2019

William Farrell

Bill started his high school coaching career not in basketball but as the freshman football coach at St. Mary’s High School where his teams went 30 - 0. He also initiated the first competitive boys golf team at St. Mary’s. In 1975, Bill was named head basketball coach at Paradise Valley High School where he coached until 1998. His Paradise Valley teams won state championships in 1995 and 1997, were state runners-up in 1994 and region champions nine times. His teams posted nearly 200 wins and an overall winning percentage 60%.

James Merrick

Jim’s roots in baseball as a player began in little league and his college experience culminated in 1965 with him being the winning pitcher for ASU in the College World Series championship game. He accepted the head baseball coaching job at McClintock High School in 1968 and remained their head coach for 32 years before stepping down in 1999. His teams participated in the state tournament six times, won the state championship in 1985, were runners-up in 1988 and semi-finalists in 1992. McClintock also won the annual East Valley Tournament six times.

Roy Muller

Roy began his high school coaching career in football and baseball at Paradise Valley High School in 1972. He was named head baseball coach in 1976. He remained in that position until 2014, interrupted only by a one year stint as assistant coach at Phoenix College in 1982. He retired from coaching briefly in 2014, but was lured back to the diamond in 2016 to be the head coach at Pinnacle High School, where, in 2017, they were the state runner-up. As a head coach, Roy is one of the few Arizona high school baseball coaches who have amassed over 700 wins.

John Walter Edge

After an outstanding high school career as hurdler and 440 yarder at Camp Verde and ASU, Walter began teaching and coaching at Bisbee High School in 1966, first as an assistant track coach from 1969 through 1982 and then as head coach from 1983 through today. During his amazing 47 year career, his boys and girls teams have won 14 state championships, were state runners-up eight times and captured 22 region titles. He has coached 83 boys individual state champions and 23 individual girls state champions.

Ed McQuade

Ed began his illustrious 41 year coaching career in Ida Grove, Iowa in 1973. Greenway High School selected him as their head softball coach in 1979 and he served in that position until retirement in 2018. His teams have won a total of 873 games while losing just 290 for a winning percentage of 75%, were region champions an amazing 18 times, state runners-up in 1996 and 2009 and state champions in 1982, 1983, 1992, 1993, and 2008. Ed has been named State Coach of the Year six times and Region Coach of the Year eight times.