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Marv Sanders is shown coaching Farmington High’s boys basketball team in a photo dated Nov. 25, 1993. Sanders, an Indiana native, earned almost 800 coaching victories in New Mexico high schools. (Journal File)
Marv Sanders, the fourth-winningest high school boys basketball coach in New Mexico history who won four state championships during an illustrious Hall of Fame career, has died.
The Farmington High School Facebook page on Dec. 30 said Sanders passed away following a lengthy battle with Parkinson’s disease.
Sanders’ exact age could not immediately be confirmed, but he was believed to be 80 or 81.
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“RIP coach Sanders. I love you and thank you for all that you gave me and so many others,” one of Sanders’ greatest players at Farmington, Rob Robbins, posted on Facebook in a tribute to his former coach. “You were always there for me. You were the epitome