[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 149 (Tuesday, November 16, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1910]
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                     IN RECOGNITION OF BRAD DUGGAN

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                           HON. JACKIE SPEIER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 16, 2010

  Ms. SPEIER. Madam Speaker, I rise to honor Brad Duggan, a basketball 
coaching legend in my district.
  While Southern California basketball may lay claim to the coaching 
exploits of the late John Wooden, the North has Brad Duggan who, as a 
student-athlete at City College of San Francisco, led the men's 
basketball team to its first and only state championship in 1962. 
Later, as the college's coach, he won 10 consecutive Golden Gate 
Conference championships between 1976 and 1985. His teams recorded an 
overall 327-90 record, earning him one of the highest winning 
percentages of a junior college coach in our Nation.
  After retiring as the team's coach, he chaired the school's physical 
education department for more than 20 years, where he continued to turn 
athletes into scholars.
  His player management philosophy, in his own words, was based on 
this: ``There isn't a 17-year-old in the world who can drive me crazier 
than I can drive him.'' He not only drove his players to excellence on 
the hardwood, but also in the classroom. Ninety-five percent of his 
players went on to attend four-year institutions.
  Madam Speaker, it is only right that for the first time in its 
history, the City College of San Francisco will name a sports facility 
after an individual. On November 13, 2010 its main court becomes the 
Brad Duggan Basketball Court. I ask that members join me in applauding 
Coach Brad Duggan.

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