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Chad Phillips- Head Varsity Coach

Coach Phillips enters his 12th year as the Head Coach of the Varsity Cowboy Basketball Program and 15th overall.  Throughout his tenure as Head Varsity Coach, Chad has attained 176 wins.  During his first year at the helm, Coach Phillips helped garner Canyon's 1st league title in over 15 years.  Following his league championship year, Coach Phillips'  helped lead his team to the CIF semifinals (2nd in school history).  In 06' he captured his 2nd league title by beating Hart on the last game of the year and finishing 8-2 in league.  In 07' his team exceeded all expectations, by finishing 2nd, with a 7-3 record, in a very competitive Foothill League.  In 2010 , Coach Phillips team went 20-9 and made it to the quarterfinals for only the fifth time in school history.  This past year continued the remarkable streak of 11 consecutive years that the Cowboys made the CIF playoffs, including another 20 win season.

      Coach Phillips is a 1994 graduate of Canyon where he lettered in both varsity basketball and baseball. He was a 3 year varsity starter, as well as being the first 2 year captain in Canyon Basketball history under Coach Greg Hayes.   In 1997 Coach Phillips took a hiatus from coaching to finish his degree at Sonoma State University.  He received his BA in Psychology in 1999.

     The William S Hart School District has become a family affair for the Phillips family.  Coach Phillips teaches special education resource at Canyon.  His mother, Bonnie Phillips, is retired after spending time as the ASB Secretary at Canyon High School; whereas, his father, Jim Phillips, is also retired was a very well respected teacher and coach at Saugus High School. Coach Phillips and his wife Jen have 4 young boys, Cayden (6), Camden (5) and Kellen (4) and Kolin (2 year). 

Sean DeLong- Asst. Varsity Coach  

Sean continues his era as a Varsity Assistant coach with the sole responsibility of Defensive Coordinator.  Coach DeLong, believes strongly in developing the fundamentals of Defense at all levels.  Coach DeLong is a 1985 graduate of Canyon High School where he played under Greg Hayes.  Sean is a Special Education teacher and is currently working in a credential program while coaching and teaching. Not only will Sean and his wife Jackie be celebrating their 2nd wedding anniversary in November, they are also expecting their first child in January.  Sean is looking forward to assisting the varsity program, focusing on the defensive end, while developing the younger players for future success. 

Jeremy Haggerty - Asst Varsity Coach

Coach Haggerty enters his 9th season as a cowboy coach.  He will be assisting all levels with the expertise in skills development.  At the varsity level he has been given the responsibility of Offensive Coordinator. Coach Haggerty graduated from Canyon in 2002 and was a three year Varsity Letterman in basketball.  He was awarded with two All-Foothill League awards, an All-SCV Players selection, and an All-CIF honoree.  Jeremy was a member of the 2001 Foothill League Championship team as well as a member of the CIF Semifinalist team in 2002.

After graduating from high school Jeremy continued his basketball career at Eastern Arizona Junior College.  After attending Eastern College for a year, he stepped away from playing to enter the coaching ranks.  During that time he has helped coach the Canyon Freshmen team, as well as assisting Coach Phillips at the Varsity level.  The following year Jeremy decided to return to playing the game of basketbal at the Master's College.  During his time at Master's he contributed to the school's top ten national ranking which the the Mustangs highest ranking since 2000.  During his senior year at Master's he was second on the team in points, rebounds, steals, blocks, and field goal percentage and third in 3 point percentage.  Jeremy is in the process of finishing his degree in Kinesiology.

Wayne Edwards- Asst. Varsity Coach 

Coach Edwards enters his 2nd season as Varsity Assistant Coach.  He will be in charge of shooting, scouting, and motivation.  Coach Edwards has been been involved with Canyon Basketball for over 5 years, in an administrative capacity, this year he also comes out to assist Coach Phillips on the floor. 

Coach Edwards is a 1982 graduate of Village Christian High School where he lettered in Varsity Football, Basketball and Baseball and was an All-Leaguer in basketball and baseball.  He went on to Azusa Pacific University where he continued his baseball playing days for 3 years, until he was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 10th round of the 1985 Major League Baseball Draft.  Wayne signed and played 10 years professionally, 3 of those years were in the "Big" leagues with the parent club, 1989-91.  Wayne also played in the Toronto, Baltimore, Detroit, Angels and Los Angeles Dodgers systems as well.  Coach Edwards got his B.A. in Business Administration a few years later from APU.  He enjoys spending any free time he has with his wonderful wife Linda and their 3 sons Michael (19), Matthew(16) and Luke(13).

How to tell a Winner from a Loser

When a winner makes a mistake, he says, "I was wrong;" when a loser makes a mistake, he says, "It wasn't my fault."

A winner listens; a loser just waits until it's his turn to talk.

A winner respects those who are superior to him, and tries to learn something from them; a loser resents those who are superior to him, and tries to find chinks in their armor.

A winner explains; a loser explains away.

A winner makes commitments, a loser makes promises.

A winner says, "I'm good, but not as good as I ought to be;" a loser says, "I'm not as bad as a lot of other people."

A winner show he's sorry by making up for it; a loser says "I'm sorry," but does the same thing the next time.

A winner goes through a problem; a loser goes around it, and never gets past it.

Sydney J. Harris, 1967