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Chad Phillips- Head Varsity Coach

Chad enters his 10th year as the Head Coach of the Varsity Cowboy Basketball Program and 13th overall.  Throughout his tenure as Head Varsity Coach, Chad has attained 136 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.  This past year marked continued the remarkable streak of 9 consecutive years that the Cowboys made the playoffs.

      Coach Phillips is a 1994 graduate of Canyon where he lettered in both varsity basketball and baseball.  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.  In Coach Phillips' spare time he enjoys going to the movies, being a father, and spending time with his wonderful and supportive wife Jen.  Coach Phillips and his wife Jen have 4 young boys, Cayden (4), Camden (3) and Kellen (2) and recent addition Kolin (2 months). 

Sean DeLong- Asst. Varsity Coach   See Head JV Coach for info.

Mike Skillman- Asst. Varsity Coach

Coach Skillman is in his 5th year of coaching at Canyon.  He was previously the Head Freshmen and JV coach.  Durrently Coach Skillman will be assisting both the J.V. and Varsity levels.  Coach Skillman graduated from Canyon in 1985, where he Varsity lettered as a Cowboy basketball to none and has his expectation for this upcoming season.  Currently Coach Skillman is teaching at Canyon as a Special Education teacher.  Coach Skillman enjoys spending as much time as he can with his wonderful wife Ulli.  

Wayne Edwards- Asst. Varsity Coach 

Coach Edwards begins his first year as Varsity Assistant Coach.  He will be in charge of shooting, rebounding, scouting and motivation.  Coach Edwards has been been involved with Canyon Basketball for over 4 years, in an administrative capacity, this year he comes out to assist Coach Phillips on the floor. 

Coach Edwards was a graduate of Village Christian High School in 1982 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 (18), Matthew(15) and Luke(12).

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

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