Coaching Staff  Assistant Coach Eric OlenEric Olen begins his fifth season as an assistant coach at UCSD in 2008-09 and second under the direction of head coach Chris Carlson. Olen was promoted to his current position of first assistant prior to the 2005-06 campaign after spending one season as the team’s second assistant in 2004-05. He is actively involved with all aspects of the men’s basketball program including travel, recruiting, scouting, and game planning. Alongside Carlson and fellow assistant coach Andy Aguinaldo, Olen helped lead the Tritons to an 18-12 overall record a year ago, the team’s best finish since 1998-1999. UCSD rose to the occasion in the postseason, winning the CCAA Tournament to earn an automatic bid in the NCAA Division II Tournament for the first time in program history. During his tenure at UCSD, Olen has helped guide the Tritons to some of the program’s most successful campaigns. The Tritons recorded their first winning season at the D-II level in 2005-06, finishing the year with a 15-14 overall record. UCSD also finished fourth in the highly competitive CCAA with a league mark of 12-8, the program’s first winning record in conference play. A dedicated recruiter, Olen scouted and helped bring in almost every player on this year’s roster, which features 12 returners and six newcomers. Among the recruits that were on the 2007-08 squad are starters Kelvin Kim, Jordan Lawley, and Darryl Lawlor. Olen graduated from Spring Hill College in 2004 with a degree in Finance. He helped the Badgers to three straight appearances in the NAIA National Tournament, including trips to the NAIA Elite Eight in 2000 and 2001. ________________________________________________________________  Assistant Coach Andy AguinaldoAndy Aguinaldo enters his fifth year with the UCSD men’s basketball program overall and fourth in the capacifty of assistant coach. He served as the Director of Basketball Operations under former Triton head coach Bill Carr during his first year in 2004-05 and was promoted to second assistant coach prior to the start of the 2005-06 campaign. Alongside head coach Chris Carlson and fellow assistant coach Eric Olen, Aguinaldo coached the Tritons to an 18-12 overall record last season, which was UCSD’s best finish since the 1998-1999 campaign. The Tritons played their best basketball in the postseason, winning the California Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament to claim an automatic bid into the NCAA Division II tourney for the first time in program history. Aguinaldo helped guide UCSD to a 15-14 overall record in his first year as an assistant coach in 2005-2006. The Tritons finished in a tie for fourth place in the highly compeitive CCAA, posting the program’s first-ever winning season in league play with a mark of 12-8. Aguinaldo graduated from the University of LaVerne in 1992 with a BS in Business Management. He earned a Master’s degree in Sports Management from the United States Sports Academy in 2001. His basketball background extends back to his high school playing days at Santa Maria High School, where he helped his team to the Northern League Championship. He would go on to become an assistant coach at his alma mater in 1994. ________________________________________________________________  Assistant Coach Clint AllardMembers of the Triton faithful will be thrilled to learn Clint Allard is returning for his fifth season with the UC San Diego men’s basketball team in 2008-09, although it will be in different capacity entirely. After an immensely successful career with the Tritons, the former point guard will join head coach Chris Carlson’s staff as an assistant coach. A four-year starter, Allard posted career averages of 10.3 points, 3.5 rebounds, 3.7 assists, and 1.2 steals in 112 games in the blue and gold. In 2007-08, he was named to the All-CCAA Second Team after averaging career-highs in rebounds (3.9), assists (4.6), and steals (1.2) and earned All-CCAA Tournament Team honors after leading the Tritons to their first conference tournament championship with a 64-56 win over Cal Poly Pomona on March 8. With the victory, UCSD advanced to the NCAA Division II Tournament for the first time and went on to finish the season with an overall record of 18-12 -- the program’s best mark at the D-II level. One of the best players the program has ever seen, Allard’s name can now be found all over the UCSD record books. The former Archbishop Mitty High School standout ranks ninth in all-time career scoring with a total of 1,150 points, third in career assists with 414 and 13th in career assist average at 3.7 per game. In terms of Division II records only, Allard holds the all-time career mark for scoring (1,150), rebounding (387), assists (414), assist average (3.7), steals (130), field goal attempts (364), free throws made (299), free throws attempted (402), games played (112), and minutes (3,378). He ranks second in field goals made (364), three-point field goals made (123), and three-point attempts (320). Allard graduated from UCSD in June with a degree in Management Science.  |
