Scottsdale Community College defensive coordinator Doug Madoski has been named the replacement for outgoing football coach Ken Giovando.

Scottsdale Community College defensive coordinator Doug Madoski has been named the replacement for outgoing football coach Ken Giovando.

Loyalty. Familiarity. Those were key components Tuesday to Mountain Pointe's selection of Phil Abbadessa as the school's varsity football coach.

Arizona State defensive line coach Grady Stretz received a penalty over three years on Wednesday from the NCAA for his involvement in rules violations occurring in 2004, when he was an assistant at New Mexico.

Arizona State defensive coordinator Craig Bray’s boss has been so pleased with his work this season that he has nominated him for the Frank Broyles Award, which is given to the top assistant coach in the country. Bray’s boss is Sun Devils coach Dennis Erickson.

Arizona State defensive line coach Grady Stretz is among those focused on in an NCAA investigation into potential rules violations at New Mexico in 2004 and ’05.

PALO ALTO, Calif - All season, Arizona State receivers coach Eric Yarber has implored his charges to play by one rule: Be quarterback friendly.

Desert Mountain opted Wednesday to select former Chaparral High assistant Tony Tabor as its next head football coach, athletic director Steve Harris said.

Desert Mountain opted Wednesday to select former Chaparral High assistant Tony Tabor as its next head football coach, athletic director Steve Harris said.

Since a bird in hand is better than two in the bush, Tim McBurney’s upcoming 30-mile commute from Chandler will be through the desert instead of traffic.

Arizona State’s search for a football coach has found its way to Tennessee Titans offensive coordinator Norm Chow. A source confirmed Wednesday ASU has contacted Chow.

Cardinals coach Dennis Green added four more assistant coaches Tuesday and now is just a quarterbacks coach short of a full staff.

The constant in Mountain View football the last 23 years is heading into retirement.

Gordon Ray was hired the run the Poston Butte baseball program.

Roy Lopez’s loyalty to the Marcos de Niza football program paid off this week when he was promoted from defensive coordinator to head coach.

Former NFL and Arizona Cardinal running back Charles Levy has been terminated from his post as a volunteer assistant football coach at Chandler's Basha High School following two arrests earlier this month, a Chandler school official confirmed Friday.

Negotiations are ongoing to make San Jose SaberCats defensive coordinator Kevin Guy the next coach of the Arizona Rattlers, according to a source within the organization.

Carl Hargrave, an assistant football coach at Phoenix South Mountain High School, has been named the new head football coach at Mesa Community College.

The Tempe High football program is in mourning as it prepares to open the season this week.

A Desert Mountain freshman football coach has filed an assault complaint against varsity head coach Tony Tabor after a physical confrontation in Prescott over the weekend.

Arizona coach Lute Olson named Kevin O’Neill on Tuesday to replace longtime aide Jim Rosborough, who has rejected an offer to move elsewhere in the athletic department.

They were the whistle-blowers.

Rick Tocchet could be back as an assistant coach with the Coyotes this season but not until Feb. 7 at the earliest.