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This is Coach Garson’s tenth year as an Assistant Coach at Westlake High School.

Coach Garson has coached club basketball for over 30 years, coaching teams in the Valley Conference, American Roundball (ARC), and Basketball Training Institute (BTI). He has coached three teams that qualified for AAU Nationals, making the Final 4 in 2008. In 2011, Coach Garson earned Ventura County Frosh-Soph Coach of the Year.
 
Among the players whom Coach Garson has coached are Gilbert Arenas (U. of Arizona, NBA); Pac-12 players Parker Jackson- Cartwright (U. of Arizona), Robert Cartwright (Stanford), and Tyler Dorsey (Oregon-Atlanta Hawks); Miye Oni (Yale-Utah Jazz), Zaire Williams (Stanford-Memphis Grizzlies), as well as many other players who are currently playing or played varsity basketball in the greater Los Angeles/Ventura County area.

Additionally, Coach Garson has coached 13 teams in the Maccabi JCC Games, winning seven gold medals, three silver medals, and one bronze medal.

Coach Garson grew up in the San Fernando Valley, graduating from Birmingham High School in Van Nuys. He attended UC Berkeley, where he played freshman basketball before transferring to UCLA. After graduating from UCLA, Coach Garson attended Southwestern School of Law, obtaining a Juris Doctor Degree.

Coach Garson’s son, Chad, played baseball at U. of Michigan and is now President of Chadpak Co., Inc., and Coach Garson’s son Scott was an Asst. Coach at Utah and UCLA, the Head Basketball Coach at College of Idaho and is now Assistant Coach at Santa Clara University.

Coach Garson owns two companies in the Los Angeles area, Chadpak Co., Inc., and Blisterpak, Inc., involved in the manufacture and sales of visual display packaging.

This is Coach Morgan's seventh year with Westlake Basketball.

Coach Morgan is in his seventh year of coaching at Westlake High School, which included one year as the Head Freshmen Coach and is now in his fifth year as the Assistant Varsity Coach and oversees player development. He played four years of varsity basketball at Coronado High School in Henderson, Nevada

Coach Morgan played basketball at UNLV for two years. He then played one year at Pierce College and finished his college playing career at Division II Cal State LA. After his senior year in college, he was invited to multiple different NBA champs. He decided to play professional basketball overseas in a few different countries. Coach Morgan also loves competing in the Drew League, playing with and against the top pro-am players in the world.

When Coach Morgan is not coaching, he enjoys time at home with his two daughters, Aubrey, and Zoey.

This is Coach Gillette's ninth year coaching at Westlake.

In his ninth year coaching at Westlake High School, Coach Gillette is entering his second year as Varsity assistant after three years each as F/S and JV assistant. Prior to coaching at Westlake, he coached CYBA as a senior in high school, and various sports for the youth sports program at the Simi Valley Family YMCA for six years.

Coach Gillette was a multi-sport athlete throughout high school and graduated from Westlake High School in 2008. Coach earned his Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics in 2012 from CSU Channel Islands. He then went on to earn his Single Subject Teaching Credential in Mathematics in 2013 from CSUCI as well. In August 2022, Coach earned his Master of Mathematics from Central Methodist University.

Coach Gillette is in his forth year teaching math at Westlake High School, after spending the first eight years teaching high school and middle school math at Century Academy.

Outside of teaching and coaching, Coach

Gillette has a huge love for all sports. He is a season ticket holder for the LA Rams and the LA Galaxy.

Coach Ryan is entering his ninth year with Westlake Basketball as the Head Junior Varsity Coach.

Coach Ryan has over 25 years of coaching experience, having started in his early twenties coaching his two younger brothers. After coaching boys and girls in grades 4 through 12 for the Newbury Park Basketball Association, Coach Ryan took a job at his alma mater, Newbury Park High School. While there, he had stops at all levels, starting with the Freshmen Team and working his way up to Varsity Assistant.

During his eight seasons at Westlake, Coach Ryan was named the 2017-18 Ventura County & Marmonte League F/S Coach of the Year and has been named the Marmonte League JV Coach of the Year three times in the last six years. He is excited about his ninth campaign coaching at Westlake as the team has a nice combination of size and depth.

In addition to coaching, Coach Ryan teaches U.S. History, Economics and U.S Government and advises both the Yearbook and Student Government classes at Century Academy, the CVUSD blended learning program. He is also a competitive axe thrower and is currently ranked in the top 10% in the world.

Coach Hagen is entering his seventh season with the Westlake Warriors and fifth season as the Frosh/Soph Head Coach.

Coach Hagen achieved his first Marmonte League title as a head coach in the 2020-2021 Season. Coach Hagen started as the Freshmen Assistant Coach, helping lead the Warriors to a Marmonte League title at the freshmen level.

Prior to coaching at Westlake, Coach Hagen coached club and high school basketball in his hometown of San Diego. Coach Hagen has trained players from all levels, ranging from overseas professionals to youth players learning the basics.

As a player, Coach Hagen was a 3-year varsity player at San Dieguito Academy, where in his senior year they set a school record for most wins in a season. Coach Hagen went on to attend California Lutheran University, where he played for 2 years with their developmental program. Coach Hagen enjoys playing golf and basketball as well as watching sports in his spare time.