Grogan Joins Men’s Basketball Staff

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - Quintin Grogan has joined the Northern Arizona men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach, Head Coach Mike Adras announced Thursday.

“I am very excited to have Quintin join our staff,” said Adras. “He has definitely paid his dues and worked his way up the ladder. He has worked at different levels and he brings a variety of talents to our program.”

Grogan comes to NAU after serving as an assistant coach at Division II Metropolitan State College of Denver. He helped Metro State to a RMAC regular season title and NCAA Tournament Central Regional appearance in 2009, recording a 27-4 overall record with an 18-1 conference mark in winning the RMAC Eastern Division title. The Roadrunners lost to defending champion Winona State in the NCAA Tournament.

Grogan tutored three players who earned RMAC all-conference honors including RMAC most valuable player Jesse Wagstaff, who earned second-team All-America honors and was named to the ESPN the Magazine/CoSIDA first team Academic All-America squad.

Prior to Metro State, he was an assistant coach at Los Angeles Southwest College from 2006-08. He was elevated to the associate head coach in 2007-08, leading the team to the South Coast Conference South Division title. During his time at LA Southwest he worked under legendary Head Coach Reggie Morris, who also served as Grogan’s high school coach.

He began his coaching career at Marshall Fundamental High School in Pasadena, Calif., starting as the junior varsity head coach from 2001-02. He was promoted to head coach serving from 2002-06 in addition to athletic director duties from 2002-03. He guided the team to five consecutive California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) playoff berths.