Pat Hoonan

Athletics has been an important them in Pat Hoonan’s life, from the years that he was a three-sports athlete at Aberdeen High School, all the way up through his tenure as an athletic Director in the Puyallup School District.

Hoonan was born on March 25, 1941, in Aberdeen. He played halfback and defensive end in football, guard in basketball and third base and catcher in baseball. After graduating from Aberdeen High in 1959, he went to the University of Washington for one year, playing baseball for the Huskies. Hoonan returned home and played football at Grays Harbor College in 1961 and ’62, then finished his college playing career at the University of Puget Sound where he participated in football and baseball.

After graduating from UPS in 1964, he was a wrestling coach and football assistant from 1964-67 at Puyallup High School. From 1967-86 he was head football coach and assistant baseball coach at Rogers High School. At Rogers, he led the Rams to five South Puget Sound League titles and a second-place state finish in 1979. The State All-Star football coach in 1980, Hoonan was inducted into the Washington State High School Football Coaches Hall of Fame in 1994.

From 1970-86 he served as the building athletic director at Rogers, later became the Puyallup School District's athletic director, and in 1991 was named the Washington State Athletic Director of the Year. Hoonan, an assistant executive director with the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association from 1996-2000, was inducted into the Washington State Athletic Directors Hall of Fame in 1995.