Not a football item, but any time a New Mexico prep coach with 41 state titles retires, it's worth mentioning. Barney is the Albuquerque Academy swim coach. Amazingly, he has worked at Academy either as a teacher or coach since 1967.
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New Mexicans in the NFHS Hall of Fame: Ralph Tasker, Dave Barney, Jim Hulsman, Pete Shock, Bill Gentry, Tommy McDonald, Ralph Bowyer, and Mel Otero.
Academy's Barney to retire as coach
New Mexico's most decorated high school coach, and one of its most beloved, is calling it a career.
New Mexicans in the NFHS Hall of Fame: Ralph Tasker, Dave Barney, Jim Hulsman, Pete Shock, Bill Gentry, Tommy McDonald, Ralph Bowyer, and Mel Otero.
