Jeff Harada
{{short description|American basketball coach}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Jeff Harada
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|11|24|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Honolulu, Hawaii
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| alma_mater = {{college|Colorado}} (1995)
| player_years1 = 1989–1995
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| coach_sport1 = Men's basketball
| coach_years2 = 1997–1999
| coach_team2 = Colorado (volunteer asst.)
| coach_years3 = 2004–2007
| coach_team3 = Hawaii Pacific (asst.)
| coach_sport4 = Women's basketball
| coach_years5 = 2007–2011
| coach_team5 = Hawaii Pacific
| coach_years6 = 2011–2014
| coach_team6 = Navy (asst.)
| coach_years7 = 2014–2017
| coach_team7 = Central Washington
| coach_years8 = 2017–2025
| coach_team8 = Cal State Fullerton
| admin_years1 = 1999–2001
| admin_team1 = Colorado (director of basketball ops.)
| admin_years2 = 2004–2007
| admin_team2 = Hawaii Pacific (SID)
| admin_years3 = 2007–2011
| admin_team3 = Hawaii Pacific (associate AD)
| overall_record = {{winning percentage|187|237|record=y}}
| tournament_record = 0–1 (NCAA D-II)
| championships = {{plainlist|
- PacWest (2010)
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| awards = {{plainlist|
- PacWest Coach of the Year (2010)
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Jeff Harada (born November 24, 1970){{Cite tweet|number=1331398379939659776|user=FullertonWBB|title=Happy Birthday to Head Coach @TitansJH 🥳 #TusksUp #TitanOhana|author=Titans Women's Basketball}} is an American basketball coach who recently was the head coach of the women's basketball team at California State University, Fullerton.
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.{{cite web |title=GCU's Murphy named Player of Year; Harada is Coach of Year; Zasly, Brown honored |url=https://thepacwest.com/news/2010/3/17/3_17_2010_1353.aspx |website=The Pacwest Conference |access-date=8 May 2021}} 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.{{cite web |title=Harada Joins Division I Ranks at Navy |url=https://hpusharks.com/news/2011/6/27/WBB_0627114501.aspx |website=Hawaii Pacific University Sharks |access-date=8 May 2021}}
= Navy =
Harada was hired to be an assistant coach at Navy in 2011.{{cite web |title=Jeff Harada named Assistant Women's Basketball Coach |url=https://navysports.com/news/2011/7/19/Jeff_Harada_Named_as_Assistant_Women_s_Basketball_Coach |website=Navy Sports |access-date=23 September 2021}} 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.{{cite web |title=Harada named Central Washington University women’s basketball coach |url=https://www.dailyrecordnews.com/members/harada-named-central-washington-university-women-s-basketball-coach/article_f3bd3630-e7b6-11e3-8dc6-001a4bcf887a.html |website=Ellensburg Daily Record |access-date=8 May 2021}} At Central Washington, the Wildcats won 44 games in three seasons under Harada after only winning 25 in the previous three seasons.{{cite web |title=Jeff Harada resigns as CWU women's basketball coach to take job at Cal State Fullerton |url=https://www.yakimaherald.com/sports/college_sports/jeff-harada-resigns-as-cwu-womens-basketball-coach-to-take-job-at-cal-state-fullerton/article_edaacf7e-23c1-11e7-9f86-d32e0ccb9642.html |website=Yakima Herald |access-date=8 May 2021}} 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.{{cite web |title=HBA graduate Jeff Harada named Cal State Fullerton Women’s Basketball Head Coach |url=https://www.khon2.com/news/hba-graduate-jeff-harada-named-cal-state-fullerton-womens-basketball-head-coach/ |website=KHON2 |access-date=8 May 2021}} 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.{{cite web |title=Harada Signs Contract Extension |url=https://www.fullertontitans.com/sports/w-baskbl/2020-21/releases/20200831kfbhzw |website=Cal State Fullerton Athletics |access-date=8 May 2021}}
Head coaching record
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Hawaii Pacific Sharks
| conference = Pacific West Conference
| startyear = 2007
| endyear = 2011
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2007–08
| name = Hawaii Pacific
| overall = 8–19
| conference = 8–10
| confstanding = 4th
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2008–09
| name = Hawaii Pacific
| overall = 14–15
| conference = 8–5
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2009–10
| name = Hawaii Pacific
| overall = 18–7
| conference = 11–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division II First Round
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2010–11
| name = Hawaii Pacific
| overall = 18–7
| conference = 12–4
| confstanding = 3rd
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{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name = Hawaii Pacific
| overall = {{winning percentage|58|48|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{winning percentage|39|21|record=y}}
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Central Washington Wildcats
| conference = Great Northwest Athletic Conference
| startyear = 2014
| endyear = 2017
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2014–15
| name = Central Washington
| overall = 12–15
| conference = 7–11
| confstanding = 6th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2015–16
| name = Central Washington
| overall = 17–12
| conference = 10–11
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2016–17
| name = Central Washington
| overall = 15–15
| conference = 10–11
| confstanding = 6th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name = Central Washington
| overall = {{winning percentage|44|42|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{winning percentage|27|33|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Cal State Fullerton Titans
| conference = Big West Conference
| startyear = 2017
| endyear = 2025
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2017–18
| name = Cal State Fullerton
| overall = 8–21
| conference = 3–13
| confstanding = 9th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2018–19
| name = Cal State Fullerton
| overall = 14–16
| conference = 6–10
| confstanding = 6th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2019–20
| name = Cal State Fullerton
| overall = 17–14
| conference = 8–8
| confstanding = 6th
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2020–21
| name = Cal State Fullerton
| overall = 4–18
| conference = 2–14
| confstanding = 9th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2021–22
| name = Cal State Fullerton
| overall = 11–18
| conference = 5–12
| confstanding = 7th
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2022–23
| name = Cal State Fullerton
| overall = 14–16
| conference = 9–11
| confstanding = 6th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2023–24
| name = Cal State Fullerton
| overall = 10–21
| conference = 6–14
| confstanding = 9th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2024–25
| name = Cal State Fullerton
| overall = 7–23
| conference = 5–15
| confstanding = 9th
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{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name = Cal State Fullerton
| overall = {{winning percentage|85|147|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{winning percentage|44|97|record=y}}
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{{CBB yearly record end
| overall = {{winning percentage|187|237|record=y}}
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References
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External links
- {{Twitter|TitansJH}}
- [https://www.fullertontitans.com/sports/w-baskbl/coaches/Harada-_Jeff?view=bio Cal State Fullerton Titans bio]
- [https://wildcatsports.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/coaches/jeff-harada/519 Central Washington profile]
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