Rudy Davalos​

Rudy Davalos has compiled a long list of outstanding accomplishments as an athlete, coach and athletics’ administrator. As a basketball player at Edison High School, he was an All-District, All-City and All-State Selection, and was captain of Southwest Texas State’s 1960 NAIA National Championship team. He received Conference, Tournament and All-NAIA honors, and was invited to the 1960 U.S. Olympic Team Trials. ​

Davalos turned to basketball coaching in 1961 with positions at Georgetown College, Kentucky, Auburn and University of the South. In 1973 he became Assistant Coach and Director of Player Personnel for the San Antonio Spurs. Davalos moved into collegiate administration in 1976 when he became the first Director of Athletics for the newly established University of Texas at San Antonio. In nine years, he built the Roadrunners athletic program to eight men’s and five women’s sports, creating songs, a mascot and uniform colors.​

Davalos was Director of Athletics at the University of Houston from 1987-92 where he made significant financial, facility and competitive improvements, to include a Heisman Trophy winner. In 1993 he assumed the same position at the University of New Mexico. He served two terms on the NCAA Men’s Basketball Committee. His Hall of Fame inductions include Latin American International Sports, NAIA, Southwest Texas State University and Texas High School Basketball and he is a Distinguished Alumni Award recipient at SWT.​