14 Facts About Jim Harrick

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James Richard Harrick was born on July 25,1938 and is an American former basketball coach.

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Jim Harrick was the head coach at UCLA, Pepperdine University, the University of Rhode Island and the University of Georgia over a combined total of 23 seasons.

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Jim 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.

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Jim Harrick was then hired as an assistant coach at Utah State University from 1974 to 1977.

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Jim Harrick then spent two seasons as an assistant coach at UCLA from 1978 to 1979.

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Jim Harrick's 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.

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Since Jim Harrick paid for the entire meal, it amounted to an improper extra benefit for Dollar and O'Bannon.

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Jim Harrick left UCLA as the school's second-winningest coach, behind only Wooden.

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Jim Harrick coached the Rams for two seasons, where in both years they qualified for the NCAA Tournament.

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Jim Harrick served there for four seasons, leading the Bulldogs to the NCAA tournament twice following a losing record.

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Jim Harrick gave an "A" to Cole, Rashad Wright and Chris Daniels for a basketball strategy class even though they never attended it.

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On June 13,2006, Jim Harrick accepted the head coaching position for the Bakersfield Jam, an NBA Development League team.

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Jim Harrick later became a college basketball analyst for Prime Ticket, the Southern California affiliate of Fox Sports Net.

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From 2018 until 2021, Jim Harrick was an assistant men's basketball coach at California State University, Northridge.