Arizona Wildcats as Head Coaches: Add Soccer Star Paige Maggio of Mountain View to List

By Javier Morales

Posted on December 12, 2018

Paige Maggio is only two years removed from her senior season at Arizona and now she is leading a program of her own at Mountain View High School as the girls soccer coach.

Maggio, known as Paige Crouch in her Arizona career from 2013-16 before her marriage, is the fifth different coach at Mountain View in the last eight years. The Mountain Lions are 4-1, only one win shy of last year’s win total in a 5-9-3 season.

During her Arizona career, Maggio was known for her flip throw-ins. She also had three game-winning shots as a senior in the 2016.

Flip throw by Paige Crouch pic.twitter.com/jBev5lrimK

— Ryan Kelapire (@RKelapire) August 22, 2016

Maggio became connected with Mountain View when she played for FC Tucson last year.

She played under FC Tucson coach Amy Garelick, who is married to Mountain View principal Todd Garelick. Todd Garelick is also an assistant coach with the FC Tucson team.

Mountain View girls soccer coach Paige Maggio (middle) is a former Arizona player whose senior season was only two years ago (Andy Morales/AllSportsTucson.com)

Maggio’s hire increases the number of former Arizona athletes who presently are head coaches to 38.

Known as Paige Crouch while at Arizona, she became Paige Maggio recently when she became married

She is the second women’s soccer player to be hired in Tucson. Alex Davis has been Flowing Wells’ head coach since 2011. The complete list:

FORMER ARIZONA ATHLETES AS CURRENT HEAD COACHES

High school boys 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
Steve Kerr,1983-88,Golden State (NBA),2014
Luke Walton,1999-03,L.A. Lakers (NBA),2016
Joseph Blair,1992-96,Rio Grande (G-League), 2018
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High school baseball (3)

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Player,Years/UA,Team,Start
Moises Duran,2001-04,Rio Rico,2014
Jason Hisey,1988-91,CDO,2019
David Landrith,1980-83,Pusch Ridge,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 (1)

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Player,Years/UA,Team,Start
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
[/table]

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 (5)

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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
Candace Abrams,2001-04,West Texas A&M,2018
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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