Jeff Harada

Jeff Harada (born November 24, 1970)[1] is an American basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the women's basketball team at California State University, Fullerton.

Jeff Harada
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamCal State Fullerton
ConferenceBig West
Record43–69 (.384)
Biographical details
Born (1971-11-24) November 24, 1971
Honolulu, Hawaii
Alma materColorado (1995)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Men's basketball
1997–1999Colorado (volunteer asst.)
2004–2007Hawaii Pacific (asst.)
Women's basketball
2007–2011Hawaii Pacific
2011–2014Navy (asst.)
2014–2017Central Washington
2017–presentCal State Fullerton
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1999–2001Colorado (director of basketball ops.)
2004–2007Hawaii Pacific (SID)
2007–2011Hawaii Pacific (associate AD)
Head coaching record
Overall145–159 (.477)
Tournaments0–1 (NCAA D-II)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Awards

Coaching career

Harada began his coaching career at Colorado as a volunteer assistant with the men's basketball team. He was promoted to director of basketball operations in 1999.

Hawaii Pacific

Harada joined the men's basketball staff at Hawaii Pacific in 2004 as an assistant coach, and was named the women's basketball head coach in 2007. As head coach, Harada turned around a program that had only won two games the season prior to his hiring into a team that made it to the NCAA Division II Tournament in his third season (2009–10). Harada was also named the PacWest coach of the year in that same season.[2] During his tenure at HPU (2007–11), Harada coached one all-region and eight all-conference (Pacific West) players in four years, including two freshman of the year and one newcomer of the year. While at Hawaii Pacific, he also served as their sports information director and later associate athletics director of compliance.[3]

Harada was hired to be an assistant coach at Navy in 2011.[4] In his three seasons there, the team advanced to two NCAA Tournaments and one NIT Tournament, winning the Patriot League Championship twice.

Central Washington

Harada was named the head coach at Central Washington University in 2014.[5] At Central Washington, the Wildcats won 44 games in three seasons under Harada after only winning 25 in the previous three seasons.[6] In his first year at Central, Harada nearly doubled the Wildcats' overall win total and nearly tripled their conference win total from the previous season. In his second year, the Wildcats saw the highest overall win total since 2006 (17) and highest conference win total since 2004 (10). Harada coached two GNAC Freshmen of the Year (2015, 2016) and seven all-GNAC selections in his three years at CWU.

Cal State Fullerton

Harada was named the head coach at Cal State Fullerton in 2017.[7] In his first season he finished with more overall and Big West Conference wins than the previous two seasons combined. In year two, he nearly doubled the win total from the previous year and their 14 wins were the most since the 2009-10 season. After leading the program to their first winning season in nearly 30 years in year three, he signed an extension that put him under contract until the 2025 season.[8]

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Hawaii Pacific Sharks (Pacific West Conference) (2007–2011)
2007–08 Hawaii Pacific 8–198–104th
2008–09 Hawaii Pacific 14–158–55th
2009–10 Hawaii Pacific 18–711–21stNCAA Division II First Round
2010–11 Hawaii Pacific 18–712–43rd
Hawaii Pacific: 58–48 (.547)39–21 (.650)
Central Washington Wildcats (Great Northwest Athletic Conference) (2014–2017)
2014–15 Central Washington 12–157–116th
2015–16 Central Washington 17–1210–115th
2016–17 Central Washington 15–1510–116th
Central Washington: 44–42 (.512)27–33 (.450)
Cal State Fullerton Titans (Big West Conference) (2017–present)
2017–18 Cal State Fullerton 8–213–139th
2018–19 Cal State Fullerton 14–166–106th
2019–20 Cal State Fullerton 17–148–86th
2020–21 Cal State Fullerton 4–182–149th
2021–22 Cal State Fullerton 11–185–127th
2022–23 Cal State Fullerton 14–169–116th
Cal State Fullerton: 68–103 (.398)33–68 (.327)
Total:170–193 (.468)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References
  1. Titans Women's Basketball [@FullertonWBB] (November 25, 2020). "Happy Birthday to Head Coach @TitansJH 🥳 #TusksUp #TitanOhana" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. "GCU's Murphy named Player of Year; Harada is Coach of Year; Zasly, Brown honored". The Pacwest Conference. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  3. "Harada Joins Division I Ranks at Navy". Hawaii Pacific University Sharks. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  4. "Jeff Harada named Assistant Women's Basketball Coach". Navy Sports. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  5. "Harada named Central Washington University women's basketball coach". Ellensburg Daily Record. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  6. "Jeff Harada resigns as CWU women's basketball coach to take job at Cal State Fullerton". Yakima Herald. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  7. "HBA graduate Jeff Harada named Cal State Fullerton Women's Basketball Head Coach". KHON2. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  8. "Harada Signs Contract Extension". Cal State Fullerton Athletics. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
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