Ron Estrada

"Absolutely," said Ron Estrada, AHS athletic director."Especially the basketball players."

Estrada, a 1975 Albuquerque High grad, played basketball for Hulsman, was his assistant coach for 11 years and succeeded him as head coach.
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"The basketball court is named for him" Estrada said.

Ronald Estrada Athletics Director

Ronald EstradaAthletics Director

The posole dinner was wonderful-thank you to our Athletic Director, Ron Estrada, for preparing this feast-he obviously wears many hats at AHS!

Albuquerque High School's athletic director, Ron Estrada, has refused comment.

Ron Estrada Athletic Director

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Ron Estrada

Athletic Director, Albuquerque High School

Ron Estrada, Albuquerque High School's athletic director, refused comment.

AHS Athletics Director Ron Estrada refused comment.

Apparently, former Albuquerque High boys basketball coach Ron Estrada has bonded enough with high school athletes - despite an 0-24 season in 2004-05 - to land the new athletics director position at Albuquerque High, Principal Linda Sink said Wednesday.
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"Ron's been here for almost 15 years now, and he has a lot of experience with teaching kids," said Sink, who picked Estrada out of a pool of "a few" candidates.
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"Ron's been here for almost 15 years now, and he has a lot of experience with teaching kids," said Sink, who picked Estrada out of a pool of "a few" candidates.
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"The athletics director job is a very difficult one, but Ron's qualified."

The top agenda for Estrada, who could not be reached after several phone calls from The Tribune, will be to reshape Albuquerque High's recent dwindling athletic performances.
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Sink said Estrada will concentrate on attracting kids from the six middle schools to attend Albuquerque High.
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The challenge facing the athletics director requires Estrada to step down as coach and concentrate on the new position, Sink said.
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Estrada succeeded Hulsman in 2002 after 11 years as Hulsman's assistant.
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Since the overhauling job will take a large dose of optimism, Estrada may be a good fit.

After the Bulldogs lost 62-42 to Manzano in the district tournament, capping off the winless season, Estrada still had the peppiness of an avid expresso drinker.

"You just analyze your mistakes, get up and go to work every morning and do it again," Estrada said after that game.

APS Invitational: Because of recent snow making the baseball and softball field conditions messy, the Albuquerque Public Schools Baseball and Softball Invitationals were postponed.