Coronado High School is a public high school located in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA. The school enrolled 1,295 students in the 2010-2011 school year, who primarily come from feeder schools in the Scottsdale Unified School District.HistoryCoronado High School, named for the Spanish conquistador Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, opened in fall 1961 as a public comprehensive high school, grades 9-12, with emphasis on college preparatory and vocational/technical curriculum. The school mascot is the Coronado Don, don being the name for a Spanish nobleman.ArchitectureRalph Haver, the noted Phoenix mid-century architect, designed the original school, mostly made of pre-cast concrete. Haver also designed numerous public and commercial buildings, as well as tract homes and private residences in Phoenix and Scottsdale, during the 1950s and 1960s. The neighboring residential community of Town and Country, also featuring classic contemporary ranch style tract homes designed by Haver, was designated as historic by the City of Scottsdale in 2005.Coronado High was overhauled by DLR Group for the 2008-09 school year, though the white folded plate motif was kept in the new structures as a nod to the former appearance.AthleticsThe Coronado baseball team has been one of the school's most successful programs for over 50 years. The program won four baseball championships, three Class 5A state titles led by coach Roy Coppinger (1961–88) in 1966, 1969, 1979; and runners-up in 1974, 1978, and 1986. The fourth state title was in 4A Division II led by coach Buck Holmes (1989–present) in 2007; and runners-up in Class 4A 1999 and 2003. The Dons baseball program has only been led by two head coaches since 1961.
