Jim Harrick
Bakersfield Jam | |
2018–2021 | Cal State Northridge (assistant) |
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Head coaching record | |
Overall | 470–235 (college) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Awards | |
Naismith College Coach of the Year (1995) Pac-10 Coach of the Year (1995) 4× WCAC Coach of the Year (1982, 1983, 1985, 1986) | |
James Richard Harrick (born July 25, 1938) is an American former
Biography
Born in Charleston, West Virginia, Harrick graduated in 1960 from Morris Harvey College, now known as the University of Charleston.
College coaching career
Harrick's coaching career began at Morningside High School in Inglewood, California where he served as an assistant coach from 1964 to 1969 and as head coach from 1970 to 1973. He was then hired as an assistant coach at Utah State University from 1974 to 1977. Harrick then spent two seasons as an assistant coach at UCLA from 1978 to 1979. His first collegiate head coaching job was at Pepperdine University in 1979, where he led the school to four NCAA tournament appearances and was a conference coach of the year four times.
UCLA
In 1988, he returned to
During the
As it turned out, this would be the last game Harrick would coach in Westwood. Shortly before the start of the
He left UCLA as the school's second-winningest coach, behind only Wooden. However, he is now third behind Wooden and Ben Howland.
Rhode Island
After a one-year hiatus, Harrick returned to coaching by accepting the head coach position at Rhode Island. He coached the Rams for two seasons (from 1997 to 1999), where in both years they qualified for the NCAA Tournament. During the 1998 tournament, the Rams upset Kansas in the second round and reached the Midwest Regional finals but were defeated by Stanford 79–77. In his second season, he managed to recruit Lamar Odom and led the Rams to their first Atlantic 10 Conference tournament title.
Georgia
After the season, he left URI to become the head coach at the
His tenure at Georgia ended in controversy in the spring of 2003. His son, Jim Harrick Jr., a Georgia assistant, got into trouble for paying $300 in expenses for one of his players, Tony Cole. He also gave an "A" to Cole, Rashad Wright and Chris Daniels for a basketball strategy class even though they never attended it. After the story broke, Georgia pulled out of the 2003 SEC Tournament and withdrew from postseason consideration. The school suspended Harrick Jr. on February 28, 2003 and fired him five days later. Harrick Sr. was suspended on March 10 and resigned on March 27 after being told his contract would not be renewed.
An NCAA investigation confirmed the violations, also finding that six players did not pay for over $1,500 of long-distance telephone calls in December 2001. The telephone charges in question were due to hotel error and ultimately never charged to the program. Since they were not valid charges, Georgia did not self-report the violations until an internal investigation into the program in July 2003. In 2004 the NCAA placed Georgia on four years' probation for the violations. It also forced the Bulldogs to vacate half of their wins from 2001–02 and all their wins from 2002–03—30 games in all. Harrick Jr. was given a seven-year show-cause penalty order for his role in the academic fraud, as well as telling two of the players involved to lie to the NCAA. The 'show-cause' effectively blackballed him from the college ranks until 2011 at the earliest.
