Inducted 1993
Hometown: Los Fresnos
High School: Los Fresnos High School
Best Known for: Coaching – Basketball
Garcia’s name is synonymous with Valley basketball and winning, and he shows no signs of slowing up.
Garcia rose from the migrant labor fields of Los Fresnos to become an elite three-sport athlete, earning All-American basketball honors in 1961 and also quarterbacking the Los Fresnos High School football team.
Then he embarked on a coaching and athletic director career that is legendary; Garcia spent 28 years as the leader of the Mission Eagles, then got win No. 600 in 2007, coaching San Benito against his alma mater Los Fresnos.
Garcia, a battler who gives no quarter and asks none, has a hard-charging style that has always endeared him to loyal players. He has won a dozen district titles in his career and in 2008, led San Benito to its first playoffs trip in 46 years before taking over new school PSJA Southwest in 2010, with 660 wins and counting.