High School Career

• 2-time All Baseline League

• 1996 Baseline League MVP

• 1996 San Gabriel Valley Player of the Year

• 1st Team All-CIF, 1st Team All-Southern Section, 1st Team All-State 1996

• Finished career with over 1,000 points

• MVP of the Covina Tournament, Glendora Holiday Tournament 1996

• Played in the CIF Championship game in 1996 v Mater Dei. During the CIF play-offs had consecutive games of 32, 36, and 30 points on the way to the Finals

College Career

• 4-Year Starter at Concordia University

• 3-Time All-Golden State Athletic Conference

• 2-Time All-American

• 1999 All-Tournament Team (National Tournament Play-Offs)

• Holds the following school records:

  • Most Points Scored: 2,179 (only player with over 2,000 points)

  • Most Assists: 480

  • Free-Throws Made: 599

  • 3-Pointers Made 316

• Career High 44 Points against Cal Baptist

• 1st Person Inducted in the Concordia University Athletic Hall of Fame

Coaching Career

• 22 seasons as Head Coach at Corona Centennial

• Current Record 515-168 (League Record 201-38) (9 Seasons with 27 wins or more)

• 17 League Championships (10 Undefeated Seasons)

• 2007, 2011, 2014, 2020, 2021, 2022 Riverside County Coach of the Year (6x)

• 2007, 2011, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 CIF Southern Section Coach of the Year (6x)

• 2007, 2021, 2022, 2023 CIF Champions

• 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2022, 2023 State Regional Finalist (State Final 4)

• 2014 and 2022 State Regional Champions 

• 2022 State Champions

• 2022 CALHI Sports Coach of the Year

• 3x Los Angeles Times Coach of the Year (2011, 2020, 2022)

• 4x CA State Coach of the Year (2020-23; 4 consecutive years named state coach of the year)

• 2022 MaxPreps, Scorebook Live and USA Today NATIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR

• Coached 2 McDonald’s All-Americans (Jared McCain 2023 and Carter Bryant 2024)

• Coached 2 Players Drafted in the NBA (Ike Anigbogu-2017  Jared McCain-2024)

Wade Salem is the Founder and President of Character Matters in Arizona which helps coaches incorporate character within their programs. He comes from a coaching family and has worked almost two decades with hundreds of coaches and teams from every level. From playing, coaching and consulting, Wade brings a unique insight and clarity into coaching character. He’s an exceptional leader, speaker and author of character curriculums. Wade is dedicated to educating coaches to discover the qualities needed to be complete.

The Big 4 Team Curriculum gives the coach a Game Plan to execute a Theme of the Week for the season. Fits into the schedule and is easily implemented. It empowers the coach to clearly communicate character qualities needed for success. It helps establish and strengthen the character culture of the team. This three ring binder included full color posters to promote; a powerpoint to present; flyers to show; handouts to share; evaluations to review; certificates to reward; and online support.

1978 Alvin High School, Alvin Texas Basketball, Softball, Track 1983 University of San Francisco played basketball and softball 83-84 Graduate Asst. UCLA 85-2000 Head Coach Alemany High School 2001-2024 Harvard-Westlake In March, Hearlihy culminated her illustrious tenure with the Wolverines by winning the CIF Division II State Championship.

Hearlihy leaves Harvard-Westlake as one of the most distinguished coaches in California Interscholastic Federation history. Hearlihy led the Wolverines to two State Championships, four Southern Section Championships, two Open Southern Section Division finals, and nine Mission League titles. Her 839 career wins places her second all-time in California state history among all girls’ high school basketball coaches. Hearlihy has been named the CIF Southern Section, LA Daily News, and LA Times Coach of the Year on six occasions along with Cal-Hi state coach of the year in 2010. In 2023, Coach Hearlihy received the highest honor in being named the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association National High School Coach of the year.

Hearlihy's success at Harvard-Westlake included the mentorship of countless athletes who reached their full potential both on and off the court. Under her guidance, 18 Harvard-Westlake student-athletes went on to play college basketball.

Margueritte Aozasa made history in 2022, becoming the first rookie head coach and first woman of color to win the NCAA Division I Women's Soccer championship. Hired in December 2021 as the sixth head coach in UCLA women's soccer history, she promptly guided her team to the program's second NCAA Championship. The Bruins finished the regular season with a 17-2 record, and Aozasa was voted the Pac-12 Coach of the Year, becoming the first rookie head coach ever to win the honor. Following the 2022 season, Aozasa joined the coaching staff of the U.S. Under-23 National Team. As an assistant coach at Stanford from 2015-21, Aozasa coached the Cardinal to great success, including NCAA Championships in 2017 and 2019 and Pac-12 titles from 2015-19. 1 Stanford's record during Aozasa's time on the Farm was 125-19-8. In addition to coaching at Stanford, Aozasa was the ECNL Head Coach for 10 years at MVLA Soccer Club. Aozasa was a four-year starter at Santa Clara University from 2008-11 and graduated in 2012 with a major in psychology and minors in public health and Spanish.