Coach Alvin "Chub" Overson won six northern Arizona conference championships and for two years running was undefeated.  His 1949 Redskins team won the conference, regional, Gallup Invitational, and was eliminated in the semi-finals by Tempe.  His overall basketball record was 134-66.  Coach Overson also coached football and his teams were conference champions five times with three undefeated seasons.  His overall football record was 54-24-2.  The picture is St. Johns High School circa 1930.

Joe Famulette, now deceased, was inducted into the Arizona Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1993.  Coach Famulette was highly respected by his peers and revered by the Native American community which he represented on the basketball court.  His style of coaching was "Mush, Mush, Mush" as his Redskins ran the floor without stopping and were famous with their long bomb shots before the three-point line was instituted.  Peter McDonald, the Navajo Tribal Chairman, paid Coach Famulette a tremendous service by introducing him at the Hall of Fame Induction ceremonies.  Phoenix Indian School ope

Rollie Caldwell was another multiple sport coach from the early years of high school athletics.

Phil Kemp was a long time and very successful boy's basketball coach at Phoenix Alhambra High School.  His Lions won two Class 5A State Basketball Championships in 1974 and 1985.  The 1974 title was an amazing game won by Kemp's Lions in 4 overtimes!!!  The Lions bested another Hall of Fame program, Royce Youree's East High School by a lone bucket, 68-66.  Coach finished with an overall record of 159-59.

Coach Leonard Agee was the head basketball coach, history teacher, and Athletic Director at Buckeye High School in the West Valley for 29 years.   Coach Agee's Hawks were very successful during his tenure.  After opening the new gym in 1956 Agee was honored by the facility being named after him.

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 currently Chino Valley.  Coach Acton's Superior Panthers were the Class 2A State Basketball Champions in 1996 and 1998.  The Panthers were also the State Runner-Up in 1995.  Acton stresses defense and conditioning and believes his players will always meet the challenge in the fourth quarter.

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 in boys basketball.  Spilbury coached at Casa Grande Union High School fro 1949 to 1970.  His Cougars won five District Championships and 2 State Titles.  Spilsbury finished his career with a record of 242 wins and 242 losses.  Jack was a coach in the ACA All-Star Basketball games in 1958 and 1961.  The gymnasium at Casa Grande High School now bears the Spilsbury name.