With nearly a 20 percent turnover in head coaches state wide for the 2014 prep football season, 40 percent of those managed to prevail in their debut.

Forty eight schools across all divisions trotted out new bosses and the final tally was 19 wins and 29 defeats. That comes out to a .400 winning percentage for coaches changing color schemes. Schools with new coaches that opened with a victory were:  Amphitheater, Apache Junction, Basha, Boulder Creek, Buckeye, Cactus Shadows, Corona del Sol, Flagstaff, Gila Ridge, Kofa, Marcos de Niza, Mesa High, Paradise Valley, Phoenix Christian, Rio Rico, River Valley, Santa Rita, Westview and Wickenburg.

Former Mesa High coach Kelley Moore took over at Buckeye and won his debut vs. Vista Grande as did his successor at Mesa, Scott Hare. The  Jackrabbits toppled Dobson. Greg Davis, who left Paradise Valley for Cactus Shadows, piloted the Trojans to a romp over Camelback as did Davis'  Cactus Shadows successor, Mike Hudnutt. Cactus Shadows blanked Raymond Kellis in a big way.

Ranked teams in the preseason edition of AIA365's Sollenberger Prep Football Report in Division I and Division II opened with mixed results. Of the D-I top-10, six won their openers -- No. 1 Chandler (1-0), No. 2 Mountain Pointe (2-0), No. 3 Hamilton (1-0), No. 4 Desert Ridge (1-0), No. 6 Pinnacle (1-0) and No. 8 Westview (1-0). Three of the four that lost bowed to another top-10 team or one of the top team's in the nation. No. 5 Brophy (1-1) fell to Bishop Gorman, in its debut, but bounced back to whack Desert Mountain. No. 7 Horizon (0-1) lost to D-II's No. 6 Marcos de Niza and No. 9 Red Mountain (0-1) fell to Pinnacle. The only D-I ranked team to lose to an unranked foe was No. 10 Mesa Mountain View (0-1. Mountain View lost to Boulder Creek, 27-20.

Only half of the top-10, D-II ranked teams won their first game -- No. 1 Salpointe (2-0),  No. 3 Liberty (2-0), No. 6 Marcos de Niza (1-0), No. 8 Marana Mountain View (1-0) and No. 9 Deer Valley (1-0). No. 2 Centennial (0-1) lost to D-I No. 1 Chandler, Ironwood Ridge (1-1) lost to No. 3 Liberty, No. 5 Chaparral (0-1) lost to D-III No. 1 Saguaro, No. 7 Cienega (0-1) lost to No. 4 Ironwood Ridge and No.10 Poston Butte (1-1) lost to D-III No. 2 Queen Creek. Poston Butte balanced its books in its second game, blanking Gila Ridge, 46-0. Poston Butte was running-clocked by Queen Creek, 43-0, in zero week.