El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame board will remove former Coach Beltran

The El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame board voted Monday to ask former coach Mike Beltran to resign.

Beltran, 65, was tried and convicted cocaine possession, stemming from his arrest during a DEA drug sting back in 2012.

Beltran maintains he never bought or used cocaine

“The verdict, I’ll accept it, but I don’t agree with it,” Beltran told ABC-7 after his sentencing.

After his sentencing, current El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame President Manny Ontiveros told ABC-7 that removing Beltran is “something that the members are going to have to look at.

On Monday, the board vote to ask for Beltran’s resignation.

Beltran was former Minor League and Mexican League player, who coached at

Ysleta, Parkland, Del Valle, Horizon and Cathedral.

If Beltran doesn’t resign, the board will remove him and he will have his plaque removed from the Don Haskins Center.

The El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame removed tennis coach Gene Stogner for a felony conviction.