Bio

Ramiro Palencia joined the Hawks program beginning in Fall 2024.

Palencia is a San Jose local who graduated from Mt. Pleasant High School in 2018. He went on to play collegiate soccer at Cal State Dominguez Hills and San Francisco State before hanging up his boots to focus on coaching.

Palencia holds the U.S. Soccer C license and has coached at Juventus Academy SV, Albion SV, and is now currently a coach at Almaden FC. He is very passionate about his community and now wants to help local San Jose soccer players use the sport to be successful in winning on and off the field.

Palencia was a Liberal Arts major and minored in business at San Francisco State.