Get ready for Troy High to once again be a girls basketball team to watch.
Kevin Kiernan, the winningest girls coach in state history with 900 career wins according to CalHiSports, has come out of retirement for a second stint at Troy, where he coached for 11 years before heading to Mater Dei, where he spent 18 years as the girls coach and then athletic director. He also coached the Westminster La Quinta basketball team, as well as men's basketball, and was the women's coach at Cypress College.
Kiernan served as Mater Dei's athletic director last season. Two problems he had been dealing with—surgery on a damaged hip and throat to improve his voice—were resolved.
“The voice is great,” said Kiernan, whose daughter Kaydin is on the junior team.
This is bad news for opponents, players and perhaps some officials.
His experience alone should benefit Troy, who will compete in eight tournaments and exhibitions. Only one player returns, Allison Tan, but there are many freshmen and sophomores, which is a challenge but encouraging for Kiernan, known as a great teacher of the game.
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