Edward Goorjian was an American college basketball coach.
13 Facts About Ed Goorjian
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Ed Goorjian served as the head coach of the Loyola Marymount Lions men's team from 1980 to 1985.
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Ed Goorjian was born in Los Angeles, California, on September 26,1926 to Armenian parents who had survived the Armenian genocide.
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Ed Goorjian 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.
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Ed Goorjian played college basketball for Los Angeles City College.
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Ed Goorjian became the inaugural head coach of the boys' basketball team at Crescenta Valley High School in 1960.
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Ed Goorjian served as coach for eighteen seasons and won seven league championships.
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Ed Goorjian left Crescenta Valley to coach at Glendale Community College for one season.
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Ed Goorjian's teams struggled and he was dismissed as the Lions' head coach in 1985.
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Ed Goorjian served as an assistant coach for George McQuarn with the Cal State Fullerton Titans and was then hired by the Saudi Arabian royal family to coach the country's top club team.
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Ed Goorjian served as an assistant coach for the UNLV Runnin' Rebels in 1992.
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Ed Goorjian was inducted into the CIF Southern Section Hall of Fame in 2015.
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Ed Goorjian died in Los Angeles on December 11,2022, at the age of 96.