Brian Rosario

Brian Rosario was hired in May 2023 as a Long Beach State Women’s Basketball assistant coach. He brings more than 20 years of coaching experience to the Beach.

Rosario comes to Long Beach State after spending four years as an assistant women’s basketball coach at Pepperdine. During the summer of 2022, he served as the head coach of the Philippines U16 National Team as they competed at the Asia Cup Championship. In the summer of 2020, Rosario was named to the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Social Justice Task Force, which functions under the auspices of the association’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee and is focused on promoting racial equality in three areas: hiring practices, training and education, and advocacy and awareness.

Prior to his time at Pepperdine, Rosario gained experience as the head coach of Chandler-Gilbert Community College in Chandler, Ariz., where he rebuilt the program earning the program’s first playoff berth in five years, and their first national ranking in nine years.

Rosario also coached at the club and high school levels in Indiana from 2014-16.

He also spent time working as an assistant coach at Loyola Marymount where he was in charge of post player development, scheduling, game and practice planning, and all aspects of recruiting. Rosario coached and mentored All-WCC players Alex Cowling, Renahy Young, Candice Nichols, and Hazel Ramirez. Under his tutelage, Cowling became the Lions all-time leading scorer in LMU history.

Rosario also gained experience as an assistant coach at Cornell University where he was the position coach of Jeomi Maduka, who went on to be named Cornell’s second-ever Ivy League Rookie of the Year, and to the All-Ivy Rookie Team.

Additionally, Rosario served as an assistant coach at McNeese State, and the University of the Cumberlands.

A graduate of the University of San Diego, Rosario earned his Bachelor’s Degree in business administration before getting his Master’s Degree in special education from the University of the Cumberlands.

Rosario and his wife, Michelle, have three children, Luciano, Florencio, and Catalina.