Legendary El Paso swim coach Jack White passed away on Monday at the age of 56. He led Cathedral El Paso High School to 31 TAPPS and TCIL state titles.
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New Mexico State University forward Donnie Tillman grabs a rebound in Thursday’s win over UT-Rio Grande Valley in the WAC Tournament quarterfinals at the Orleans in Las Vegas, Nev. (Courtesy NMSU Athletics)
LAS VEGAS, Nev. It wasn’t feedback from his headset.
It wasn’t the Orleans Arena music blaring overhead that did it.
As New Mexico State University men’s basketball coach Chris Jans was conducting a postgame interview socially distanced, of course with WAC Broadcasting Coordinator Rachel Vigil after Thursday’s dominating 77-61 conference semifinal win over UT-Rio Grande Valley, the fourth-year Aggies coach had an unusual noise filling his ears.