Year Inducted: 2000
Nominated By: Joe Massaro
Sports Competed In: Cross Country, Track
Athlete, Coach or Contributor: Coach, Contributor
Pete Falletta
High School:
Attended Pueblo Central H.S., graduating in 1965.
College:
Went to Southern Colorado State College and graduated in 1970...Did postgraduate work at Western State College, Gunnison, CO, graduating in 1988.
Coaching Career:
Spent his entire 19 years of coaching at Pueblo Central H.S... Falletta was the head cross country coach for the Wildcats from 1970-89, coach of the JV baseball team for six years (1970-76) before taking the reins of the baseball program for a season (1977) while also working as the boys assistant track coach at the same time (1977)...Pete was also the girls assistant track coach for three years (1981-83) before assuming the head coaching duties of the girls squad for the next four years (1984-88).
Contributions:
● Spent 29 years as Director and Starter for numerous local & Regional Track and Cross Country Meets (1970-99).
● Worked for 24 years as the Course Director and Starter for the Colorado State Cross Country Meet (1973-97).
● Served eight years as an official for the Colorado State Track Meets (1989-97).
● Assumed the role of Athletic Director Pueblo Centennial H.S for nine years (1989-98) and took over the same position at Centennial H.S. for five months after his induction into the Greater Pueblo Sports Association Hall of Fame in 2010.
● Served two years each as Secretary for the South-Central League and as a representative for CHSAA board of Control for the South Central League (1990-92).
● Was a member of the Colorado State Track and Field Advisory Committee (1998-91).
Honors:
● Named the Colorado High School Athletic Director of the Year by Colorado Athletic Directors Association (CADA) in 1999.
● Honored by KOA Radio, IBM, and the Denver Bronco as 1997 CHSAA Official of the Week (1997).
● Named the National High School Cross Country and Colorado High School Coaches Association's "Coach-of-the-Year" (1989).
● Nominated for Colorado High School Coaches Association's Cross Country "Coach-of-the-Year" (1988).
Achievements:
● In 19 seasons as head cross country coach, his boys and girls teams won numerous South-Central league and City Cross Country Championships (1970-89).
● Coached the Boys’ Team to 12 consecutive years of qualifying for the State Meet Qualifiers.
● His team finished runner-up at state in 1974, 1975, and 1982.
● Coached several male and female city and league Cross Country Champions including the boys 1973 state champion Ed Grundy and girls 1980 state champion, Linda Romero.
Occupation:
Worked as a Teacher, Coach and Activities Director.
Personal:
Lives in Pueblo.
