7:00 PM
COACH BIOS
Varsity Staff
Head Coach Gary Cook
Coach Cook has a long and distinguished career in coaching that spans 4 decades. He has been a head football coach at the high school level for 23 years in Michigan and Arizona, and 4 years at Phoenix College. He has experience as the offensive and defensive coordinator at small colleges as well. During his time in Michigan, he was named as the Coach of the Year for the state.
Adam Callado - Defensive Coordinator and LB Coach
Coach Callado played football throughout his elementary and high school years. His coaching experience includes coaching youth league for 3 years and high school for three years as the defensive line coach and an additional year as the JV defensive coordinator.
Derek Goodman - Offensive Line Coach
Coach Goodman is a Flagstaff native as well, graduating from Sinagua High school, where he played football and track. He has been married to his lovely wife for 15 years and has four kids. He has been a coach at Coconino since 2018.
Jeremiah Smith - Receivers Coach
Coach Smith has experience coaching at both of our local high schools. He spent time from 2003-2009 as either the JV or Varsity head coach at Flagstaff High School before working at Coconino. He spent time in the JV program before becoming the head coach from 2014-2017. His coaching experience is backed by his playing experience. He played multiple sports at Southeast High School in Yoder, Wyoming before playing in college. He has earned both his bachelor's and master's degrees from NAU. Coach Smith has been married for 18 years and has two children.
Cayden Fordyce - OL and DL Coach
Coach Fordyce is no stranger to Coconino. He played 4 years as a lineman for the Panthers and then continued his football career at south Dakota School of Mining and Technology. This is his second year coaching for his high school alma mater. Coach Fordyce's main job is the installation of fire suppression systems in northern Arizona.
James Moran - Defensive Tackle/End Coach
Coach Moran is a dedicated family man and seasoned Account Manager at Carahsoft Technology. A Simi Valley HS Grad, '97, he was an All-League HM and Ventura County All-Star player. Following his brief athletic career at Moorpark JC, James earned a communications degree from NAU. Today, he enjoys spending quality time with his wife Sarah, and their children Asher and Gavin.
Eddie Zepeda - Receiver and DB Coach
Coach Zepeda has some idea of what it takes to make it to the state championship level as that is what he did with the Prosser Mustangs while being a 4-year varsity player. He has one year of coaching experience prior to joining the Coconino coaching staff.
JV Staff
Josh Clouse - Head Coach
Coach Clouse has coached for 11 seaons at the high school level; all at CHS. He spent 7 years at the JV level and 5 years at the varsity level. He is also an alumni coach as his high school career was at Coconino. He has been married to his wife Sara for 23 years and they have 4 children.
Kyle Hoffman - Offensive Coordinator
Coach Huffman has an extensive coaching resume at the HS and College level that includes 7 years at a Junior College/4-year colleges and 6 years in high school with 3 of those years being the Head Coach. He is a graduate of ASU and earned a Master's in Eucation Leadership and is currently a math teacher at CHS. He is married to Audra Adair Hoffman.
9-10 Staff
Katchee Lee Mitchell - Head Coach
Coach Mitchell is a graduate of NAU with a BS in Physical Education and a Master's in Secondary Education. Coach Mitchell has worked for FUSD for 25 years at either SMS or CHS and has been coaching football for 20 of those years. He is married with a wife and two children.
Mike Thompson - Head Coach
Coach Thompson was born and raised in Flagstaff, graduating from Flagstaff High School. He is currently a teaching at Coconino and has coached football at the school for 17 years.
Torin Palmer - Receiving and DB Coach
Torin Palmer is a CHS graduate, '14. During his time at CHS he excelled in football, basketball, baseball and golf, lettering in each of these sports. Football was his main passion in high school, where he played as a receiver and special teams returner. After graduation Torin served for 2 years on his mission and returned to Flagstaff to work for a local mortgage broker, Mountain Country Mortgage. He is married to Sara and they have three children.
