Bishop adds Patrick Harrison to Staff
5/16/2023 4:28:00 PM | Women's Basketball
NACOGDOCHES, Texas - SFA Women's Basketball Head Coach Leonard Bishop has named Patrick Harrison associate head coach for the Ladyjacks. He joins the SFA coaching staff after spending last year as an assistant coach for New Mexico State.
"I am super excited to add Patrick to the SFA Ladyjacks family" Coach Bishop said. "He has a passion for serving and helping young women through the game of basketball. He has shown an ability to create genuine relationships with recruits, alumni, and donors. His wealth of basketball knowledge and experience will be a great asset for our program."
During his lone year with New Mexico State, Harrison helped lead the Aggies to the second round of the WAC Women's Conference Championship. The team also earned a spot at the Women's College Basketball Invitational where they fell to California Baptist University in the championship game.
Harrison has been a college basketball coach for 17 years. He brings an impressive line of recruiting excellence, including bringing in eight NJCAA All-Americans in four years, eight top-300 players and five First Team All-WAC/All-Summit League players. He has also helped sign several players who have garnered top individual awards such as conference layer of the year, sixth woman of the year, newcomer of the year and freshman of the year. In his time as a coach, Harrison has created global recruiting connections in Spain, Germany, and Australia.
He is also well known for his ability to develop student-athletes as he has coached six players that have gone on to earn professional contracts.
Before his time in Las Cruces, Harrison served on staff for the Kansas City Roos from 2018-2022. During his tenure with Kansas City, the Roos put together an overall record of 70-46, including a pair of 20-plus win seasons and won the WAC Regular Season Championship in 2019-20 after finishing 13-3 in conference play.
He arrived at Kansas City after spending the 2017-18 season at Iowa Western where he helped guide the Reivers to an outstanding 25-5 record and a No. 15 national ranking along with an ICCAC regular season championship.
As an assistant at Johnson County, Harrison helped lead a Lady Cavalier squad to a 33-3 overall record as they finished the season ranked third in the final regular season national poll. JCCC also won conference and region titles while finishing as the national runner-up at the 2017 NJCAA DII Tournament. At JCCC, Harrison also helped coach four players that earned All-Conference and All-Region honors, including first team NJCAA All-American member Austin Richardson.
At North Dakota State from 2014-2016, he helped guide the Bison to their highest win total and their best finish in the Summit League standings in three seasons. Additionally, three players were named All-Summit League to mark the most Bison players to earn honors since NDSU joined the league in 2007.
He spent his early years in coaching including as a graduate assistant on Adams-Birch's Wichita State staff in 2011. He was part of the staff at Friends University and Pratt Community College prior to serving on the Shockers' staff for two seasons. He then made stops as an assistant at Hastings College, North Dakota State, Johnson County Community College, and Iowa Western until finding a spot at UMKC in 2018.
A graduate of Friends University (2009), Harrison earned his bachelor's degree in psychology human services before adding a master's degree in Sports Management from Wichita State in 2013. Harrison is supported by his loving wife, Tiffany.
"I am super excited to add Patrick to the SFA Ladyjacks family" Coach Bishop said. "He has a passion for serving and helping young women through the game of basketball. He has shown an ability to create genuine relationships with recruits, alumni, and donors. His wealth of basketball knowledge and experience will be a great asset for our program."
During his lone year with New Mexico State, Harrison helped lead the Aggies to the second round of the WAC Women's Conference Championship. The team also earned a spot at the Women's College Basketball Invitational where they fell to California Baptist University in the championship game.
Harrison has been a college basketball coach for 17 years. He brings an impressive line of recruiting excellence, including bringing in eight NJCAA All-Americans in four years, eight top-300 players and five First Team All-WAC/All-Summit League players. He has also helped sign several players who have garnered top individual awards such as conference layer of the year, sixth woman of the year, newcomer of the year and freshman of the year. In his time as a coach, Harrison has created global recruiting connections in Spain, Germany, and Australia.
He is also well known for his ability to develop student-athletes as he has coached six players that have gone on to earn professional contracts.
Before his time in Las Cruces, Harrison served on staff for the Kansas City Roos from 2018-2022. During his tenure with Kansas City, the Roos put together an overall record of 70-46, including a pair of 20-plus win seasons and won the WAC Regular Season Championship in 2019-20 after finishing 13-3 in conference play.
He arrived at Kansas City after spending the 2017-18 season at Iowa Western where he helped guide the Reivers to an outstanding 25-5 record and a No. 15 national ranking along with an ICCAC regular season championship.
As an assistant at Johnson County, Harrison helped lead a Lady Cavalier squad to a 33-3 overall record as they finished the season ranked third in the final regular season national poll. JCCC also won conference and region titles while finishing as the national runner-up at the 2017 NJCAA DII Tournament. At JCCC, Harrison also helped coach four players that earned All-Conference and All-Region honors, including first team NJCAA All-American member Austin Richardson.
At North Dakota State from 2014-2016, he helped guide the Bison to their highest win total and their best finish in the Summit League standings in three seasons. Additionally, three players were named All-Summit League to mark the most Bison players to earn honors since NDSU joined the league in 2007.
He spent his early years in coaching including as a graduate assistant on Adams-Birch's Wichita State staff in 2011. He was part of the staff at Friends University and Pratt Community College prior to serving on the Shockers' staff for two seasons. He then made stops as an assistant at Hastings College, North Dakota State, Johnson County Community College, and Iowa Western until finding a spot at UMKC in 2018.
A graduate of Friends University (2009), Harrison earned his bachelor's degree in psychology human services before adding a master's degree in Sports Management from Wichita State in 2013. Harrison is supported by his loving wife, Tiffany.
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