NEMO HERRERA
NEMO HERRERA
Inducted in Hall of Fame Original Class of 1988 Coached the Bowie Bears to El Paso’s first High School State Championship in 1949 Coached baseball and basketball in Texas for 43 years Coached Jim Ochoa and Nolan Richardson and many other players who went on to star in high school, college and professional baseball Became Coronado High School’s first baseball coach and won the District title the first 2 years the school was eligible to compete Recognized for being “strict but fair” and always “stressed discipline and respect for teammates and opponents” School named in his honor in El Paso Texas Named to Texas High School Coaches Hall of Honor Member of the Texas Athletic Hall of Fame Member of the El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame Recognized by players and opponents as a “hell of a man and a hell of a Coach”
