USD Men's Basketball 1987-1988

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COACH HANK EGAN

HEAD COACH HANK EGAN Head Coach Hank Egan begins his 17th season as a Division I head coach this year and his 4th year at the helm of the University of San Diego program. Last year Coach Egan guided the Toreros to the first round of the NCAA Tournament. With a tough 62-61 loss to Auburn University in post-season play, the USD men's basketball team completed its most successful season ever. Along the way, USD won 14 consecutive games and won the regular-season West Coast Athletic Conference Champion– ship with a 13-1 record. His peers from the WCAC voted him the 1986-87 Coach of the Year. In 1985-86 he guided the Toreros to a fine record of 19-9 and was named Co-Coach of the Year in the WCAC, sharing the honor with Pepperdine's Jim Harrick. Hank has an impressive 3-year record of 59-26 with the Toreros and a 38-5 mark in the USD Sports Center. A recognized expert in the technical aspects of the game, Hank has an impeccable reputation for integrity, and is a coach who "gets the most" out of his players. Acknowledged as one of the finest defensive coaches in the nation, good defense is a trademark with Egan-coached teams. Last year's team finished #1 in the nation in field goal percentage defense (40.1%) and in the top-ten in scoring defense (60.3). His 1985-86 team finished 8th in the nation in field goal percentage defense, limiting opponents to 42 .4% shooting. Prior to USD, Hank coached at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs for eighteen years, thirteen as the head coach. Highlights of his coaching career include last season's NCAA participant, his 1986-87 19-9 season, his 16-11 team in 1985 and a 16-9 season in 1976. After 16 seasons as a Division I head coach, Hank carries an overall record of 207-211 into the 1987-88 campaign . As evidence of the high regard in which he is held by his colleagues and basketball people in general, Hank was the alternate coach to George Raveling (USC) for the United States Olympic Basketball team; he was a coach in the Olympic tryouts in Bloomington, Indiana, and also scouted South American Olympic teams in San Paulo, Brazil; he is a member of the Legislative Commission of the National Basketball Coaches Association of America; and, was one of only ten coaches chosen in 1984 by the NCAA to participate and represent the country's coaches in a special meeting of Presidents, Athletic Directors, and Faculty Representatives called to study the strengthening of academic requirements for intercollegiate athletics. Before becoming the second head coach in Air Force Basketball history, Egan was the freshman mentor for two seasons and was chief scout and recruiter during the 1970-71 season. From 1966 to 1968, he was an assistant junior varsity coach. A three-time basketball letterman at Navy, he also played several seasons on Air Force service teams and has coached on both the military and AAU levels. Hank graduated from the Naval Academy in 1960 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering. His hobbies include golf, jogging, reading and crossword puzzles. Hank and his wife Judy have two children, John and Kelly.

EGAN'S CAREER RECORD

W-L

Pct. .444 .593 .679 .800 .694 .495

School

Year

148-185

Air Force San Diego San Diego San Diego

1971-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87

16-11

19-9 24-6

59-26

at U.S.D. 16 years

Totals Career

207-211

Hank Egan 1986-87 W.C.A.C. Coach of the Year