Hard news with which Cordovan basketball has woken up this Monday, which has lost a new capital piece of its own history and growth. Indeed, since the sad death of Jesús Orozco has been known, a coach forged in the province and who has lost his life at the age of 80, as confirmed by various clubs through which he passed and left his mark. In particular, his figure is remembered in a significant way in the Maristas and the Peñarroya CP. And it is that in the collegiate team he emerged as one of the referents and formative promoter of a quarry that became one of the great dominators of the province, accumulating a multitude of titles in his record.
The legacy of the Orozcos that shines in Peñarroya
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Key piece of said entity along with other renowned technicians such as Eduardo Burgos or Manuel González, the eldest of the Orozco saga, has left a profound legacy that continues during the 70s, 80s and 90s, but extends to the present day. In fact, he is the father of Pablo Orozco, current coach of the Maristas N1 team and who was also recently coach of Peñarroya in EBA, a club that Jesús led from the bench at the beginning of the 90s in First Andalusian and Second National. Likewise, he is the grandfather of two players trained in the Cervantes quarry, and one of them even went through the mining team under the orders of his father.
Today we say goodbye from deep sadness to Jesús Orozco, a coach who left a deep mark on Maristas, father of the current coach of the N1 Nacional team and grandfather of two former Cervantes players, DEP pic.twitter.com/mVKSOr3YvJ
— CB Maristas Córdoba (@cbmaristascor) October 31, 2022
