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Head Girls Coach at Mater Dei High School

Kevin Kiernan

Kevin Kiernan

Coach Kiernan will begin his 12th season at Mater Dei High School in 2018-19 and he has made an indelible mark on a program that is incredibly rich in tradition. Coach Kiernan's tenure at Mater Dei has been nothing short of remarkable. Coach Kiernan has won two National Championships, three State Championships, four CIF Championships and six Southern California Regional Championships.

The 2017-18 season ended with a 23-6 overall record, 11th consecutive Trinity League Championship (8-0) and CIF Open Division Semifinalist. In 2011, Coach Kiernan was selected as the Orange County Register and Los Angeles Times Coach of the Year as well as the CIF Division 1AA Coach of the Year and the National High School Coaches Association National Coach of the Year.

In 11 years at Mater Dei, Coach Kiernan's teams are 316-43 and he owns a 806-146 career record as a high school coach. In 2011 Mater Dei became the first girls basketball team in five years to finish No. 1 in the USA Today Super 25 in consecutive seasons, and the newspaper also named Coach Kiernan its National Coach of the Year in 2010. Further, in 2006 Coach Kiernan was named the WBCA High School Coach of the Year.

While at Troy High School Coach Kiernan had 24 of his players go on to play college basketball and has sent 25 Mater Dei players to the college ranks. Kiernan was also 110-79 as the head coach at Cypress College, giving him an overall record of 916-225.

KIERNAN'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

MATER DEI HIGH SCHOOL - 11 SEASONS

  • *316-43 RECORD
  • 11 LEAGUE TITLES
  • 4 CIF CHAMPIONSHIPS
  • 6 SOCAL REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
  • 3 STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
  • 2 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
  • USA TODAY NATIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR (2010)
  • LA TIMES AND OC REGISTER COACH OF THE YEAR (2011)
  • CIF DIVISION IAA COACH OF THE YEAR (2011)
  • NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL COACHES ASSOCIATION NATIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR (2011)
  • 2015 OCO ORANGE COUNTY COACH OF THE YEAR
  • 2015 CAA SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COACH OF THE YEAR
  • 2015 CALIFORNIA COACHES ASSOCIATION STATE GIRLS BASKETBALL COACH OF THE YEAR
  • 2016 CIF CHAMPIONS FOR CHARACTER AWARD

TROY HIGH SCHOOL - 11 SEASONS

  • 317-33 RECORD
  • 11 UNDEFEATED LEAGUE TITLES (110-0)
  • 5 CIF CHAMPIONSHIP
  • 3 STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
  • NATIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR (2006)

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