Boys Basketball

 

Justin Williams-Bell - Head Coach - Varsity Basketball

Santa Margarita Catholic High School announces the hiring of Justin Williams-Bell as the head varsity boys basketball coach. Williams-Bell comes to Orange County after serving as the associate head men’s basketball coach at the University of California, Riverside as well as the interim head coach during the 2017-18 season. Prior to UCR, Williams-Bell was the associate head coach at Concordia University Irvine, where he helped lead the team to a NAIA national championship in 2011-12. He also served as an assistant boys basketball coach at De La Salle High School in Concord, Calif. from 2007-10. Coach Williams-Bell attended Escondido High School in San Diego County where he was a four-year, All-League basketball player. The former All-CIF guard received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Riverside, where he played for the UCR Highlanders, and a Master of Arts from Concordia University.

 

 

 

 

ANDY GROUND - VARSITY ASSISTANT COACH

Andy Ground joins the staff at Santa Margarita after retiring from Head Men’s Basketball coach at Saddleback College. Ground won seven Orange Empire Conference championships during his tenure, and also teamed with Brummel for an eighth OEC championship in 2006-07.  His teams made it to the state final four on five occasions, winning state titles in both 2010 and 2015 while finishing runner-up in both 2009 and 2016.

Ground was voted the Orange Empire Conference Coach-of-the-Year seven times ('09, '12, '13, '14, '15, '16, '19) and was the CCCAA State Coach-of-the-Year on three occasions ('11, '15, '16). During Ground's tenure, over 70 players earned scholarships to four-year universities.  One of them was Webster, who transferred and played out his career at Cal State Fullerton before entering the coaching ranks. Ground played at Saddleback during the 1981-82 and 1982-83 seasons under Coach Brummel before earning a scholarship to play at the University of Hawaii-Hilo. He later played professionally in Lima, Peru, and in Bonn, Germany.

Ground returned to Southern California where he spent seven seasons as the varsity boys coach at Tustin High School, compiling a 154-49 record with three league titles and post-season playoff appearances in each of those seven seasons. Five of his teams reached the CIF quarterfinal round. Ground came to Saddleback as an assistant coach in 1999 and proved to be an outstanding recruiter in addition to his coaching duties. He spent seven seasons as an assistant coach before being named co-head coach for the 2006-07 season. In those eight seasons he helped guide the Gauchos to a 215-51 overall record, five Orange Empire Conference titles, and two conference runner-up finishes. Saddleback participated in the post-season in each of those years, reaching the state tournament semifinals five times and winning the college's first-ever state title for men's basketball in 2001-02. During Ground's tenure, over 70 players earned scholarships to four-year universities.

Terrence Worthy - Varsity Assistant/DIRECTOR OF PLAYER DEVELOPMENT

Terrence was a standout high school basketball player at Valley Christian High School in San Jose. He was a 4-year starter, where he received multiple All-League & All-State awards, as well as winning multiple league and CCS championships. Following the end of his High School career, he received an athletic scholarship to play for Ken Amman at Concordia University-Irvine. There, he became a 4-year starter, and graduated as one of the University's most decorated players in program & school history. He won an astounding 118 games, while only losing 23 contests. He was a 3-time All-league selection & achieved All-American status 3 consecutive years. After college, Terrence had a brief stint playing professionally in Europe before deciding to return stateside to pursue a more fulfilling career. After pursuing his higher education, and earning his Master's Degree in Education and teaching credential, Terrence became a middle school teacher and basketball coach. Eventually, his true passion for athletics and his ability to teach youth would steer him towards a career in both basketball training and coaching. In 2016, Terrence was honored by his alma mater, and was inducted into Concordia’s Athletics Hall of Fame. In 2017, he founded Meritorious Training, a youth basketball training company dedicated to providing youth-level players with high quality instruction that focuses on developing the athleticism, basketball IQ, and fundamental skills of each player.

 

Coach Dunklin - Varsity Assistant Coach

Coach Dunklin will be going into his first season at Santa Margarita as the Freshman Gold Assistant Coach. Dunklin played at UCSB and started as a freshman. After his freshman season, he transferred to Saddleback Community College, where he led the team in assists and steals, along with capturing first team all conference. After Saddleback, Dunklin finished his career at San Diego Christian College. He led the team in scoring, rebounding, assists, and steals and was nominated as an NAIA All American. After college, Dunklin went to play two seasons professionally overseas in Italy, Germany, and Mexico.

