Nik Hall is a student at ASU's Cronkite School of Journalism assigned to cover North Canyon by AZPreps365.com

It is no secret that winning breeds championships. But the ultimate championship for the North Canyon girls basketball coaching staff is developing their players into strong and successful women.

The coaching staff has no shortage of experience between head coach Levon Brown and assistants KD Hamilton and Courtney Dimming. But they all realize there is more to coaching on the high school level than having a desire to win.

“My goal with coaching is to show these young ladies their value,” said Hamilton, who has played in college herself. “And to help them grow into good strong women who are going to contribute to society and be happy with themselves. Of course I want to win. I’m a competitor. If winning comes with it and I’m able to win a state championship, that’d be amazing. I would love that, I really would. But I put people first. Shaping these women into strong women who can last, that would be my ultimate goal.”

All coaches agreed. The biggest impact they can have right now is to help these girls see how important it is to be themselves.

“If somebody is in a bad situation,” said Dimming, who also spent time around college basketball programs. “I want them to know it’s okay and that they can do anything. I want them to believe in themselves as much as they can. Because they can. As long as you work hard, and you have that positive mindset.”

This is coaching staff is filled with people who have been around basketball at all levels. But what seems to be most important right now in this program is making sure these girls have the lessons they need to be ready for the world after high school.

Brown commends Hamilton and Dimming for their efforts in trying to be the best role models they can be for the girls on the team.

“I’m very proud of my staff,” Brown said, “I’m very happy that they’re a part of my program and if I had a chance to do it again with somebody else I wouldn’t. These two would be the ones I would pick. They have a lot of compassion, they’re good for the game and I believe they can continue to teach our girls and any future coaching positions they might have and do a fantastic job. They bring a lot to the table.”

Brown also echoed their sentiments about how winning isn’t everything.

“Of course winning is nice,” he said of the 5-11 Rattlers. “But going into my second stint as a girls varsity coach I can see my impact as a male. Not showing them just as their coach but as one of their mentors. Seeing old players from the past and having them keep in contact with me makes me very proud. Seeing that they have their families and that they're successful in their lives makes me happy. We are making a huge impact and I would just love to continue that.”

As the season comes to a close, all the coaches said they realized how much their formers coaches impacted them, and it made them realize how much they wanted to do that if they were ever given a chance.