Nothing but big numbers here: Dick coached Sahuaro High School to four basketball state championships and won a then-state record 774 games. Rick led Sahuaro to the 1973 and 1974 state baseball titles, and was an all-city basketball guard who became part of Arizona’s 1976 NCAA baseball championship team. Rick later coached Mesa Westwood High to more than 500 victories.
4. Dick McConnell and Rick McConnell
Dick McConnell stands with his son, Rick McConnell, before the start of a basketball game between Dick's Sahuaro High School basketball team faced Rick's Mesa Dobson basketball team on Dec. 5, 1989. Photo by David Sanders / Arizona Daily Star
Star sports columnist Greg Hansen counts down the 10 greatest father-son sports duos in Tucson history.
