Eric Gardner

Head Baseball Coach-Varsity

Played at Cortez High School from 1987-1991, All Arizona Selection 1991, All-State selection 1991, 1st team all-region 1989-1991. Played collegiately at Phoenix College from 1991-1993. Transferred to Azusa Pacific in fall of 1993. Graduated with a BA in Education from Arizona State in 1997 and received my Masters in Educational Counseling in 2001 from Northern Arizona University.



Baseball Coaching Experience

1998-Present Head Baseball Coach Sunrise Mountain High School

2000-Present AZ Athletics Baseball Academy Director

2001-2003 USA Baseball Junior Olympics Coach

2000-2001 Arizona Baseball Coaches Association Senior Sunbelt Team

2006 and 2008 AzBCA All-Star Coach



Sunrise Mountain High School Baseball Accomplishments

1999 Season Record 8-16 *no seniors

2000 Season Record 19-10 *West Valley Region Runners Up—State Birth

2001 Season Record 20-11 *West Valley Region Champions!---State Quarter-finals

2002 Season Record 18-11-1

2003 Season Record 18-13-1 *Wells Fargo Region Champions—State Quarter-finals

2004 Season Record 22-11 *Desert West Region Champions—State Quarter Finals

2005 Season Record 26-5 *Desert West Region Champions---State Quarter Finals

2006 Season Record 20-10 *Desert West Region Champions---2006 State Runner Up

2007 Season Record 28-6 *Desert West Region Champions---State Semi-Finals

2008 Season Record 29-4 *Desert West Region Champions—2008 State Runners Up

2009 Season Record 21-11 *Desert West Region Champions—State Quarter Finals

2010 Season record 20-10 –State Quarter Finals

2011 Season record 26-6 *Desert West region Champions—4A State runners Up.

2012 Season Record 25-7-Division II Section II Champions

2013 Season Record 21-10

Overall record----321-142



Teaching Experience:

Currently a guidance counselor at Sunrise Mountain High School (16 years), while at Sunrise Mountain taught a variety of Social Studies courses including U.S. History, World History, Geography, and AP United States History.



Family:

Married Heidi Sexton on June 10, 2000. We have two boys Hunter age 11 and Brock age 9.

We live locally in Sonoran Mtn Ranch and have both lived in Arizona for most of our lives.