The recent hire of former Arizona pitcher Jason Hisey to be the head coach of Canyon del Oro’s baseball team, means 35 teams nationally are being led by former Wildcats.
Hisey, the former coach at Pima Community College who pitched for the Wildcats from 1988 to 1991, is now the lone high school baseball coach who played at Arizona.
Jason Hisey during his playing days with Arizona in 1990.
In all, five former Arizona baseball players are coaching or managing a team, including Terry Francona of the AL Central champion Cleveland Indians. Others are Shelley Duncan, who just completed his first season as manager at the Double-A level with Jackson (Miss.), Bill Kinneberg at the University of Utah and Tod Brown at North Dakota State.
The following is a list of the 35 former Arizona athletes who presently are head coaches:
FORMER ARIZONA ATHLETES AS CURRENT HEAD COACHES
High school boy’s basketball (2)
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Player,Years/UA,Team,Start
Mike Bibby,1996-98,Phoenix Shadow Mountain,2014
Jason Stewart,1997-99,Encinitas (CA) San Dieguito,2014
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Men’s college basketball (4)
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Player,Years/UA,Team,Start
Jason Gardner,1999-03,IUPUI,2014
Craig McMillan,1984-88,Santa Rosa (CA) JC,2000
Josh Pastner,1996-00,Georgia Tech,2016
Damon Stoudamire,1992-95,Pacific,2016
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Men’s professional basketball (3)
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Player,Years/UA,Team,Start
Matt Brase,2003-05,Rio Grande (D-League),2015
Steve Kerr,1983-88,Golden State (NBA),2014
Luke Walton,1999-03,L.A. Lakers (NBA),2016
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High school baseball (1)
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Player,Years/UA,Team,Start
Jason Hisey,1988-91,CDO,2019
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College baseball (2)
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Player,Years/UA,Team,Start
Tod Brown,1990-94,North Dakota State,2007
Bill Kinneberg,1979-80,Utah,2005
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Professional baseball (2)
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Player,Years/UA,Team,Start
Shelley Duncan,1999-01,Class AA Jackson (MS),2018
Terry Francona,1977-80,Cleveland (MLB),2013
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Women’s college basketball (2)
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Player,Years/UA,Team,Start
Brenda Frese,1989-93,Maryland,2002
Adia Barnes,1995-99,Arizona,2016
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High school football (8)
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Player,Years/UA,Team,Start
Marcus Bell,1996-99,Eager Round Valley,2011
Robert Bonillas,1995-98,Desert View,2012
John Brandom,1986-89,Riverside (CA) Hillcrest,2015
Mark Keel,1979-82,Silverdale (WA) Central Kitsap,2000
Michael Klyce,2004-08,Los Angeles Locke,2017
Scott McKee,1999-02,Sahuaro,2009
Clarence McRae,2003-04,Mountain View,2012
Brandon Sanders,1995-98,Pueblo,2014
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College football (1)
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Player,Years/UA,Team,Start
Edwin Mulitalo,1995-98,Southern Virginia,2018
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College softball (4)
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Player,Years/UA,Team,Start
Debby Day,1989-91,Cal-Lutheran,2002
Kristie Fox,2004-07,UNLV,2017
Jennifer Martinez,2008-09,Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College,2017
Rebekah Quiroz,2002,Pima Community College,2019
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High school softball (4)
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Player,Years/UA,Team,Start
Amy Baray-Rocha,1999,Salpointe,2015
Jackie Coburn,2002-05,Scottsdale Horizon,2013
Krista Humphreys,1993-96,Corona (Calif.) Centennial,2015
Jody Pruitt,1990-93,Peoria Sunrise Mountain,2011
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High school soccer (1)
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Player,Years/UA,Team,Start
Alex Davis,2003-07,Flowing Wells,2011
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College women’s tennis (1)
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Player,Years/UA,Team,Start
Danielle Steinberg,2005-09,Kansas State,2014
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ALLSPORTSTUCSON.com publisher, writer and editor Javier Morales is a former Arizona Press Club award winner. He is a former Arizona Daily Star beat reporter for the Arizona basketball team, including when the Wildcats won the 1996-97 NCAA title. He has also written articles for CollegeAD.com, Bleacher Report, Lindy’s Sports, TucsonCitizen.com, The Arizona Republic, Sporting News and Baseball America, among many other publications. He has also authored the book “The Highest Form of Living”, which is available at Amazon.
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