Chuck Hardt spent his entire storied coaching career at Payson High School. He served in the unique position as both girls and boys track coach for 21 years, with 5 of those years being the assistant coach. His teams won four Arizona State Championships, one State Runner-Up, ad six Region crowns. Coach Hardt was honored as Arizona State Track Coach of the Year in 2001 by the ATCCA and named Region Coach of the Year six times. He also assisted in varsity football for 7 years and the 1981 Longhorns won that gridiron State Title. Chuck also coached basketball as a head coach and assistant for 19 years. His 1979 Payson team was the Class B State Champions, and his 2007 and 2008 teams were the Arizona State Runners-Up. And, to add even more to his exploits, Coach Hardt coached both the boys and girls cross country teams for 15 years with his Lady Longhorns winning the State Title in 2001. In his nomination form Coach said it all with "My coaching career began at Payson High School in 1977. I spent the next 33 years trying to make the Payson High School athletic programs a special experience for my athletes and a point of pride for the Payson community. Chuck's father, "Jiggs" Hardt was a charter AHSACHOF inductee in 1984 in basketball. The Hardt's are one of three father-son Hall of Fame duos.