.

Calvin could not be reached, and Dominguez Principal Kelcey Richardson declined to comment.

Randolph Ward, state administrator for the Compton school district, said he had been traveling this week and was unaware of any hiring.

Calvin would inherit a team that has won three consecutive state Division II championships.