Coach Joseph X. Miller was a charter member of the Arizona Coaches Association Hall of Fame.  Coach Miller worked 34 years in Arizona high school sports coaching primarily football and basketball.  Miller's Prescott Badgers went 40-29-1 on the the gridiron while Prescott and the Sunnyslope Vikings (combined) went 92-51 on the hard court.

William J. Saunders was a charter member of the Arizona Coaches Association Hall of Fame.  Bill Saunders worked 33 years in Arizona high schools as a football coach.  After stops in Coolidge, Phoenix Union, and Camelback, Saunder's teams won 117 games, lost 91, and had 8 ties.  His football teams won 8 league championships.  Coach Saunders also coached wrestling at Phoenix Union from 1960-63 and his Coyotes of 1961 were the State Champions in 5A.

Henry Lennox is a charter member of the Arizona Coaches Association Hall of Fame.  Coach Lennox led the Antelopes of Seligman in 3 major sports during his career, football, baseball, and track.  Coach Lennox was at Seligman from 1948 to 1963 and his boys were 164-3 during that span.  The Antelopes were State Champions in 1958 (undefeated), 1960, and 1961.  Lennox was also a great baseball coach, leading the Antelopes to 1A/2A combined State Titles in 1958 and 1960.  Seligman went back to back in 1961 as the 1A State Champion.

Coach Pat Farrell was a dynamic and intuitive head football coach at St. Mary's High School in the 1980's and 90's.  His Knights were the State Champions in 1984, '85, '91, and 1995.  The 1994 Knights were the State Runners-Up to Doug Shaffer's Scottsdale Horizon Huskies.  Coach Farrell was heavily involved in the ACA Coaches Association and participated in the All Star Football Games.  Pat was a very familiar face at the media nights for the old Skyline conference.  Farrell was inducted into the National High School Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2012.

Bill Mitton was a long time successful head football coach at Trevor Browne High School in the West Valley.  His early 1980's Bruins were a State 5A power house.  Mitton's 1980 and 82 teams were the State Runners-Up.  The 1981 Bruins were the 5A State Football Champions shutting out Tucson Salpointe 20-0 in the final.  Coach Mitton was a familiar face at all coaching activities and was involved in the ACA All Star Football Games in the late '70's and early '80's. The football field at Trevor now bears the Mitton name. 

Coach Darwin Slade was born, lived, and passed away (2009) in Eagar Arizona.  Coach Slade served as a radio operator for the U.S. Navy in WWII.  He graduated from Arizona State University in 1951.  Darwin Slade had short terms with Sunnyslope and McNary, but the major portion of his career of 50+ years was at his beloved Round Valley where he coached the Elks in football as both a head coach and as an assistant.  Coach Slade was a key assistant coach in 5 State Championships and 2 Runners-Up during his long tenure.

Howard "Howie" Breinig is one of Tucson's most celebrated football coaches.  After playing football for the University of Arizona for 3 years Coach Breinig spent the rest of his career teaching the game to the young men of Tucson.  Breinig's Sahuaro Cougars were the State 4A football Co-Champions in 1994.  Three other Sahuaro teams under Breinig were State Runners-Up.  Howard was the U of A intramural heavyweight wrestling champion and then he coached Sahuaro to the 1972 5A State Wrestling Championship.  Coach worked at Rincon, Tucson, Sahuaro, Sabino, and Sunnyside High Schools all in the

Gary Venturo was the head football coach at Tempe Corona Del Sol High School for 23 years.  His Aztecs won 154 games and lost 101 during that span.  Although Coach Venturo's boys never won a State Title, he and his teams earned tremendous peer respect for his honesty, integrity, and "put the kids first" mentality.  Many of his best positive comments come from from a list of other Hall of Fame coaches.  Gary fought through a brain tumor, a change in his speech patterns, and other associated debilitating neurological conditions for twenty years after the initial diagnosis.  There are countles

Terry Nodlinski was an outstanding football and baseball coach.  He had great years in Payson, Tolleson, Independence, Gila Bend, and Yuma Catholic.  Coach "Nods" led his Payson Longhorns to State Runners-Up in 1976 and 1986.  Coach Terry's 1981 Longhorns were undefeated and the 2A State Champions.  Terry was also an accomplished baseball coach.  Coach Nodlinski finished his career as the Athletic Director at Yuma Catholic High School.  Coach Nodlinski passed away on January 1, 2016.

Larry Delbridge has been a fixture in the Coolidge High School football program for the past 30 years.  Coach Delbridge led the Bears to State Titles in 1983 and 1984.  Talked out of retirement, Larry returned as a top assistant and helped Coolidge to 2 more State Titles in 2005 and 2006.  The Bears were also State Runners-Up in 2004 and 2007 with Coach Delbridge as a top assistant.  Coach can still be seen on the sidelines as the Bears were deep into the playoffs in 2014.  Coach Delbridge was honored with the Coolidge football stadium being named after him.