From the archives: Bithell has coached volleyball for a decade
By MYLO ERICKSON Dan Bithell has been the head coach of the Aztec Women’s Volleyball team since 2000 when he took over for Heather Moore. Bithell was the assistant coach for the team for six years...
View ArticleFROM THE SPORTS ARCHIVES Former Pima player made it to the NBA
By MYLO ERICKSON Horacio Llamas Grey, born in Rosario, Sinaloa, Mexico, is the only Pima Community College basketball player to make it to the National Basketball Association. Llamas, who didn’t...
View ArticleFrom the archives: Cross country first PCC sport to bring national recognition
BY AMY ZAMBRANO Thirty-five years ago, the Pima Community College cross country “great pumpkins” headed to Farmingdale, N.Y., to represent Arizona and PCC at the junior college cross country national...
View ArticleJudo Club found national success in 1970s
By AMY ZAMBRANO More than 40 years ago, when Pima Community College’s athletes played sports in clubs, a judo martial arts team competed at the national level. The Judo Club was very successful for...
View ArticleSoto moves up in 2007
By MYLO ERICKSON Pima Community College head baseball coach Edgar Soto received a promotion in the fall of 2007, when he was named executive director of athletics for Pima. “I can’t say I miss it...
View ArticleFrom the Archives: Fatality spurred changes
By Mylo Erickson On March 29, 1996, 20 players and coaches from the South Mountain Community College baseball team were traveling in three vans to play a game against conference rival Cochise Community...
View ArticlePima athletic department forms in ’74
By MYLO ERICKSON In 1970, Pima Community College held its first classes in a hangar at Tucson International Airport, providing an alternative to pricey universities. Larry Toledo, who had taught and...
View ArticleFrom the Archives: Soccer stadium almost built
By MYLO ERICKSON During the 1996 season when the Lady Aztec soccer team was running wild on the competition, 8-0 at the time, there were talks of building a stadium at West Campus. It would have been a...
View ArticleSpring Training: In late 1980s Pima pursued MLB teams
By MYLO ERICKSON In the late 1980s, Pima Community College found itself in a bidding war to become a Major League Baseball spring training site. If the plan had passed, it would have added practice...
View ArticleSports Archives: Pima preps for football in 2000
By MYLO ERICKSON Although Pima Community College’s football team didn’t kick off its initial season until 2001, there was plenty of preparation under way in 2000. Pima hired Sabino High School football...
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