Roswell mourns Mickey Reeves, legendary coach dies at 51

An assistant coach and Roswell sports legend, Mickey Reeves, died Saturday at the age of 51 during a six-man state championship football game in Roswell. He collapsed at halftime and never regained consciousness, his brother Sean Reeves told KRQE Sports.

Reeves was on the sideline for Gateway Christian’s state title victory over Ramah. Sean Reeves described what happened during the break.

“As far as I know they went in at halftime. I don’t know if he just passed out or whatever and then he didn’t come around and then he was not responsive,” Sean Reeves said. “So, the paramedics started working on him and he never regained consciousness. He went to be with Jesus, doing what he liked to do best, you know , coaching high school football in the state championship game.”

Reeves was a standout multi-sport athlete at Roswell High School before playing baseball and football at Arizona State. He was also drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1991 MLB draft.