Prep speak: Harvey Kitani is one win away from | College News
History is anticipated to occur this weekend for Rolling Hills Prep boys’ basketball coach Harvey Kitani. The only query is whether or not it takes place Friday or Saturday.
Kitani has 999 profession teaching victories and has two alternatives to attain 1,000 with video games against Bishop Gorman on Friday at Mater Dei and Hawthorne Math & Science Magnet on Saturday at Harbor College.
Only two other coaches in California historical past have reached 1,000 wins — Gary McKnight at Mater Dei and Mike LeDuc at Damien, according to stats compiled by CalHiSports.com.
“You kind of are trying to comprehend that,” Kitani said. “It’s nothing I signed up for. You hear the old coaches say you’ve been coaching a long time. It’s just unbelievable being fortunate to be healthy and my support system at home has allowed me to do that stuff.”
Most of Kitani’s wins got here teaching 35 years at Fairfax. He left the City Section after the 2015-16 season to coach at Rolling Hills Prep, where he has received 4 part titles. It’s quarter-hour from his home and two of his sons attended Rolling Hills Prep.
One tidbit from Kitani is that he spent one season — 1979-80 — teaching at San Fernando. He said he in all probability would never have left, but he received displaced, leaving him with no instructing job. He spent 1980-81 serving to coach at Cal State Dominguez Hills and taking lessons to develop into a particular training instructor. Then he ended up at Fairfax and never left again until retiring from instructing.
Former Westchester coach Ed Azzam holds the City Section file for most teaching victories.
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