Hansen's Sunday Notebook: Champion coaches took different paths

Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star Cienega head coach Eric Tatham, right, high-fives the players and staff after the Bobcats won on the final out of the state Division II softball championship game between Salpointe and Cienega on Monday, May 18, 2015, at Farrington Softball Stadium in Tempe, Ariz. Cienega won the state championship 9-2 over Salpointe. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star Disparate paths led five coaches to state titles

Five Tucson teams won state championships in spring sports, which isn’t unusual. The appeal is how vastly different the coaches of those five state champions are.

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Cienega’s softball team, 26-8, is coached by 45-year-old Eric Tatham, an old second…