Some 12 years and 10 months ago, there appeared in this space a column about the hiring of William Benjamin as the boys head basketball coach at Las Cruces High School.
Benjamin, it was written, had come to Las Cruces from Santa Monica, California in 1988 to play basketball for the New Mexico State Aggies – and, yes, to get an education.
After four highly successful seasons with the Aggies, a span during which NMSU went 95-30 (6-2 against New Mexico) and made two NCAA Tournaments, Benjamin played two years of pro ball in Finland.
Then, he went back to California and went on with his life and career, leaving NMSU and Las Cruces in the rear-view mirror.