By the time Sahuaro’s first Men’s Basketball Coach Dick McConnell retired in 2007, he had racked up 774 wins – enough to be Arizona’s all-time winningest High School coach. He was always respected as a mentor to his players not only on the basketball court, but in life.
Career highlights:
- 774-323 career coaching record
- 111 more wins than the second-winningest coach in Arizona history
- Four state titles (1970, 1982, 2000, 2001)
Mr. McConnell was inducted into the Sahuaro Cougar Hall of Fame in 1995.