I was part-time for a while, and then the NCAA said you could only have so many coaches, and then I went voluntary for a while." He also worked as a volunteer coach at Rice University from 1987 to 1988. From 1991 until at least 2002, Arenas served as an unpaid volunteer coach with the Ball High School football team in Galveston. Interviewed in 2002, Arenas said, "It's lot of fun. It just keeps me busy. That's the thing, and it's something I like to do. Anytime I can be around young men and help them along, that's good for me." Property management Arenas later worked as a property supervisor at Barney Rapp Realtors, Inc., on Galveston Island in Texas. Arenas retired in 1991, but he continued to "dabble" in property management before finally retiring for good in 1993. Family, awards and honors Arenas was married to Maxine Brynston Arenas. The couple had two daughters, Vicki Ritter and Tracey Arenas. His wife died in August 2008 at Webster, Texas. In 2000 Arenas was inducted into the Laredo Latin American International Sports Hall of Fame. Arenas was also profiled in Mario Longoria's 1997 book, "Athletes Remembered: Mexicano/Latino Professional Football Players, 1929–1970." After reviewing Arenas' career, Longoria concludes that the "exclusion" of Arenas from the Pro Football Hall of Fame is "a gross injustice." References 1925 births 2020 deaths Sportspeople from Cedar Rapids, Iowa Military personnel from Iowa Players of American football from Iowa Rice Owls football coaches American football running backs American sportspeople of Mexican descent San Francisco 49ers players Nebraska–Omaha Mavericks football players Houston Cougars football coaches United States Marine Corps personnel of World War II