USD Men's Basketball 1989-1990

ASSISTANT COACHES

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RANDY BENNETT Randy Bennett begins his second year at the University of San Diego as a full-time assistant to coach Hank Egan. With the recent departure of assistant Mike Legarza, Randy will be given additional responsibilities in the areas of recruiting, scouting and on-court coaching. Prior to his 1988 appointment at the University of San Diego, Randy coached two seasons (1986-88) with the University of Idaho as a part-time assistant. Their 1987-88 team finished 19-11 and second in the Big Sky Conference. Before his stint with Idaho, he was a volunteer assistant at USD (1985-86) while finishing his undergraduate degree at the University of Califor– nia, San Diego. The past three summers he has directed Hank Egan's boys basketball camps.

A 1986 graduate of UC San Diego, Randy received his B.S. degree in Animal Physiology. He played two years of basketball at UC San Diego (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.

GUS MAGEE Gus enters his 20th season as a member of the University of San Diego coaching staff. He began his coaching career in 1970 as a graduate assistant to Bernie Bickerstaff while pursu– ing his Master's Degree in Social Science. He joined former USD coach Jim Brovelli in 1973.

Gus also completed his undergraduate degree at the Univer– sity of San Diego and was a top basketball player here after completing his tour of duty with the U.S. Air Force. Gus played here from 1966-70, his first three years under legendary coach Phil Wool pert, and his final campaign with Bernie Bickerstaff. With him at center the Toreros had a 53-48 record. He was twice selected the team's most valuable player, in 1968-69 and again in 1969-70. He still holds most of the USD rebounding records including career boards (948), most in a single game (24) , and the single season rebounding average (14.4). Gus was the first USD alumnus to be inducted into the USD Basketball Hall of Fame. He 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 One ranks and the West Coast Conference. He is currently an Administrative Analyst with the San Diego Public Library System. Gus and his wife Faye have one son, Mark.

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