 

 

 

 

 

Art Meddaugh – Freshman Blue Head Coach

Coach Meddaugh is in his fourth year on the Eagle's Basketball Staff, and fifthteenth season coaching overall. He has served as an assistant on the Freshman and Sophomore levels, and last season helped guide the Freshman Gold to a Tournament Title and a Co-Trinity League Championship. Art really enjoys the family atmosphere at SM, and has seen a real improvement in player development over the past couple of years. Art has been a Head Coach on the NJB/All Net level, and an assistant, Co-Head, and Head Coach at the Sophomore level at Mater Dei. Art helped guide his MD teams to several Tournament Titles, Serra and Trinity League Championships, and in 2012-13 he directed his Monarchs to the Trinity League Title. Art has also worked as an assistant and Head Coach at the Freshman and Sophomore levels at Dana Hills. In 2014-15 Art guided his Sophomore squad to the South Coast League Title game and the best record in the basketball program. Art is originally from the Metro Detroit area, lived briefly in Naperville, Illinois, and then moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan where he played soccer, football, and basketball at Forest Hills. Art moved with his family to Mission Viejo, is a Capistrano Valley grad, and played football for the Cougars. Art earned his Associate of Arts Degree from Saddleback College and was accepted into Cal State Fullerton's Honors History program, but put his education on hold to work and raise his son Cody, now 26, in South Orange County. Art enjoys reading, trivia games, listening to music, and following his Detroit sports teams all year round.

 

Chuck Walker – Head Coach – Junior Varsity

Coach Walker is in his fourth year on the Eagle Basketball Staff. He will continue to focus his time on the incoming Freshman. He received his B.A. in Business from Loyola Marymount University and his M.B.A from Pepperdine University. Coach has worked for over 30 years in executive leadership positions in the IT Consulting industry. During the coming season Coach Walker will also finish up his master’s in theological studies and be available to substitute teach. He was born in Salem, Ohio and played under legendary coach Jack Errion at Saint Anthony’s High School in Long Beach, California. Coach brings what he learned from Coach Errion to his teams today, they will be fundamentally sound, disciplined and will always respect the game, teammates and opponents. Prior to joining the staff at Santa Margarita, Chuck coached for over 30 years in the local youth sports scene. He coached travel basketball and soccer teams. Many of the kids Chuck has coached have gone on to excel at SMCHS, including Wolfie Wood, currently on the coaching staff. Although this is Chuck’s fourth year coaching at Santa Margarita Catholic High School, he has been involved with the school since 1992, watching his 6 children graduate. They were all active in SMCHS athletics; daughter Sarah, basketball and swimming; Melissa, soccer; Johnny, football and track, Jessi, basketball and track; Chris, basketball and soccer and Emily, volleyball.

 

DEBBIE McGREGOR - DIRECTOR OF BASKETBALL OPERATIONS

21-22 Boys Varsity Basketball Schedule

Day

Date

Opponent

Location

Time

Mon - Sat

11/15 - 11/20

TBA

Orangewood Academy

TBA

Friday

26-Nov

Santa Barbara HS

DPHS

TBA

Saturday

27-Nov

Dos Pueblos

DPHS

TBA

Saturday

4-Dec

Foothills Christian

SMCHS

12:30PM

Tuesday

7-Dec

Fairmont - South

SMCHS

6:00PM

Friday

10-Dec

Costa Mesa

CMHS

TBA

Wednesday

15-Dec

San Gabriel Acad.

SGAHS

TBA

Wednesday

22-Dec

Murrieta Valley

MVHS

7:00PM

Mon - Thursday

11/27 - 11/30

Torrey Pines Classic

TPHS

TBA

Saturday

1-Jan

D'Anthony Langston

TBA

TBA

Wednesday

5-Jan

JSerra

Jserra

7:00PM

Friday

7-Jan

Servite

Servite

7:00PM

Wednesday

12-Jan

Mater Dei

SMCHS

7:00PM

Friday

14-Jan

St. John Bosco

SMCHS

7:00PM

Monday

17-Jan

TBA

South Pasadena

TBA

Wednesday

19-Jan

Orange Lutheran

SMCHS

7:00PM

Friday

21-Jan

JSerra

SMCHS

7:00PM

Tuesday

25-Jan

Servite

SMCHS

7:00PM

Thursday

27-Jan

Mater Dei

MD

7:00PM

Saturday

29-Jan

Escondido HS

ECHS

TBA

Tuesday

1-Feb

St. John Bosco

SJB

7:00PM

Thursday

3-Feb

Orange Lutheran

OLU

7:00PM

21-22 JV Gold Basketball Schedule

TBD

21-22 JV Blue Basketball Schedule

TBD

21-22 FrESHMAN GOLD Basketball Schedule TBD   21-22 FrESHMAN BLUE Basketball Schedule

TBD

 

 

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