2023 SOCCER INDUCTEE JAIME RAMIREZ On November 7th, 2015, the Fresno Pacific men’s soccer team defeated Dixie State. That win clinched a Pacific West Conference title for the Sunbirds; it also happened to be the 300th win at FPU for head coach Jaime Ramirez. Born in Mexicali, Mexico, just south of the U.S. border, Jaime…
2023 COACHING BASKETBALL ROLLAND TODD On April 21st, 1970, Rolland Todd was just 35 years old when he was hired to be the first-ever head coach of the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers. The Trail Blazers were one of three expansion teams to enter the NBA in 1970. Todd coached them for their first 138 games,…
2023 COACHING BASEBALL JAMES PATRICK On May 22nd, 2019, the Clovis High School baseball team defeated Frontier, 14-3, to win the Division I Central Section championship. It was the ninth section championship in Cougar history; it was also the last game in the coaching career of James Patrick. The first game in the coaching career of…
2023 TRACK & FIELD INDUCTEE TODD REICH The modern Olympic Games have always featured track & field. Known as “athletics,” it dates back to 1896. Exactly 100 years later, in the summer of 1996, Todd Riech became a part of Olympic history. Riech grew up in Hot Springs, Montana. A small town of only a…