Highlands Offers Coach Its Men's Job ; Jerry Carrillo is currently at Cochise Community College in Arizona

From: Albuquerque Journal | Date: March 29, 2008| Author: JAY KROSHUS Journal Staff Writer | Copyright information

Cochise (Ariz.) Community College men's basketball coach Jerry Carrillo appears to be the leading candidate to become the new men's basketball coach at New Mexico Highlands University, the Journal learned Friday.

Carrillo -- who has coached the Apaches since 1995, amassing more than 200 wins at the Douglas school -- has spent the past two days at the Highlands campus in Las Vegas.

He returned to his Arizona home Friday night with an offer to coach the Cowboys on the table.

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