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Joe Lombard

Categories: Class of 2016
  • Compiled a 1261-117 record in 38 years
  • Won 1,000 games before losing 100 games
  • Led Nazareth and Canyon High Schools to 18 State Championships
  • In his first year of coaching at Nazareth High School, he guided his team to the State title
  • USA Today Coach of the Year (2003)
  • WBCA National High School Coach of the Year (2003)
  • Max Preps National Coach of the Year (2011)
  • Over 100 of his high school players have received college scholarships
  • Morgan Wooten Special Achievement Award from Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame (2015)
  • Distinguished Alumni Award Harley Redin Coach Award recipient from Wayland Baptist University
  • Inducted into the Texas Basketball Hall of Fame (2007) and the Texas Girls Coaches Association Hall of Fame (2008)
  • Named by Amarillo Globe News as one of the 100 Best Sports Legends of the 20th Century
  • Canyon’s Citizen of the Year (2003)
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