In 1977, after 10 years of playing football at the collegiate and professional levels, Heisman Trophy winner John Huarte decided to focus his leadership and team-building skills on a new business endeavor. He took a leap and signed a lease on the back of a cardboard box and opened the first Arizona Tile location in San Diego, CA.
40 years later, the company has hundreds of employees, nearly half of which have been with the company for over a decade, and many who have been with the company since the beginning.