Later career
After Georgia, Harrick worked as a scout for the NBA's Denver Nuggets and helped develop basketball in China.[4]
On June 13, 2006, Harrick accepted the head coaching position for the
Harrick later became a college basketball analyst for
Head coaching record
College
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Pepperdine Waves (West Coast Athletic Conference) (1979–1988) | |||||||||
1979–80 | Pepperdine | 17–11 | 9–7 | T–5th | NIT First Round | ||||
1980–81 | Pepperdine | 16–12 | 11–3 | T–1st | |||||
1981–82 | Pepperdine | 22–7 | 14–0 | 1st | NCAA Division I Round of 32 | ||||
1982–83 | Pepperdine | 20–9 | 10–2 | 1st | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
1983–84 | Pepperdine | 15–13 | 6–6 | T–4th | |||||
1984–85 | Pepperdine | 23–9 | 11–1 | 1st | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
1985–86 | Pepperdine | 25–5 | 13–1 | 1st | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
1986–87 | Pepperdine | 12–18 | 5–9 | 7th | |||||
1987–88 | Pepperdine | 17–13 | 8–6 | 4th | NIT First Round | ||||
Pepperdine: | 167–97 | 87–35 | |||||||
Pacific-10 Conference ) (1988–1996)
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1988–89 | UCLA | 21–10 | 13–5 | 3rd | NCAA Division I Round of 32 | ||||
1989–90 | UCLA | 22–11 | 11–7 | 4th | NCAA Division I Sweet 16 | ||||
1990–91 | UCLA | 23–9 | 11–7 | 2nd | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
1991–92 | UCLA | 28–5 | 16–2 | 1st | NCAA Division I Elite Eight | ||||
1992–93 | UCLA | 22–11 | 11–7 | 3rd | NCAA Division I Round of 32 | ||||
1993–94 | UCLA | 21–7 | 13–5 | 2nd | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
1994–95 | UCLA | 31–2 | 16–2 | 1st | NCAA Division I Champion | ||||
1995–96 | UCLA | 23–8 | 16–2 | 1st | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
UCLA: | 192–62 | 108–36 | |||||||
Rhode Island Rams (Atlantic 10 Conference) (1997–1999) | |||||||||
1997–98 | Rhode Island | 25–9 | 12–4 | 2nd (East) | NCAA Division I Elite Eight | ||||
1998–99 | Rhode Island | 20–13 | 10–6 | 2nd (East) | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
Rhode Island: | 45–22 | 22–10 | |||||||
Georgia Bulldogs (Southeastern Conference) (1999–2003) | |||||||||
1999–00 | Georgia | 10–20 | 3–13 | 6th (East) | |||||
2000–01 | Georgia | 16–15 | 9–7 | 3rd (East) | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
2001–02 | Georgia | 22–10* | 10–6* | T–1st (East)* | NCAA Division I Round of 32* | ||||
2002–03 | Georgia | 19–8* | 11–5* | 3rd (East) | |||||
Georgia: | 67–53** | 33–31** | |||||||
Total: | 470–235 | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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*Georgia vacated 11 wins in 2001–02 and all of its wins in 2002–03, as well as its share of the 2002 SEC East title and its 2002 NCAA tournament appearance, due to an academic fraud scandal. Official record for 2001–02 is 11–10 (0–6 SEC), official record for 2002–03 is 0–8 (0–5 SEC).
**Record at Georgia is 37–53 (12–31 SEC) without vacated games.
Awards
- 1995: National Coach of the Year (Naismith, NABC)
- 1995: Pac-10 Coach of the Year
- 1990: Morris Harvey College–University of Charleston Golden Eagle Sports Hall of Fame
- 1982–1983, 1985–1986: West Coast Athletic Conference Coach of the Year (Pepperdine)
Personal life
On November 20, 2009 Harrick's wife of 49 years, Sally Lee, died aged 70 from complications of scleroderma.[7][8] His son Jim Jr. died in April 2023 at age 58 after battling a brain tumor for 2½ years.[8]
See also
References
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
- ^ Wolff, Alexander (November 18, 1996). "Out To Dinner, Out Of A Job". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on January 16, 2010.
- ^ a b "Harrick to coach Bakersfield in NBA D-league". ESPN.com. June 14, 2006. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
- ^ Jim Harrick to step down as coach of the Bakersfield Jam,[dead link] Associated Press, December 29, 2007.
- ^ Jim Harrick to step down as coach of the Bakersfield Jam Archived 2009-02-07 at the Wayback Machine, NBA.com, December 28, 2007.
- ^ Plaschke, Bill (January 11, 2020). "Jim Harrick's ultimate glory still gets recognized, just not at UCLA". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
- ^ "Sally Harrick, wife of former UCLA coach, dies". FOX Sports. 2009-11-21. Archived from the original on 2019-10-21. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
- ^ a b "Jim Harrick Jr., former assistant basketball coach, dies at 58". ESPN. Associated Press. April 12, 2023. Retrieved June 23, 2023.