Coach Tom Sutliffe has been coaching football since 2008.  He started as a youth coach with the Surprise Falcons before starting the Surprise Sharks football organization.  He then progressed to Valley Vista High School where he started as a DB/WR coach on the freshman level.  His second year he was made the freshman head coach which he did for 2 years then became the varsity offensive line coach.  He finished his last 2 years at Valley as the Varsity RB coach.  Tom Grew up in the valley and met his wife, Allison, at Apollo High School which they both graduated from.  They have 2 sons Hunter (19) and Garrett (18).  Tom is an operations manager at Desert Supply Co, an artificial grass and putting green supply wholesaler.  Allison is a teaching assistant at Legacy Traditional Elementary School.  Hunter works at UPS.  Garrett is a freshman at Buena Vista University in Iowa where he is a scholarship football player.  They also have 2 foster children (ages 1 & 4) they are hoping to adopt in the coming months.