Jim Ciccarello
La Cueva High School
Impact Statement
“My philosophy as a coach is you take the kids at the level they come to you and you try to raise them to the next level.” -Jim Ciccarello
Biography
For 45 years, Jim Ciccarello has been coaching the track & field teams in New Mexico.
During his thirty-nine years as a high school coach, he has coached more than 200 individual New Mexico State Champions. His teams have combined for eight New Mexico Team Titles. Ciccarello has eight second place finishes, four third place finishes, and his teams have won twenty-four district championships.
Coach Ciccarello has been named Coach of the Year ten times in New Mexico. Ciccarello is the first coach from New Mexico to be named NHSCA National Girls’ Track & Field Coach of the Year.
In 2014, Ciccarello was inducted into the New Mexico High School Coaches Association’s Hall of Fame. He was a member of the New Mexico Sports Hall of Fame.
After 51 years, Ciccarello will be entered into his 51st year at the helm of La Cueva’s Girls’ Track & Field team.
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