Joe A. Famulatte

Inducted: 1993

Sport: Basketball

School: Phoenix Indian School

Joe Famulette, now deceased, was inducted into the Arizona Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1993.  Coach Famulette was highly respected by his peers and revered by the Native American community which he represented on the basketball court.  His style of coaching was "Mush, Mush, Mush" as his Redskins ran the floor without stopping and were famous with their long bomb shots before the three-point line was instituted.  Peter McDonald, the Navajo Tribal Chairman, paid Coach Famulette a tremendous service by introducing him at the Hall of Fame Induction ceremonies.  Phoenix Indian School opened in 1891 and closed in 1990.  Indian School Road, for obvious reasons, was named after the school located there and Central Avenue.