Summer road trips in the car can bring members of a family together, or rip them apart.
For the New Mexico State Athletics Department and its traveling road show, this week introducing supporters from Gallup to Santa Fe to Albuquerque to the trifecta of new marquee Aggies sports coaches — Jerry Kill in football, Greg Heiar in men’s basketball and Jodi Adams-Birch in women’s basketball — the rookies seemed to catch on pretty quick.
“I’ve been on this trip now with Jodi and coach Kill now, and we’ve had an unbelievable time together,” said Heiar. He has been on the job a grand total of 37 days as the man tasked with replacing Chris Jans, who coached the New Mexico State men in March to an NCAA Tournament victory.