There’s no debate about girls basketball coach of the year as you lead your team to back-to-back victories at the nationally-ranked La Jolla Country Day, Chatsworth Sierra Canyon and San Jose Archbishop Mitty to win the Open Division State Championship. That’s what Stan Delus achieved at Etiwanda to be named Girls Basketball Coach of the Year by The Times. He found a way to inflict his only loss on Sierra Canyon by dreaming up a defense to contain Player of the Year Juju Watkins. All that and more earned Delus respect, whose Eagles won the Southern Section Open Division title last season but lost to Sierra Canyon in this season’s Finals. As for the Eagles’ drive, Delus said, “Yeah, we’ve got a chip on our shoulder.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 19, 2023 20:29 UTC