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Flo Valdez coached volleyball and other sports in New Mexico and Texas for more than four decades. She retired having won more than 1,000 volleyball games and led her high school teams at Roswell and El Paso Franklin to dozens of district, regional and state titles.

What鈥檚 not on the r茅sum茅 but just as worthy of recognition is the countless lives she shaped on and off athletic courts and fields.

Those lessons didn鈥檛 always come during championship moments.

Jordan Bostic Grantham, who played volleyball at Franklin under Valdez, remembers her first varsity start nearly 25 years ago. A nervous sophomore, she attempted a back-row attack that fired straight into the net.

Instead of criticizing her, Valdez smiled.

鈥淪he told me, 鈥楧on鈥檛 worry, you scared the hell out of them (the other team).鈥欌��

Grantham, who later went on to be a star volleyball player for New Mexico State, still thinks about what she took away from that encounter.

鈥淭hat鈥檚 one of those moments I come back to all the time, especially when I鈥檓 nervous about failure,鈥� she said. 鈥淕ive it your all, swing with all your might, and maybe you鈥檒l scare them.鈥�

Hall of Fame induction

Valdez鈥檚 years of exceptional coaching, mentoring and trailblazing earned her one of high school athletics鈥� highest honors: induction into the National Federation of State High School Associations Hall of Fame. She was honored June 29 in Salt Lake City as one of 12 members in the Hall鈥檚 Class of 2026.

鈥淥h my gosh, it was just a feeling you can't even imagine because 鈥� this is the epitome of all halls of fame and it鈥檚 a coach鈥檚 dream,鈥� Valdez told the Journal.

And she knows halls of fame. Valdez was the first woman to be inducted into the New Mexico High School Coaches Hall of Honor, and she has also been inducted into the Texas Girls Coaches Hall of Fame, the El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame, and the New Mexico Sports Hall of Fame.

Valdez also made myriad contributions to high school sports through boards, committees, and state and national organizations.

She was a volleyball rules clinician for the New Mexico Activities Association, was the founder and host for New Mexico all-star volleyball matches, served on several state and national coaches鈥� associations and NFHS boards and committees and was even the high school representative on the Women鈥檚 Player Selection Committee for USA Basketball and was on the Player Evaluation Team in 1992.

鈥淔lo Valdez鈥檚 impact reaches far beyond her accomplishments,鈥� said 近距离内射合集 Executive Director Dusty Young. 鈥淗er dedication to creating opportunities for young women, advancing education-based athletics, and leading at both the state and national levels has left a lasting legacy.鈥�

Impact on the courts and fields

Valdez started working with children in 1967, hired to teach in Tatum, a tiny New Mexico town east of her hometown of Roswell. Soon, she would end up in Hobbs, where she helped pioneer girls鈥� athletics during the early years of sanctioned competition.

鈥淚t was always my passion to see women鈥檚 sports become what men鈥檚 sports were,鈥� she said. 鈥淚 have always wanted our girls to be treated equally by getting those schedules, practice times and uniforms similar to the boys teams.鈥�

In 1974, she returned to her alma mater, where she unexpectedly inherited the Coyotes volleyball program despite having little experience with the sport. 

鈥淲hen I was told I had to coach volleyball at Roswell High, I had to learn everything,鈥� she said. 鈥淚 spent summers visiting colleges that had volleyball and asked a lot of questions .鈥� And that began my passion to learn more about the game.鈥�

Within just a couple of years of learning volleyball, Valdez led Roswell to state championships in 1976 and 1977, and would go on to win a third in 1993. She also coached track and field (winning a state championship in 1989) and women鈥檚 basketball (her teams made seven trips to the state playoffs, finishing as high as third in 1978) at Roswell.

With Valdez as coach, the Coyotes won nearly 85 percent of their games and won 14 district titles in 22 years. Valdez added 12 more district titles in track and field and women鈥檚 basketball during her tenure. 

In 1996, Valdez moved to El Paso and spent the next 22 years as volleyball coach at Franklin before retiring in 2018. There, she won 15 district championships, nine bi-district titles and three area championships. She also won two area championships in three years as the school鈥檚 softball coach from 1999 to 2001.

Belief in her athletes

Wins alone didn鈥檛 build Valdez鈥檚 legacy. The culture she created did.

鈥淲hat I wanted my kids to understand was the value of sacrifice, responsibility, (and) being accountable to others,鈥� she said. 鈥淵ou can carry that over to your community and to your family. You're representing not only yourself. You're representing your school, your mom, your dad, your community. And that's a lot 鈥� that's a big burden to carry.鈥�

The wins were just a byproduct of that philosophy. 

Veronica Kunschik, who played volleyball and basketball under Valdez at Roswell High, recalls what she learned from the veteran coach.

鈥淟eadership requires teamwork. Individually we are a droplet, together we are an ocean,鈥� is a lesson Kunschik, now an educator, said continues to shape her career.

鈥淚f we were going to achieve our goals, then we had to plan (and) act accordingly. Today that transfers into what I do every day,鈥� she said.

One of Kunschik鈥檚 most memorable athletic exploits in high school? Winning a state track and field championship with just seven girls on the team.

鈥淚鈥檒l never forget how (Valdez) believed in us,鈥� she said. 

Valdez doesn鈥檛 measure her career by trophies or championship banners. Instead, the moments that have stayed with her are the reactions of the athletes she helped along the way 鈥� their determination, their growth and the joy they felt when years of hard work finally paid off.

鈥淚 remember seeing the glow on their faces and the excitement when they accomplished their goals,鈥� she said.

If championships built Valdez's r茅sum茅, relationships built her legacy.

鈥淚 hope that (athletes that played for her) remember that I was relentless, that I was passionate about what I did, and that everything that I asked them to do was something that I knew that they could accomplish. I believed in them, not only as an athlete, but as a person, and that enough of a relationship that we could achieve things together.鈥