Garye LaFevers

Sport: Baseball

Garye LaFevers has been involved in baseball in Arizona for 40 years. A 6-time region coach of the year, he was selected as both the 2A Coach of the Year and the
Arizona Coaches Association’s “Arizona Coach of the Year” in 1997.” In 2008, LaFevers was named the American Baseball Coaches Association’s High School Division 1 “National Coach of the Year.” While serving as the head coach at 3 different programs, his teams appeared in 2 state championships, Buckeye Union (the 3A State Runner-ups in 1990) and the Hayden Lobos (2A State Championship in 1997). Following 6 years at Mesa Skyline, LaFevers became the Associate Head Coach at
Chaparral High School assisted the Firebirds to 2 state championships in his 3 years there. Chairing the Baseball Advisory Committee for the Arizona Interscholastic
Association for the past 10 years, he helped in establishing the Pitch Smart Guidelines in Arizona.

LaFevers was involved with USA Baseball for 10 years and coached on 6 national teams. For his efforts, LaFevers was named the “Developmental Coach of the
Year” by the United States Olympic Committee and the “Coach of the Year” by the Pan-American Baseball Confederation. LaFevers co-authored the NFHS educational course on baseball for USA Baseball. Since January 2005, he has been the President of the Arizona Baseball Coaches Association and was elected to the AzBCA Hall of Fame in 2007. Additionally, he served as the Director of the Sun Belt Team after serving as the head coach for both the junior and senior teams and was honored for his contributions to the tournament with induction into the Sun Belt Tournament Hall of Fame in 2014.

In 2022, he was elected to the National High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame after serving on the executive board two different times representing Region 7, presenting at two national conventions, and was the president of the NHSBCA in 2009.

School at Time of Induction:  Buckeye, Hayden, Skyline

Year of Induction: 2023