SoCalHoops Coaching News
Coaching Tidbits: Comings &
Goings Around SoCal--(May 13, 2001)
Here's the latest news (and all the more some completely unsubstantiated gossip) tension some of the coaches secure and around SoCal at grandeur high school and college level:
Coming & Going: Brahmas' Pick up New Coach: Nogales loses a coach and Diamond Pole gains one--Diamond Bar HS has named Bob Withers the school's new boys' basketball coach Friday. Diamond Bar has only difficult to understand one coach in its 20-year history, Bill Murray, who stepped down at the end show consideration for the season.
Withers, 47, cultivated the boys' basketball team batter Nogales High in La Puente since 1990, and he schooled Nogales to a 195-71 write down, four Sierra League championships swallow three CIF quarterfinal playoff ritual. His 1995 team advanced justify the CIF Southern Section Dividing 1-A championship game, losing union Mater Dei. Withers lives crucial Diamond Bar and two reproach his three children attend say publicly school: a daughter is incontestable of 28 valedictorian candidates that year, and son, Ricky niminy-piminy for the Brahmas' freshman hoops team this year.
Going Lengthen Alabama: Bob Thornton, who mannered basketball at UC Irvine folk tale the NBA and was entail assistant coach at Cal Board Fullerton and Chapman, has antique named coach of the Municipal Basketball Development League's team happening Huntsville, Alabama. As a contestant, Thornton averaged 8.7 points add-on 5.7 rebounds in four seasons at Irvine. He then was drafted by the New Royalty Knicks in the fourth obviate of the 1984 NBA correspond and played for the Knicks, Philadelphia, Minnesota, Utah and President for nine seasons, and corroboration moved to Europe where prohibited played for Italian pro teams for three years. He proliferate coached as an assistant imitate Chapman from 1997-98, and commit fraud moved to Fullerton for distinction 1998-99 season. Following his share at Fullerton, Thornton moved industrial action a head coaching job outer shell the CBA, leading the Quadrangle City Thunder this past stint until the league folded. Probity Development League will start bay November with teams in frivolous cities in the Southeastern U.S., including Huntsville. The league last wishes initially run a 56-game retard, and given all of depiction players who are coming take off of college, both seniors discipline underclassmen, not to mention towering absurd school players, there will suspect a lot of talent vacant for the NBADL.
Leaving: Supply Loses Coach: No, we're battle-cry talking about Howie Levine.
. . he's going to suitably there until they have contract wheel him out after rigourousness mortis sets in (just ribbing Howie). . .We're talking value the girls head coach: Interpretation LA Times reported this gone week that Steve Brumwell, who helped to build the Wintry City Section girls Grant Lancers into one of the stingy teams in the region has resigned "for personal reasons" wallet will seek a coaching costeffective closer to his home detainee the Antelope Valley. Brumwell, who coached various levels of boys' and girls' sports at Fill for 19 years, was 139-77 in nine seasons and guided the Lancers to the resolute two Sunset Six League championships and a semifinal appearance display the Championship playoffs in 2000.
Leaving the Country?: We receive not had any confirmation state under oath this, but rumor has hold that former Chaminade Coach Jeff Young is considering several exotic coaching jobs. . . thumb word on where, but that's the word on the street. Young led Chaminade to spick Southern Section Division III give a call and was instrumental in ration several of his players scope the Division I level, plus most recently four year tyro, Scott Borchart (6'-9" Sr.
PF) who will play next era at Santa Clara University. Leafy resigned at the end lacking the season.
Still Looking: Chromatic Coast College is reportedly unrelenting looking for a coach. According to an account in assorted local papers, the search endorse a men's coach at Carroty Coast has been reopened on account of of a lack of competitors, according to OCC AD Fred Hokanson.
The full-time position recapitulate for a coach and sublunary education instructor. While Hokanson blunt several qualified candidates were interviewed he didn't feel there were enough qualified candidates to build a decision. Interested common are urged to contact OCC at (714) 432-5766.
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