Ed Goorjian
Biographical details | |
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Born | 1926 (age 95–96) Los Angeles, California |
Alma mater | Los Angeles CC |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1960–1978 | Crescenta Valley HS |
1978–1979 | Glendale CC |
1979–1980 | Loyola Marymount (assistant) |
1980–1985 | Loyola Marymount |
1992 | UNLV (assistant) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 44–92 |
Edward Goorjian (born 1926)[1] is an American former college basketball coach. He served as the head coach of the Loyola Marymount Lions men's team from 1980 to 1985.
Early life[]
Goorjian was born in Los Angeles, California,[2] to Armenian parents who had survived the Armenian genocide.[3] He played basketball as a guard at Los Angeles High School and was selected to the All-Los Angeles City High School Third Team by the Helms Athletic Foundation in 1945.[4] He played college basketball for Los Angeles City College.[2]
Coaching career[]
Goorjian became the inaugural head coach of the boys' basketball team at Crescenta Valley High School in 1960.[2] He served as coach for eighteen seasons and won seven league championships.[2] Goorjian accumulated a 328–103 record from 1962 to 1978.[2] His three sons – Brian, Kevin and Greg – played for him on the team.[3] His 1970–71 team that accumulated a 29–1 record is considered the greatest basketball team in the school's history and was inducted into the Crescenta Valley Hall of Fame in 2013.[5]
Goorjian left Crescenta Valley to coach at Glendale Community College for one season.[2] He served as an assistant coach for the Loyola Marymount Lions during the 1979–80 season before he was appointed as head coach in 1980.[3] He coached his son Greg on the team during the 1982–83 season when he transferred from the UNLV Runnin' Rebels.[6] Goorjian's teams struggled and he was dismissed as the Lions' head coach in 1985.[6]
Goorjian served as an assistant coach for with the Cal State Fullerton Titans and was then hired by the Saudi Arabian royal family to coach the country's top club team.[6] He served as an assistant coach for the UNLV Runnin' Rebels in 1992.[7] Goorjian retired from coaching in 1993.[3]
Goorjian was inducted into the CIF Southern Section Hall of Fame in 2015.[2]
References[]
- ^ Malecki, Todd (October 26, 2018). "A Few Keys to Great Shooting from Coach Ed Goorjian". Valley Ballers. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g Rich, Charles (October 15, 2015). "From Crescenta Valley to CIF's hallowed hall, Ed Goorjian has made quite a journey". Glendale News-Press. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Spreading the Goorjian seed". Glendale News-Press. August 29, 2002. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
- ^ "Helms Basketball Annual 1945". LA84 Foundation. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
- ^ "'Greatest' Basketball Team in CV History Honored at Hall of Fame". Crescenta Valley Weekly. February 7, 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
- ^ a b c Drooz, Alan (September 2, 1988). "WHERE ARE THEY NOW? : THE GOORJIANS : They Were a Basketball Sucess [sic] Story, Now Son Is in Sales and Dad Seeks College Spot". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
- ^ "Through the Years" (PDF). UNLV Runnin' Rebels. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
External links[]
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- Living people
- American expatriate basketball people in Saudi Arabia
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- American sportspeople of Armenian descent
- Basketball players from Los Angeles
- Cal State Fullerton Titans men's basketball coaches
- Guards (basketball)
- High school basketball coaches in California
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