USD Men's Basketball 2007-2008

booker t. MARRIS Dir. ofBasketball Operations First Season San Francisco, 1999 B ooker T. Harri s begins his first year as the program's Di– rector of Basketball Operations. His primary respon– sibilities will include organization of summer camps, team travel, film exchange and assisting with academics and study hall . Harris comes to USD from Cal State San Bernardino where he was an assist ant coach for the Coyotes since the 2003-04 season .Worki ng under head coach Jeff Oliver, this past season the Coyotes finished 26-6 overall, won the NCAA West Regional Championshi p and advanced to the NCAA Division II semifinals. Du ring his fou r-yea r tenure the basketball program was a com– bined 86-28. Whil e at CSUSB, he coached one All-American and 10 AII-CCAA honorees. Prior to joining the CSUSB staff, Harris was the strength and conditioning coach at Long Beach State for one season (2002- 03). He started his coaching career at Sonoma State University in 2001-02, and later would earn his master's degree in 2003 from Sonona St ate. A 1999 grad uat e of the University of San Francisco where he earned his undergraduat e degree in Business Administration, Harris played t hree seasons (1996-99) for the Dons basketball program under head coach Phi lip Mathews. He was a member of the 1997-98 WCC Tournament champions that played NCAA finalist Utah in the first round of the NCAA's. He was also a two– time selection to theWest Coast Conference All-Academic Team (1998 & 1999). The San Francisco native, is single and resides in San Diego. drew MOSER Administrative Assistant First Season University ofRedlands, 2005 D rew Moser is in his first year with the USD men's bas– ketball program as an administrative assistant. During the 2006-2007 season, Moser was the head coach at Davenport High School, located about 30 mileswest of Spokane,Washington. A native of Spokane, Washington, Moser prepped at Saint George's where he holds the team scoring record with 1,723 career points. He went on to play four years (2001 -05) at the University of Redl ands. During his senior year the high-octane Bulldogs squad set an all-time, all-division national scoring re– cord with an average of 132.4 points per game. He graduated from the University of Redlands in 1995 with an undergraduate

Assistant Coach First Season Gonzaga, 2004 K yle Bankhead, who played under Grier at Gonzaga, is be– ginn ing his first full-time position as an assistant coach. His responsibilities include overseeing academics, work- ing wit h the development of the guards, scouting opponents and recruiti ng. The past two years he assisted Gonzaga as an administra– tive assi stant. Bankhead walked on at Gonzaga for the 1999-00 season and red shirted. He played four years (2000-04) for the Bulldogs with the team winning four straight WCC titles and ad– vancing to the NCAA Tournament each year, including a Sweet Sixteen appearance in 2001. A three-time WCC All -Academic se– lection, Bankhead appeared in 121 career games. For his career he shot 45.7% from the field (219-479), 45.3% from three-point range (1 69-373), and 73.1% from the free throw line (76-104).He ranks 7th all-time in three-pointers made with 169. After ea rning his degree in Sports Management, Bankhead played in Germany for one year (2004-05), before returning to Gonzaga for the 2005-06 season. Bankhead is single and lives in San Diego.

Head Team Manager Fourth Season University ofSan Diego D an Stri ckl and beg ins his fourth year as the program's t eam manager. A senior Sociology major from San Di– ego, Dan's responsibilities includes distributing equip- ment, preparing and assisting with practice set-up, video re– cording and brea k-down,and overseeing the student managers. Additionally, Dan has assisted with USD summer camps the past six summers. Strickland, who travels with the team to away con– tests, attended Saint Augustine High School where he assisted with the freshman basketball t eam.

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