Coaches and Staff

CHS FOOTBALL HEAD COACH

Rick Garretson

  • Coach Rick Garretson grew up in Westminster, California. He attended Servite High School in Anaheim, California, where he played wide receiver and received honors as a High School All-American and All-C.I.F. player. He played football at San Diego State for four years, from 1974 to 1978. He coached the youth football team, Gilbert Dawgs, for three years. Coach Garretson’s 23 year high school coaching career includes one year at Westminster High School coaching wide receivers, sixteen years as Offensive Coordinator for Servite High School, and seven years at Chandler High School coaching wide receivers and quarterbacks. He is married to wife, Wendy, and they have three children. Coach Garretson’s personal coaching philosophy is “Prepare to win.”

VARSITY COACHING STAFF

  • Collin Bottrill

    VARSITY COACH

  • Chad Carpenter

    VARSITY COACH

  • Leonard Davis

    VARSITY COACH

  • John Goodie

    VARSITY COACH

  • Sterling Leuke

    VARSITY COACH

  • Darin Rathbun

    VARSITY COACH

  • Eric RIchardson

    VARSITY COACH

  • Stephen Vaught

    VARSITY COACH

JUNIOR VARSITY COACHING STAFF

  • Richard Holt

    JUNIOR VARSITY HEAD COACH

    Coach Richard Holt is entering his ninth year as a coach at Chandler High School. Coach Holt has 23+ years of experience coaching high school and youth football. Coach Holt has a passion for coaching and loves seeing the progress in his athletes. He played basketball at Carson High (Los Angeles). He was a varsity basketball player for three years and also played one year of varsity football, where he accepted a football scholarship to the University of Arizona. He played four years of football for the U of A before getting drafted to the NFL. He’s excited for his coaching opportunities at Chandler and looks forward to coaching your athletes here at Chandler this season.

    HOMETOWN | Compton, CA

  • Gerald Flunder

    JUNIOR VARSITY COACH

  • Lloyd Mills

    JUNIOR VARSITY COACH

  • Eli Swopes

    JUNIOR VARSITY COACH

  • Zach Thiel

    JUNIOR VARSITY COACH

  • Jacob Zevallos

    JUNIOR VARSITY COACH

FRESHMAN COACHING STAFF

  • Chandler High School Football Coaching Staff Freshman Head Coach Brett Boyd

    Brett Boyd

    FRESHMAN HEAD COACH & OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR

    Coach Boyd has been coaching at Chandler since 2018. Coach Boyd became the freshmen head coach in 2019 and his teams have gone 34-2 from 2018 through present 2021. Coach Boyd has been coaching football for 12 years.

    HOMETOWN | Youngstown, OH

  • Ron Anderson

    FRESHMAN COACH

  • Nate Arnold, Ph.D.

    FRESHMAN OFFENSIVE LINE COACH & HEAD STRENGTH COACH

    Coach Arnold is a graduate of Fairmont State University (B.S. ‘13 Exercise Science, M.Ed. ‘15 Exercise Science, Fitness & Wellness) and completed his Ph.D. in Exercise and Nutrition Science at Arizona State University in 2021. He began with the Freshmen team as a defensive line coach and volunteer strength coach in 2020. In 2021, he moved to Offensive Line coach. Coach Arnold was recently named the Head Strength Coach.

    HOMETOWN | Cedar Grove, IN

  • Austin Bell

    FRESHMAN QB COACH & PASS GAME COORDINATOR

    Coach Bell played receiver at the college level for 5 years at Simpson College. He was a three year starter and 2 time all conference receiver. Coach Bell played QB at Hamilton and graduated from there in 2017.

    HOMETOWN | Chandler, AZ

  • Charles Grier

    FRESHMAN WR COACH/ PASSING GAME COORDINATOR

    HOMETOWN | Dayton, OH

  • Scottie Limbs

    FRESHMAN COACH

  • Ethan Swope

    FRESHMAN COACH

  • Joseph Taylor, Jr.

    FRESHMAN LINEBACKERS COACH

    Coach Taylor has worked for Frito-Lay for 14 years, and is a certified personal trainer and coaches football and track (shot put). He is a Chandler High alumni and incredibly proud to be a part of the football coaching staff!

    HOMETOWN | Chandler, AZ