With more than 30 years of prep and collegiate experience, Greg Herrick begins his 18th season as Head Coach at College of the Canyons. He is considered one of the most innovative and respected coaches in the United States and is recognized by many as one of the leading authorities on fast-break basketball.
In his 28 years as a head coach, Herrick has led his teams to 18 conference or league championships, including back-to-back Los Angeles City Section Boys Basketball championships at Cleveland High School, nine Western State Conference titles at College of the Canyons and five appearances in the California State Championship Tournament. In 1997, the Lady Cougars were state finalists, posting a school-record 33 wins (33-5) and setting an all-time California community college single-season record for scoring when the team averaged 95.7 points per game.
Coach Herrick has been named conference or league “Coach of the Year” 14 times and has led his teams to playoff appearances in 27 of 29 seasons. In 17 seasons at College of the Canyons, Herrick has transformed the women’s basketball program into one of the nation’s very best. The Lady Cougars are an astounding 166-20 in conference play over the past 16 seasons and have won 11 conference titles. With WSC “Coach of the Year” awards in 1994, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2004 and 2006 Herrick was also honored by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) as a finalist for its CONVERSE National Junior College “Coach of the Year” in both 1995 and 1997.
Under Herrick’s guidance, the Lady Cougars have led the state in scoring eight of the past 13 seasons. Herrick is a 1971 graduate of Oakland’s Bishop O’Dowd High School, where he was selected “Athlete of the Year” as a senior and is a member of the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame.
Coach Herrick received his bachelor’s in history from Loyola Marymount University in 1975 and his master’s in educational administration from California State University, Northridge in 1989. He also teaches United States history and contemporary American problems at the Academy of the Canyons on the College of the Canyons campus. Herrick and his wife of 31 years, Marilyn, are the proud parents of Robert (26), a 2006 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Michael (21), the all-time leading passer in California prep football history and attending Northern Arizona University, and Catherine (18), a freshman at College of the Canyons. The Herricks reside in Valencia.
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