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AZ HS Coach Hall of Fame

Jim Acton

Boys Basketball

2009

Jim Acton has been around small school basketball in Arizona, and with a lot of success. Coach Acton has made stops in Valley Union, Saudi Arabia, San Carlos, Superior, Globe, River Valley, and...Read more
Nadine Sass

Volleyball

2009

Nadine Sass' Lady Camelback Spartans were the Class 5A State Volleyball Champions 5 times during her tenure (1980, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990). Her 1988 team was the State Runner-Up. Coach Sass'...Read more
Doug Shaffer

Football

2008

Coach Shaffer is currently serving on the Executive Board of the AHSACHOF as the annual banquet ceremony chairman. Doug coached football at Scottsdale Horizon from its beginnings (1980) to the...Read more
Richard Bratt

Boys Basketball

2008

Richard "Rich" Bratt was a career high school basketball coach and PE teacher in the northeastern sections of Arizona. Coach Bratt began his career in Holbrook in 1969 after graduating from The ...Read more
James "Jim" Graham

Girls Basketball

2008

Coach Jim Graham was the head girls basketball coach at Peoria Cactus High School. His Lady Cobras were five time Class 4A State Champions (1987, 1993, 2004, 2007, and 2008). His Lady Cobras...Read more
Gary Ernst

Boys Basketball

2008

Gary Ernst coached Arizona High School Basketball for more than 35 years and won state titles in 3 different decades--and had a runner-up finish in a 4th decade. You have to go all the way back...Read more
Bill Gahn

Football

2007

Coach Bill Gahn began his Arizona coaching career at Prescott High School in 1979. he coached 17 years at Prescott. In 1996, he moved to Sunrise Mountain in Peoria where he coached another 3...Read more
Jack Altersitz

Boys Soccer

2007

Coach Altersitz began his coaching career in Holfbrook as a basketball coach in 1957. His 1971 Roadrunners won the State Class 3A State Basketball Championship. Jack Altersitz was one of the...Read more
Gilbert Padilla

Wrestling

2007

Gilbert Padilla finished an outstanding career at Morenci High School as the head wrestling coach in 2006. His Wildcats were 5 time Class 3A State Wrestling Champions in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003,...Read more
Tim McBurney

Football

2007

Coach McBurney is currently serving on the Executive Board of the AHSACHOF. Tim McBurney started teaching and coaching at Tempe High School from 1970 to 2001. McBurney coached football (4A State...Read more

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