USD Men's Basketball 1988-1989

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ASSISTANT COACH MIKE LEGARZA Mike Legarza starts his fifth year as an assistant coach at the University of San Diego. In addition to being Coach Egan's top assistant, Mike is the recruiting coordinator and coaches the big men. Prior to USD Mike gained valuable coaching experience in 1974 under Boyd Grant of Fresno State as the Bulldogs went 25-10. During the 1982-83 season Mike was a graduate assistant at the University of Nevada-Reno under Sonny Allen.

A 1983 graduate of Nevada-Reno, Mike received his B.A. degree in Physical Education . Besides coaching, Mike played basketball at Nevada-Reno during the 1980-82 seasons. An All-State guard his second year at Menlo College in Atherton, California, Mike led the state in free throw shooting (.93%) and was the team's MVP. Mike prepped at Reno HS where he was All-State in both football and basketball. In the spring of 1987, Mike received his M.S. degree in Educational Counseling from the University of San Diego. Mike and his wife Kim reside in Del Mar.

ASSISTANT COACH RANDY BENNETT Randy Bennett begins his first year at USD as a full-time assistant coach to Hank Egan. In addition to his coaching duties, he will assist with scouting and recruiting . The past two basketball seasons (1986-88) Randy was a part-time assistant coach with the University of Idaho. Their '87-88 team finished 19-11 and second in the Big Sky Con– ference. The past two summers Randy directed Hank Egan's boys basketball camps. Prior to Idaho, he was a volunteer assistant at USD (1985-86) while finishing up his degree at UC San Diego. A 1986 graduate of UC San Diego, Randy received his B.S. degree in Animal Physiology. He played two years of basketball at UCSD (1983-85) and two years at Mesa Community College (1980-82) in Mesa, AZ under his dad, Tom Bennett. In his two years at Mesa, the team went 56-10 and made it to the nationals his freshman year. Randy, currently working on his M.A. in teaching , is single and resides in San Diego. ASSISTANT COACH GUS MAGEE Gus Magee began his USD coaching career as a graduate assistant to Bernie Bickerstaff, while pursuing his M. S. degree in Social Science. He then joined the USD basketball staff full-time in 1973. Magee also completed his undergraduate degree at USD and was a top basketball player here after completing his tour of duty with the U.S. Air Force. Gus played under legendary Coach Phil Woolpert and holds most of the Toreros rebounding records including 948 career rebounds, most rebounds in a single game (24), most rebounds in a season (344), and the single season rebound average (14.4 rpg).

Gus was the first USD alumnus to be inducted into the University of San Diego Basketball Hall of Fame. Coach Magee takes great pride in being involved with USD basketball since 1966 and in helping it to grow from a small college program to its current status as a member of the NCAA Division I ranks and the West Coast Athletic Conference. He is currently an Administrative Analyst with the San Diego Public Library System. Gus and his wife Faye have one son, Mark.