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Former Lobo Perez joins NNMC women’s hoops staff

With one former Lobo coaching the Northern New Mexico College women’s basketball team this past season, the Eagles advanced to the Continental Athletic Conference quarterfinals.

So, J.R. Giddens, the former UNM Lobo great and former first-round NBA Draft pick who enters his third season coaching the NNMC women, decided adding another former Lobo couldn’t hurt.

The Española-based NAIA school on Thursday announced the hiring of former Lobo and former Legacy Academy head coach Chris Perez as the team’s new assistant coach and head strength and conditioning coach.

“My dream as a player was always to play in the Pit.