Family patriarch, John Augustus Hamilton, helped found the city of Chandler serving as the sheriff for all of what is now considered southeast Phoenix Metropolitan Area.

Hamilton is an Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA) member school offering boys and girls sports complying with Title IX.

[28][29] In 2020, the team climbed from a preseason ranking of #4 to #1 in the nation by MaxPreps' Xcellent 25 poll with an 8–0 record prior to the closing of all public schools and sports programs indefinitely because of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Title† John Wrenn was the first employee hired from Homewood-Flossmoor High School in Flossmoor, Illinois and began building a staff consisting of local coaches and professional players for the program.

Local media acknowledged his success by anointing him as the best football player produced exclusively from Arizona[36] and among the first inshrined in the Chandler Sports Hall of Fame.

Starting in September 2006, Hamilton traveled to Massillon, OH to play Washington High School for the McDonald's Kirk Herbstreit Football Challenge losing 35–26.

[40] Hamilton would then host Las Vegas's #11 Bishop Gorman High School at Northern Arizona University's Walkup Skydome in 2010 for a 24–17 win.

The 2012 season featured an invitation from the Global Ireland Football Tournament setup by University of Notre Dame and the US Navy Academy.

[42][43] The following season had Eastlake High School from Chula Vista, CA was hosted in San Diego with the Huskies winning 28–17.

Hamilton returned to out of state play in 2018 traveling to Las Vegas's Arbor View High School winning 23–17.

[47] CUSD officials reassigned the varsity football coach Steve Belles, the athletic director, and the principal to the district offices indefinitely in September 2017.

[51] Maricopa County Attorney General Bill Montgomery later announce his office would not be seeking charges against the three administrators however none returned to Hamilton.

[52] Families of five alleged victims filed civil lawsuits against Chandler Unified School District and the Hamilton administrators settling in 2019 for an undisclosed amount.

[68] Spectator turnout can exceeded 10,000[69] with NFL players like Anquan Boldin, Larry Fitzgerald, Matt Leinart, Hamilton alumni Terrell Suggs also in attendance.

Chandler would later fall in a 2013 5A Division I State Semifinal matchup to Hamilton 21–17 at the AIA's approved neutral field at Highland High School.

[73] The annual game during the regular season alternates form Chandler's Austin Field to Hamilton's Jerry Looper Stadium.

[73][69] Chandler would later fall in a 2013 5A Division I State Semifinal matchup to Hamilton 21–17 at Highland High School the neutral field approved by the Arizona Interscholastic Association.

The most notable addition was the Chandler Rotary Club providing the trophy where brass plate are inscribed with the victors name and date with a custom street sign labeled "Arizona Ave Champions" affixed on top.

[69] The Academic Decathlon has accumulated numerous team and individual awards including Division IV Arizona State Championship and region titles during the 2018–19[77] and 2019–20 seasons.

[82] Hamilton was constructed by Stantec on a $33 million USD bond issued to CUSD on a 359,341 ft2 (3,338.3 m2) property on the northwest corner of Arizona Avenue/SR 87 and Ocotillo Boulevard.

Also on the ground floor is the special education classrooms for developmentally challenged students with licensed speech, occupational, and physical therapists adhering to Title I.

Hamilton was allocated $4.5 million for a two-story building (N-wing) with 20 classroom and additional administration offices 27,530 ft2 (2,557.6 m2) located on what was the original outdoor concrete basketball courts.

The field's namesake is for the late Chandler High School football coach Jerry Loper who was killed by an impaired driver in 1996.

Dale Hancock Gymnasium inside the school is capable of seating 3,000 fans with collapsible stands on either side of the main basketball court which is sunk a few feet lower.

In 2005, it was closed and replaced with new asphalt providing a practice area for the Hamilton Marching Band during the fall season and serves as an auxiliary parking for large events.

[90] There are no classes or dedicated quiet spaces but the library does offer computers, faxing, printing, scanning and Wi-Fi access free of charge.

It does serve as the home of Hamilton's Swim and Dive team featuring a regulation lap pool and moveable stands for fans.

[92] During a November 2005 football practice wide receiver Joe Jackson was involved in a helmet-to-helmet hit rendering him paralyzed from the waist down.

A 501(c)(3) non-profit organization was established on October 26, 2006, called the Joe Jackson Foundation (JJF) which provides children with athletics, recreational, medical, and academic opportunities suffering from Spinal Cord Injuries.