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Coaches, parents urge Las Cruces Public Schools to raise stipends and standardize pay
Summary
Tennis coaches, parents and NEA Las Cruces representatives pressed the school board to increase and standardize coaching stipends after some sports received large increases while others remain low.
Several Las Cruces-area coaches and parents urged the Las Cruces Public Schools Board of Education on Aug. 19 to raise and standardize stipends for extracurricular coaches, saying current pay levels make it difficult to recruit and retain experienced coaches.
The most vocal speakers at the meeting were high school coaches and parents from Centennial, Mayfield, Organ Mountain and Las Cruces high schools who said tennis coaches in particular are paid far less than comparable districts and that the district’s stipend schedule lacks transparent criteria.
"I feel utterly disrespected as a coach," said James Alba, Centennial High School case manager and varsity tennis coach, adding that he has been pushing the issue since 2022. Alba described stipend differences…
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