CHRIS FORBES
CHRIS FORBES
Inducted in 1999 Coached for nearly 40 years including youth and summer league baseball Named Head Coach at Socorro High School in 1986 By 2006, he had led Bulldogs to over 16 District Titles starting in 1988, 9 Bi-District Titles starting in 1988, 3 Regional Semi-Finals and 1 Regional Final Through 1999, he had already earned 8 El Paso High School Coach of the Year Awards Teams dominated District 2-5A and later newly formed District 1-5A as District Champions Teams routinely ranked in the Top 10 in Texas from 1991 to 2009 Eighteen of his players have played professionally Seventeen of his players have been named to Texas High School All State teams All time El Paso High School leader in wins as a Head Coach with 577 wins Field at Socorro High School is named “Chris Forbes Field” in his honor Coached Cory Falvey who is El Paso’s only Texas State High School Baseball Player of the Year in 2009 Delivered El Paso’s first High School Baseball State Championship in 60 years winning the Class 5A title in 2009 Named Texas High School State “Coach of the Year” for 5A Classification in 2009 Inducted into the Texas High School Coaches Baseball Hall of Fame in 2013
