Mar Vista High School Alumni

Professional baseball player with the Chicago Cubs organization for 8 years. 37 Wins, 29 losses, 33 saves,3.34 E.R.A. MVP of the 1983 Carribean World Series. A member of the Iowa Cubs AAA Hall of Fame in Des Moines.

COACH THOMAS 'THE WIZARD' MCKAY HAS COACHED BOXING AND KICKBOXING FOR OVER 50 YEARS....HE HAS BEEN BOXING COACH FOR THE FT. BLISS FALCONS, EASTSIDE BOXING CLUB, CAROLINA GYM, SAN JUSN GYM AND EVEN THE RAYMOND TELLES ACADEMY. COACH MCKAY HAS THE RARE DISTINGUISHED HONOR OF BEING INDUCTED TWICE INTO THE EL PASO BOXING HALL OF FAME...IN 1

COACH THOMAS 'THE WIZARD' MCKAY HAS COACHED BOXING AND KICKBOXING FOR OVER 50 YEARS IN EL PASO, TEXAS. MOST NOTABLY, HE WAS A COACH FOR 7 TIME WORLD KICKBOXING CHAMPION, CLIFF 'MAGIC' THOMAS.....AND WROTE THE BOOK ABOUT CLIFF'S MAGNIFICENT CAREER. MCKAY ALSO WAS A COACH FOR RANDALL 'TEX' COBB BACK IN 1975 AND ANOHER GREAT HEAVYWEIGHT ON HIS WAY TO STARDOM WHEN STABBED AND HURT BADLY....DAVID 'NINO' RORIGUEZ....TOO, MANY REFIONAL AND STATE CHAMPIONS....AND STRANGE, COCH MCKAY HAS THE UNIQUE DISTINCTION OF BEING VOTED INTO THE EL PASO BOXING HALL OF FAME TWICE....ONCE AS N ADMINISTRATOR IN 1997 AND AGAIN AS A COACH IN 2013... LOL BUT THE WIZARD, NOW IN HIS 24TH YEAR OF FIGHTING AGGRESSIVE CANCER, HAS A FEW MORE MOUNTAISN TO CLIMB BEFORE HE CHECKS OUT OF EARTH...BE HAPPY BY GOSH...