Jeff Kain- Head Varsity
(480) 883-5204
Played basketball at Red Mountain High School where he was a starter on their varsity for 3 years. He was going to play basketball in college but blew his knee out and decided to change his focus to coaching. He has coached at every level from a 1st grade YMCA team up to adult and club teams. He became the head boy’s varsity coach of a 1A high school in Mesa in 1999. During his time there they went to 4 state playoffs including a season where they finished 23-3 and played in the state semi-finals at America West Arena. He coached there for 6 years being named region coach of the year 3 times. He then moved on to become an assistant coach with the Red Mountains Girls team where they finished as state runners-up. He then moved here to Hamilton, where in 2006 he was an assistant with the boy’s team. He is excited to be given an opportunity to coach at the 5A level and especially at one of the best schools in the state.
Sarah Visser- Varsity Assistant
480-883-5000
Visser.Sarah@chandler.k12.az.us
Coach Vissser is a life-long Chandler resident. She attended Valley Christian High School and played 4 years of varsity basketball (3 year starter), and 4 years of varsity softball (4 year starter). She holds the single season and career record for 3 pointers at Valley. She attended Chandler-Gilbert Community College for one year and then transferred to Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa, where she played one year of basketball and three years of softball. She graduated in May of 2009 with her B.A. in Physical Education and a minor in Health. She has had a few coaching opportunities while in college with 5th-8th grade boys and girls in basketball. She is very excited to be coaching here at the high school level and especially here at Hamilton. She will also be an assistant coach for the softball team.
Craig Chaney- Head JV
(480) 883-5137
Chaney.Orlando@chandler.k12.az.us
A face new to Lady Husky basketball but certainly not to coaching, Craig Chaney makes his Hamilton debut in 2007-2008 as the Junior Varsity Coach.
"I am extremely excited to be blessed with the opportunity to be a part of the girl's basketball program," states Chaney. "There is a great winning tradition here for athletics and I am thrilled to have the privilege of attempting to continue that tradition and take it to the championship level for Hamilton."
Chaney, a native Californian, has recently coached football and basketball at Payne Junior High. His prior 30 plus years of coaching experiences include elementary, junior high, high school, club, and AAU basketball, PAL and Pop Warner football, and junior high and AAU track.
Chaney graduated from San Jose State University in 1980 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Social Services. A member of the Career and Technical Education Department, he currently teaches Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management classes.
Chaney, who resides in Mesa with his beautiful wife Deborah and their pitbull Tiger, has one daughter, Aisha (25), a Howard University honors graduate and an associate producer at ESPN in Connecticut, and one son, Tariq (27), an Arizona State honors graduate who resides in Phoenix, manages a Fun Services company, is an independent contractor, and owns a real estate investment company.
Roger Pearson-Head Freshman
(480) 883-5082
Pearson.Roger@chandler.k12.az.us
Roger has been coaching 9th grade girls basketball in the Chandler district for 24 years. Before Hamilton opened up, he coached at Chandler Jr. High and Anderson Jr. High. These schools were feeders to some great varsity teams and when Hamilton opened up he continued coaching fundamentals and skills for future levels. Coach Pearson is also a part of the football program at HHS. Including the 9 years in Illinois, he has been teaching math and coaching for 33 years.
Laura Peterson- Assistant Freshmen
Started playing basketball when she was in 7th grade because her father really wanted her to play a 'team sport' (prior to that she only did gymnastics and dance). She fell in love with the game, competition and teamwork and played on all three levels while in high school at El Toro High in Lake Forest, California. She went to UCLA for college but was not able to play on the team there, in stead, she focused on her studies and learned how to dance Salsa. Currently she plays with an adult league in Mesa to keep up her skills.
Rich Doyle-Assistant Coach / Speed & Agility Training Rich received his BA and two Masters Degrees from Western Michigan University. He coached X-Country and Track and Field for 10 years was a Principal for 16 years in Michigan and was a Principal for 5 years in Arizona at Jacobsen Elementary in Chandler. His current position at Hamilton is as an Intervention Specialist as well as works with all our athletes to improve their speed and agility. Rich was born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His wife Bonnie is a nurse @ ASU,and they have 3 children. Rich is the only certified Nike Spark trainer in the state of Arizona.
Eddie Landwehr-Strength Coach
Eddie also attended Hamilton and was in the first graduating class. After high school he attended CGCC and ASU where he earned a Bachelor's degree in Physical Education and is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Physical Education. Coach Landwehr works with all our athletes in the weight room to increase their overall stregth and endurance.