For the Mountain Mail
SOCORRO -- Marleen Greenwood, an assistant basketball coach at Socorro High School for 12 seasons, was promoted Wednesday to head coach.
The announcement was made Wednesday afternoon by Warriors Athletic Director Charlie Savedra.
“I believe in loyalty and she has paid her dues,” Savedra said. “We want to see some change and for her to do her own thing. Marleen was a good hire and she is a Lady Warrior. It is her turn. The community has to have confidence in their backing because she is one of our own.”
Greenwood replaces Joseph Garcia, who announced his retirement last month after serving for 20 years as head coach.
“I’m really excited,” Greenwood said. “It’s something working toward since I have been here. It is quite a privilege to play and now to be head coach here, not too many people get this kind of opportunity.
“I will try to keep the standards that have been set over the years.”
The Lady Warriors were 20-8 last season and graduated three seniors, including all-time leading scorer Roxanne Silva.
Greenwood beat out three other candidates for the job, including Magdalena girls coach Wally Sanchez, former Grants girls coach Joe Hernandez and Zimmerly physical education teacher Dennis Sanchez.
“Obviously, we’ve got a whole new type of personnel height wise,” Greenwood said. “We are now small. We will have to change things up a bit. Speed and quickness will be two of our strengths. Right now, we are all busy with basketball camps. We had one here, one in Gallup, one in Las Vegas and we are headed to Los Lunas next week.”
Greenwood also is the head volleyball coach, but said Wednesday that she is undecided on whether she will keep that position.
“We will have always had big crowds at the games and I hope the community keeps coming out to the games in support of the kids.”
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