The head coaches of the recently crowned champions of Arizona high school football will be honored Friday by the Valley of the Sun Chapter of the National Football Foundation.

The head coaches of the recently crowned champions of Arizona high school football will be honored Friday by the Valley of the Sun Chapter of the National Football Foundation.

The Cardinals have a new head coach. Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt signed a four-year contract Sunday – with a team option for a fifth season – to become the team’s seventh coach since the franchise moved to Arizona in 1988.

Paul Westhead, who coached the Los Angeles Lakers to the 1980 NBA championship, was introduced Tuesday as the next head coach of the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury.

Paul Westhead, who coached the Los Angeles Lakers to the 1980 NBA championship, was introduced Tuesday as the next head coach of the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury.

Arizona Rattlers coach Todd Shell, who was arrested earlier this week by Mesa police on an outstanding warrant and found with a substance he told police was cocaine, resigned his position Thursday.

The question wasn’t whether Marc Iavaroni would get an NBA head coaching job this summer, it was where. And it turned out to be the job he wanted most.

Gilbert Highland football coach Preston Jones accepted an offer Monday to become the coach at one of the East Valley’s newest schools, Perry High in Chandler.

The Cardinals considered Russ Grimm when looking for a head coach, but passed him over in favor of his friend and fellow assistant in Pittsburgh, Ken Whisenhunt. The Cards ended up with Grimm anyway.

Mesa High football coach Dennis Parker is not leaving the Jackrabbits for Brownsville, Texas. He is, however, departing for Seguin, Texas., to be a college coach again.

We’ve heard the joke a million times, so please stop sending it. The Cardinals have a bye this week, and Las Vegas is listing them as seven-point underdogs. We get it. Mired in a painful seven-game losing streak, the Arizona Cardinals are due a week away from competition.

We’ve heard the joke a million times, so please stop sending it. The Cardinals have a bye this week, and Las Vegas is listing them as seven-point underdogs. We get it. Mired in a painful seven-game losing streak, the Arizona Cardinals are due a week away from competition.

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.

Taking over as coach of an NHL team midway through a season is nothing new for Rick Bowness. He was hired to do so by the Winnipeg Jets in 1989 and the New York Islanders in 1997 before being promoted from associate to interim coach by the Coyotes for the final 20 games in 2004.

Taking over as coach of an NHL team midway through a season is nothing new for Rick Bowness. He was hired to do so by the Winnipeg Jets in 1989 and the New York Islanders in 1997 before being promoted from associate to interim coach by the Coyotes for the final 20 games in 2004.

SEATTLE - The University of Washington named Keith Gilbertson head football coach on Tuesday, the day after Rick Neuheisel's firing became official.