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Garson handles the development of the perimeter players, working on both the offensive and defensive ends. He worked with the post players in 2006-07.
He also assists UCLA in its recruiting efforts, which last year paid huge dividends as the Bruins landed the No. 1 recruiting class, marking the second year that the Bruins have landed a top 10 class. The 2008 class includes Jrue Holiday, the Gatorade Basketball National Player of the Year, and four other top 50 players (Drew Gordon, Jerime Anderson, Malcolm Lee and a late addition in J'mison Morgan).
His strengths include recruiting, player development, player relationships, scouting of opponents, self-scouting and breaking down of game and practice film. Garson also assists in monitoring the Bruins' academic progress.
Garson served as the Bruins' video coordinator for two seasons (2004-06). His responsibilities included creating all video edits for game preparation; opponent scouting and self-scouting; preparing scouting reports; being a source of information for the Bruin coaching staff regarding the opponents' personnel and strategic tendencies and providing video for all recruiting efforts and special events, including the production of highlight films.
He also assists with the UCLA boy's basketball summer camps, which he directed his first three years at UCLA.
Prior to coming to UCLA, he served five seasons (1999-2004) on the University of Utah staff under Hall of Fame coach and current St. Louis University head coach, Rick Majerus. Garson was an assistant coach during the 2003-04 season, when he coached Andrew Bogut, who went on to become the No. 1 overall pick in the 2005 NBA Draft by the Milwaukee Bucks. He also assisted in the Utes' recruiting efforts. Garson served as the Utes' video coordinator in 2002-03, and was an administrative assistant and head manager during his first three seasons at Utah while earning his master's degree. He also directed the Rick Majerus Basketball Camps for three summers.
Garson, 32, came to Utah from Pepperdine, where he was the administrative assistant and video coordinator for the Waves during the 1998-99 season under former Bruin assistant and current University of Washington head coach Lorenzo Romar. Garson also served as the director of the Junior Waves Basketball Camp.
In 1995, Garson coached the Los Angeles Maccabi 13-14 year-old basketball team. For two seasons (1996-98), Garson served as the varsity assistant boy's coach and junior varsity head boy's coach at Santa Barbara High School.
Born on April 24, 1976 in Tarzana, Calif., Garson graduated from UC Santa Barbara with a Bachelor's degree in law and society in 1999. He later earned a master of science in exercise and sports science with an emphasis in sport psychology from the University of Utah in 2003.
He spent his freshman season (1994-95) at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo., where he played basketball (guard) and baseball (left-handed pitcher). Garson was a two-time All-League selection in basketball and baseball and was an All-State performer his senior year (1994) in basketball at Harvard-Westlake High School in North Hollywood, Calif.
His father, Lee (a 1969 UCLA graduate), mother, Corinne and brother, Chad, all reside in the Los Angeles area.
Garson is single and lives in Los Angeles.
