LAS CRUCES – Keith Colson, a men’s basketball assistant for New Mexico State’s Final Four team in 1969-70 and later the school’s athletic director, died Sunday at age 88, the school announced on Thursday.
Colson, a New Mexico State athletics Hall of Fame member, is survived by wife, Evelyn, his son, Louie Keith Colson, daughters Sally Johnson, Martha Akers and Mary Jones, 13 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Memorial services take place Saturday, 10 a.m., at Getz Funeral Home (1410 East Bowman Ave.) in Las Cruces.
Born on Sept. 18, 1934, Colson was a four-sport star at Ringling (Oklahoma) High School before he was recruited by Presley Askew to play basketball at Connors State in Oklahoma.