Coach Sam Duane just completed  his 5th  season as the Boys Head Coach.  The Pumas finished 2021 season 15-3 and making a great run in the state tournament before falling in State Quarterfinals. The Pumas have now reached the state quarterfinals four straight years and Coach Duane was named the Premier Region Coach of the Year.   

 In 2018, Coach Duane was named the NFHS State Coach of the year and the NFHS Section 7 National Coach of The Year.   Before coming to Perry, Coach Duane completed a 12 year run as Tempe Corona del Sol's Head Boys Coach, where he lead the program to 4 straight Division 1 State Championships.  In his tenure at Corona, his teams were 276-87, with 1 top 20 national finish, 2 top 10 national finishes and a 74 game win streak vs Arizona teams.

Coach Duane's previous coaching experiences also include stints at Phoenix College and Mesa Community College as an Assistant, and as the first Boys basketball coach in Mesquite High School's history. In his five years at Mesquite he won 1 Boys Region Championship and 2 fiesta region coach of the year awards.

Duane's overall record as a head coach is 413-191.. He has taken his teams to 5 State Championship games, 6 Final Four appearances and  has been named Arizona Coach of the Year 4 times,  Region Coach of the year 8 times and Maxpreps National Coach of the Year in 2015.

 

Coach Duane treasures seeing players grow and mature as not only players but young men and the relationships that are built throughout the years with players and families. He truly enjoys seeing ex players go on to be successful in thier lives. 

Coach Duane has a B.S in Exercise Science from Grand Canyon University and a Masters in Educational Leadership from Northern Arizona University. He teaches physical education at Perry and can be reached at 

 

 

 

 

Sam Duane

  

VARSITY ASSISTANTS

 Kevin Hartwig

 

JUNIOR VARSITY            

Brad Minor