The Central High School Football field was named after Ray Laing, who coached Central High School to its only football state championships. The Governing Board approved the naming at the October 13 in front of friends, family and former players, who were part of the facility naming committee.

The school officially commemorated the newly named field at the October 28 home game. Laing led the Bobcats to undefeated 13-win seasons in 1969 and 1972. He coached at Central for 10 years as part of a 54-year coaching career that concluded last year at Brophy.

He also coached at Phoenix College and Mesa Community College, and was a hockey referee and high school baseball umpire. Laing, who was one of the first class inducted into the Phoenix Union High School District Sports Hall of Fame last December, died January 26 at age 76.