José de la Paz Herrera

He made his debut as manager on 14 December 1969, when he replaced "Popo" Godoy as manager of Motagua.

Honduran National League

During José's career as technical director of National League teams, he made history with three different clubs. However, he failed in his attempt at taking a couple of small teams to win the championship. The first part of Chelato's history in National League begins in 1974, when he won his first title with C.D. España. With it, Chelato also delivered to the city of San Pedro Sula their first championship ever, after defeating F.C. Motagua of Tegucigalpa by the score of 1–0 in their final match. He took C.D. Olimpia, to win the championship title in 1992. Later, he added two more championships with Olimpia, in 1996–97 and 2003–04. By 2001, "Chelato" took charge of C.D. Marathón. At the moment of his arrival he declared that "It would be pretty to leave Marathón being a champion." Those were very optimistic words for team that at that moment was going through a very difficult stretch; fighting to not being relegated to second division. Nevertheless, at the end of the season, "Chelato" kept his word, and the team became the new champs of the Honduran National League. In spite of all the triumphs obtained with big teams, Chelato never could carry a small team to win a championship title. In 1983, he left Club Universidad at the doorstep of the title. And later, in the 1990s the disappointment was for Platense. Herrera is also known for a…

In August 2015 Chelato Uclés, who was suffering from diabetes, was hospitalized to undergo a foot operation. He was granted a monthly 2200 dollar pension by Honduran Congress to challenge his disease and financial problems. He had been a member of Congress from 2006 to 2010. He died on 28 April 2021, at the age of 80.