Football

Richard Taylor

Coach Taylor began his football coaching career in Ohio in 1972. He moved to Phoenix in 1986 and in 1990 accepted the head football coaching position when Centennial High School opened. He remains as Centennial’s head coach at this writing. He was named State Coach of the Year by the Arizona Republic in 2015. His overall record is 322 wins and 124 losses and his record at Centennial is 247 wins, 85 losses and three ties. His Centennial teams have made the playoffs 21 times, have been region Champions 24 times, State Runners-up four times and State Champions seven times.

John Kashner

John’s 20 year high school head coaching football career began at Casa Grande Union High in 1979. He accepted the head coaching position at Flowing Wells High in 1988. In 1997, he was named head coach at Coolidge. His teams posted an overall winning percentage of over 50% and were Region Champions four times. John was named Region Coach of the Year three times and Area Coach of the Year four times. In 1996, he served as head coach of the State All-Star Game and served twice as an Assistant for that game.

Mike Morgan

Coach Mike Morgan graduated from Coolidge H.S. in 1974.  Mike attended Central Arizona College and then Northern Arizona University both on track scholarships.  After receiving his degree in 1980 Mike was an assistant at Apache Junction and Chinle.  Morgan took his first teaching/coaching position at Ganado HS finishing with a 52-18 record in football. The Ganado Hornets made the play offs 6 out of the 7 years Morgan led the program. Coach Morgan then took a teaching and coaching job at St. Johns H. S. in 1988.  Morgan’s St.

Tom Hurt

Tom’s unique football coaching career featured seven Arizona high schools and one Texas high school. He was renown for taking schools that had experienced little, if any, success in football and turning the program around. He accepted jobs at Bowie, Ray, Mohave and Yuma, all schools that had not won a game in the year before he assumed the head coaching responsibilities. His lifetime winning percentage of 60% is an amazing testament to his coaching ability. Tom’s 1979 team at Ray was State Runner-up and his teams were Region Champions five times.

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