GARY NESS, THE MAN WHO WAS ATHLETICS DIRECTOR FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO FROM 1988 TO 1992 … HAS DIED. NO REASON IS GIVEN FOR HIS DEATH BUT NESS DIED LATE LAST WEEK. HE WAS 76 YEARS OLD. FUNERAL SERVICES ARE PENDING.
KOB TV REPORTS THAT NESS INCREASED THE STAFF IN SPORTS AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS AT UNM … AND LOBBIED FOR THE REMISSION OF TUITION FOR SCHOLARSHIPS. HE ALSO BROUGHT THE LOBO CLUB UNDER DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION.
NESS WAS INDUCTED INTO UNM’S HALL OF FAME IN 1996.
