Don Haskins

1930–2008 (age 78)

College basketball coach

Biography

Don Haskins became a legend in college basketball by leading the Texas Western Miners to the 1966 NCAA championship with a starting lineup that broke barriers and redefined the sport.

Over the course of his long coaching career at the University of Texas at El Paso, he remained devoted to his players’ personal growth, insisting on academic responsibility and always reminding them that character matters as much as the scoreboard.

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Also buried at Memory Gardens of the Valley

Pat O'Rourke
1942–2001 (age 59)
Memory Gardens of the Valley
Pat O'Rourke (1942–2001) of El Paso was remembered after his burial at Memory Gardens of the Valley.