Gilbert Highland saw its football coach head elsewhere last month, and this month it was the Hawks’ turn to snatch a coach from a neighboring school.

Larry Cain has been named the interim football coach at Gilbert Christian, athletic director Janet Oitzman said in an email.

Westwood football coach Greg Mendez resigned this week.

Mike Reardon is retiring after 42 years as a football coach. He led Mesquite to a 9-3 record this year and a berth in the 5A-I quarterfinals.

Jim Beall helped open Higley High in 2001, built the cages of the school’s old football weight room by hand, started its football program, saw his youngest child finish his football career this fall and won a lot of football games in between.

Zane Zamenski will return as Corona del Sol's football coach and physical education teacher next week.

Polarizing figure Bernie Busken will be the next coach of the Basha football team, pending school district approval, principal Ken James said on Monday.

Corona del Sol completed a three-school bevy of football coach hirings in the East Valley Friday by selecting Zane Zamenski as its next head coach.

Jesse Parker, who is tied for the most high school football coaching wins in state history with 309, resigned Wednesday as Gilbert’s head coach but still hopes to continue coaching elsewhere.

Chandler Seton Catholic has filled its head football coaching position by hiring a man with more than three decades of experience at the high school level.

A former Mesa Westwood player who returned to the program to coach five years ago is now the Warriors’ new varsity football coach.

After sifting through 30 résumés and conducting 10 interviews, Phoenix Arcadia took the same route it took last time when hiring a football coach, tapping into the staff at Scottsdale Chaparral.

After several weeks of consideration, Dan Dunn has decided to resign as Mesa Community College’s football coach. Mike Jacobs, who joined the MCC staff last year, has been named interim head coach.

Richard Milligan has been named the Apache Junction football coach, replacing Max Ragsdale. Milligan has been a part of the program for 22 years and served as the freshman coach for the past six.

Mesa High didn’t go out of state this time to find its next head football coach, but did go across the Valley to get its man.