Coach Rhea Wease was honored meritoriously for his outstanding dedication and service to Salome High School Athletics.  Salome High School opened in 1956, and Coach Wease was the first educator hired.  He remained at Salome until his retirement in 1993.  He coached boy's sports until 1972 and girl's sports from 1973 to 1993.  Coach Wease led the track, volleyball, softball, and basketball teams for the Lady Frogs through that period.  His 1977 and 1978 softball teams were the Arizona State Class C Softball Champions (both wins over Ft.

John McGlumphy is often remembered as the "Father of Rural School Wrestling".  He taught and coached at Benson High School from 1958 until 1989.  His 1971 Bobcats were the Class 2A State Champions.  His 1962 and 1963 teams were the Arizona State Runners-Up.   He coached 22 individual state champions.  Coach McGlumphy is credited with helping several rural schools in the southeastern  rural areas of Arizona to begin wrestling programs.  John was honored as the ACA 1995 Wrestling Decicatee at the All Star Matches.  Coach McGlumphy was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2011

Doug Clapp was a very successful 4A high school football coach at Peoria High School.  Coach Clapp's Panthers were the 4A State Football Champions in 1986, 1987, and tied Tucson Sahuaro's 1994 team for their third title in 8 years.  Doug's boys were also the State Runners-Up in 1988 and 1990.  Coach Clapp has been an ardent supporter of the Arizona Coaches Association, he has coached in more than one of the ACA All Star games, and formerly served on the Executive Board of the Hall of Fame.

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

Dave began his 23 year head coaching career in Arizona at Phoenix Central High School in 1968.  He coached the Bobcats for 20 years before resigning his coaching duties in 1987 when named Central High School Principal.  He retired from full time administrative duties in 1994 but came out of reitrement in 1997 when asked to coach the Shadow Mountain High raqueteers.  His teams posted an overall record of 271 wins for a winning percentage just shy of 90%, had consecutive dual match undefeated seasons from 1969 through 1982, were region champions 15 times, won the state title twice and were st

After graduating from the University of Wisconsin LaCrosse (LaCrosse State University) in 1973, Osborn Shackelford began his teaching and coaching career at Maryvale High in Phoenix Arizona.  In 1979, Coach "Shack" became the third head coach for the Maryvale women's basketball program.  He coached the Lady Panthers from 1979-2003 and had a 64.3 winning percentage.  During his tenure, Maryvale won two invitational tournaments, 2 region titles, and were the state champions in 1989 and 1990.  The Lady Panthers lost in double OT in the state semifinals in 1993.  Coach Shack has coached in the