The Maricopa Community College District elected in February 2018 to eliminate all football programs associated with its schools.

Other prominent alumni include the Navajo Nation's first president Peterson Zah,[5] film star Nick Nolte, Tony Award-winning actor Stephen Spinella, actor Peter Billingsley, daytime television star Jaime Lyn Bauer, Pop/Rhythm & Blues singer CeCe Peniston, artist Eric Fischl, Mixed Martial artists UFC veteran Homer Moore, AAGPBL pioneer Charlotte Armstrong.

Investigative journalist Ron Ridenhour, who exposed the My Lai Massacre, attended Phoenix College before being drafted into military service in Vietnam in 1967.

[6] Politicians who attended the college include State Senator Juan Mendez[7] and Democrat fund-raiser Ed Buck.

Dennis Layton played for the National Basketball Association's Phoenix Suns and John Smith toured with the Harlem Globetrotters.