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AZ HS Coach Hall of Fame

Matt O. Hanhila

Meritorius

1988

Matt O. Hanhila was a scholar, teacher, administrator, coach, and official in Arizona's public school systems for an unbelievable career of 58 years. Dr. Hanhila was born in Finland and came to...Read more
Jack Chisum

Baseball

1988

Jack Chisum led the Miami Vandals to the Arizona State Class 3A Baseball Championships in 1979 and 1980. Chisum coached at Holbrook before moving to Miami for a total of 26 years in high school...Read more
Charlie Webb

Baseball

1988

Coach Charlie Webb was the head baseball coach at Phoenix Camelback High School from 1965 to 1986. His Spartans were Divisional Champions 6 times. His 1985 Spartans were the State Runner-Up to...Read more
Cliff Myrick

Baseball

1988

Cliff Myrick starred for Tucson High School's Badgers baseball team (batting average .533) when they won the 5A State Title in 1945. Myrick went on to star in American Legion Baseball at the...Read more
Ted Fowler

Baseball

1988

Although he won a 4 year baseball scholarship to the University of Arizona after playing at Phoenix Union, Coach Fowler joined the Naval Reserves and served on the USS Yorktown during the Korean...Read more
Bob Kelly

Baseball

1988

Bob Kelly coached baseball at Yuma and Kofa High Schools for 36 years. He was the head coach at Yuma for 21 years. Kelly also coached football, basketball, and boys/girls golf. His overall...Read more
Gil Corona

Baseball

1987

Gil Corona showed up at Arizona State Teacher's College (now Northern Arizona University) in Flagstaff in 1940. Coach joined the Army Air Corps in 1942 at the beginning of WW II for the USA. He...Read more
Waldo Dicus

Baseball

1987

Waldo Dicus was a three major sport coach for Jerome and Bisbee High Schools back in the 1930's and 1940's. Coach Dicus' 1947 Bisbee Pumas were the Class 3A State Champions in baseball with a...Read more
Manny Ruiz

Boys Basketball

1987

Coach Manny Ruiz coached his entire high school career in the mining towns of Superior and San Manuel. Coach Ruiz' San Manuel Miners were the State Runners-Up to Agua Fria in 1965 by a single...Read more
Jack Spilsbury

Boys Basketball

1987

Jack Spilsbury was inducted into the Arizona Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1987 for a long career of excellence and success. His 1961 Casa Grande Cougars were the Class 4A State Champions...Read more

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