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hecTor salinas
Baseball, Player & Coach
Corpus Christi Miller & Moody
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Texas A&M-Kingsville
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
After a stellar baseball career, he transitioned into coaching and administration, and became known as a program pioneer. Hector Salinas started three college baseball programs from scratch and was a highly successful athletic director to round out his resume.
Born in Elsa, Salinas was a standout pitcher who led Corpus Christi Carroll to its first district crown, in 1961. He lettered at Pan America University from 1965 to 1968 and was an All-American in 1967.
Returning to the Valley, Salinas built the fledgling baseball outfit at Texas Southmost College, staying for seven years before moving on to lead diamond groups at Laredo Junior College and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
Always an expert organizer and motivator, Salinas is one of the founding fathers of baseball in South Texas, a man who starred in the game and then devoted his efforts to developing talented players and programs.
