Brian Harrigan
Sacred Heart Cathedral High School
Impact Statement
Harrigan has coached his teams to 4 CIF State Championships and complied over 700 wins throughout his career.
Biography
Harrigan has been coaching for 28 years, the last 19 at Sacred Heart Cathedral. He guided the Irish to three consecutive California state championships, one in Division 4 and two in Division 3 from 2006-08. His 2008 team finished with a 33-0 record and the No. 1 spot in the final USA Today Super 25 girls’ basketball rankings. During that run the Irish compiled a 61-game winning streak that lasted parts of three seasons.
Last year’s performance earned Harrigan a pair of national awards. He was named Coach of the Year by USA Today, and the Atlanta Tipoff Club named him the recipient of the inaugural Naismith Award as high school Coach of the Year. Harrigan shared that award with Bob Hurley of Jersey City (N.J.) St. Anthony High, the NHSCA National Boys Basketball Coach of the Year in 2007.
This year’s Sacred Heart team lost on a buzzer-beater in the North Region finals but still finished 28-2 and No. 24 in the USA Today Super 25. He owns a career record of 607-174.
Since being honored, Harrigan led his team until he stepped down in 2009. In 2011 Harrigan resumed coaching at Mountain View St. Francis and remained there until 2017.
He boasts a career record of 703-241. He is currently the assistant coach at San Francisco University High School.
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