Coaching Staff
Head Coach:
Michael Swanegan (626) 585-7783
E-Mail: mwswanegan@pasadena.edu
Year at PCC: 7th season in 2012-2013
Record at PCC: 64-97
Career wins: 181 victories at community college level
Michael Swanegan, the 14th men's basketball
head coach in Pasadena City College history, had the pleasure of coaching his son, Mike Swanegan, to become an All-South Coast Conference North Division selection in 2012-13. The younger Swanegan led the Lancers in scoring and was the conference overall leader in 3-point baskets. He also became the 68th member of PCC's 500-Points Club.
Swanegan, 54, came to PCC after eight seasons directing SCC North Division rival Mt. San Antonio College. At Mt. SAC, Swanegan coached the Mounties to Co-SCC titles in 2002 and 2005. In 2013-2014, he will be in his 15th season of college head coaching.
Two seasons ago, Swanegan guided the development of All-SCC guard/forward Givon Crump, who was named PCC Men's Athlete of the Year for the 2011-2012 school year. Crump led the SCC in scoring at 20.3 points per game (seventh in the state). The high-scoring Crump accepted a scholarship to attend Cal State Dominguez Hills after first signing with Cal State Fullerton. The Lancers went 16-12 and finished in second place in the division, but were left out of the SoCal Regionals by the seeding committee.
In 2010, Swenegan collected his milestone 150th intercollegiate coaching victory, an 88-63 win over East Los Angeles College.
PCC accomplished a 22-win season in 2008-2009, defeating eventual state finalist Saddleback earlier in the season. The team was amazingly again left out of the postseason tournament despite finishing in the top 15 in state RPI. The Lancers' disappointment was extended when the school later learned that South Coast Conference North Division champion Los Angeles City College forfeited its title and two wins against the Lancers due to using ineligible players.
The Lancers were a second place finisher at the season-opening Ventura Tournament, captured the consolation title at the Palomar Tournament, and took third at the College of the Canyons Tournament.
Swanegan has the distinction of coaching two state-scoring leaders in the past seven seasons, including PCC's Harold Cleveland in '07-08. Although the team didn't finish high in the SCC standings, the Lancers did come up with a highlight victory when it upset then state No. 1-ranked LA Trade Tech in PCC's home finale.
Accumulating 117 victories at Mt. SAC, Swanegan’s most successful campaign was the team’s 21-6 mark in the 2004-2005 season. Swanegan’s team was ranked No. 4 in Southern California going into the state playoffs, but was upset by Moorpark in the first round. The team’s biggest win was a 23-point victory over perennial conference power Los Angeles City College that allowed Mt. SAC to finish tied for the division’s best record at 8-2.
In 2002-2003, Swanegan coached the Mounties to a 22-win season. His teams advanced to the state playoffs seven of his eight seasons, making it to the second round twice.
Before coaching at Mt. SAC (1999-2007), Swanegan had a successful 10-year prep coaching career at three high schools, Duarte, Rosemead and Rowland. He compiled a 161-85 winning record (.654 percentage), including a run of five consecutive league championship teams at Duarte High (1994-1998). His Duarte boys' teams advanced as far as the CIF Southern Section Division III semifinals three times.
He began his head coaching career at Rosemead in 1989-90 and coached the team to a 19-5 record and a league title his second and final season there. He directed Duarte from 1991-1998 and then coached one season at Rowland (18-9 record in 1998-1999) before moving on to the California Community College ranks.
“I’ve always felt that coaching men’s basketball at Pasadena City College is one of the greatest jobs in the state,” Swanegan said upon his hiring. "I have a good relationship with the area high school coaches and I’m going to work at getting some of the top local players to choose PCC, rather than leave the area.”
At Mt. SAC, Swanegan coached All-State talents and former SCC MVPs in Marquis Poole (2002, Idaho State, All-Big Sky Conference) and Antonio Sykes (2005), plus 2005-2006 state leading scorer Rishawn Norwood. Nineteen of Swanegan’s players have moved on to receive scholarships at the Division I and II level, including Lancers Elliott Berry at UC Riverside and Corey Caston at Cal State San Bernardino.
A native of Camden, Arkansas, Swanegan attended Little Rock Central High, playing for a state basketball champion team as a junior in 1974-75. After playing two seasons at Paris Junior College in Texas, he competed two more collegiate seasons at Langston University in Oklahoma. He was team captain his senior season.
Swanegan earned his bachelor’s degree in health, physical education and recreation at Langston, and later completed his master's in education from Azusa Pacific University.
Swanegan lives in Chino Hills with his wife Linda, who served as advertising manager on the men's basketball media guide. The couple has one son, Mike, who attended Diamond Ranch High School and just finished his two seasons playing for his father at PCC.
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Assistant Coaches |
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Jesse Ellis |
TJ. Lucero |
Hosie Ward |
Men's Basketball in Powerful
South Coast Conference
The Lancers play in the South Coast Conference,
where member teams have been dominating the State Championships
since 1967. PCC, Compton, LA Southwest,
Cerritos, Long Beach, El Camino and LA Harbor Colleges have
won 21 of the past 47 state titles compared to 10 won
by Orange Empire Conference schools and six by Western State
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