Coaching Staff

Rick Harris: Head Coach - 2nd season

Coach Harris comes to CCRI with over 20 seasons of coaching basketball at the high school level. He began his coaching career at the C.Y.O. level coaching St. Matthews to State Championships in 1979,1980 and 1983.From there he worked under Joe Hassett Sr. at Our Lady of Providence and Jim Hopkins at both Cranston High School East and Johnston High school. Coach Harris made his mark on the RI scene as Varsity Boys Basketball Coach at Cranston East High School from 1990-2006 compiling 230 wins. Under Coach Harris, Cranston East won three consecutive Division 1A State Championships (2002, 2003 & 2004 and was State Finalist runner-up in 2001) and four Division 1 League Championships (1997, 2000, 2003 & 2004). He was chosen as R.I.B.C.A. Coach of the Year in 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003 and 2004. Coach Harris has served as the Treasurer of the Rhode Island Basketball Coaches Association for the last eight years. Coach Harris is the director of the Rick Harris Hoop Skills Basketball Camp, and has also worked for the Los Angeles Lakers since 2000 at their annual summer camp held in Santa Barbara, CA. Coach Harris was born in Providence, RI and resides in Cranston with his wife Lucy and their two children. Coach Harris holds degrees from C.C.R.I (A.A.) 1980, Rhode Island College (B.S.) 1983 and Providence College (M.E.) 1990. Besides his duties as Head Basketball Coach at C.C.R.I. Coach Harris is a Special Education teacher in the Cranston School Department.   

Kevin Monagle: Assistant Coach

Coach Monagle comes to CCRI with 13 years of coaching experience at the post-graduate and high school level. Coach Monagle spent the last two seasons as the Assistant Coach at Naval Academy Preparatory School (NAPS) in Newport, RI. Before his tenure at NAPS, Coach Monagle spent 6 seasons as the Varsity Boys Basketball Coach at East Providence High School. Under his leadership, EP had two 18+ win seasons, went to the State quarter-finals twice, semi-finals once and lost in the finals in 2003. Coach Monagle was RIBCA Division 1AA Coach of the Year in 2001. Coach Monagle was also President of the Rhode Island Basketball Coaches Association (RIBCA) for one season, after serving as Vice-President for four years. He also serves as East Providence's head coach girls' cross-country and assistant coach girls' fast-pitch softball. In addition to his duties as teacher and coach, Coach Monagle is a Commander in the United States Naval Reserves. He is currently assigned as Executive Officer of Commander Sealift Logistics Command (SEALOGCENT) 101 out of Tampa, FL. He was recalled to active duty in 2003 to Naples Italy supporting sealift operations for Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. He was born and raised in Wilmington, Delaware and holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Villanova University and a Masters in Education from Old Dominion University. Coach Monagle lives in Rumford, R.I with his wife Marthe-Anne and their four children. He is a Mathematics teacher at East Providence High School.

 

Andy  Jackson: Assistant Coach/Strength Coach

Coach Jackson comes to C.C.R.I. after many years of training some of the top high school and college athletes here in R.I. at his gym appropriately named Andy's Gym. Steve Silva (Holy Cross), Jamie Silva (Boston College), Will Blackmon (Boston College), Soap Toun (Stonehill College) and Joe Mazzulla (West Virginia) are just a few of the many athletes to train with Coach Jackson. Coach Jackson competed actively and held titles of Mr. Eastern America, Mr. Boston and Mr. Rhode Island from 1970-1972. As recently as 1990 Coach Jackson finished 4th in the Mr. Rhode Island competition. Coach Jackson graduated in 1970 from Mt. Pleasant High School and received a Technical Arts Degree from Providence Opportunity Industrial Center in 1974. Coach Jackson has been involved for years at the Onleyville Boys Club, Washington Park Community Center and John Hope Settlement House and coaches yearly in the Providence Recreation Fall League. Coach Jackson has been a Rhode Island fixture for over twenty five years serving as a mentor and helping young people. Born and raised in Providence, R.I., Coach Jackson resides in Providence.

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