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OGDEN, UTAH - Charles Harral(HAIR-ell), an assistant coach at South Plains Junior College in Levelland, Texas has been named as the new assistant coach on the Weber State University men's basketball staff. Harral replaces Jeff Linder who left this past Spring to join the men's basketball staff at the University of San Francisco.
Harral brings some solid coaching credentials to the Wildcat hoop staff. He spent the past two seasons at South Plains under Coach Steve Green. The Texans posted a 30-5 record in 2007-08 and defeated Salt Lake Community College in the championship game of the NJCAA tournament in Hutchinson, Kansas.
"We are very excited to have Charles join our staff, he's exactly the type of coach we were looking for," said Coach Rahe. "Charles is a well rounded individual. He can coach, recruit, scout and is especially strong in the area of guiding players in their academic endeavors. Above all those qualities, as a person he's fair, honest and has a tremendous work ethic. He's driven to succeed and he's been extremely successful where ever he's been."
A native of San Antonio, Texas, Harral graduated from Churchill High School in 1999 and enrolled at Texas Tech University. As an undergraduate, Harral served as the student manager for the Red Raider's men's basketball team for two seasons under Coach James Dickey and two seasons under Coach Bob Knight. He graduated in May of 2003 with a bachelor's degree in Exercise and Sports Science.
From 2003 through 2005 he served as a graduate assistant coach at the University Texas-El Paso under Coach Billy Gillespie and Coach Doc Sadler while working on a master's degree in Interdisciplinary Studies. He obtained that degree in August of 2005.
He left El Paso and was hired as an assistant coach at Arkansas-Fort Smith in 2005-06. Fort Smith was in it's last season as a junior college before moving up to the four-year level. That team posted a 33-3 record overall and won the NJCAA national championship game in Hutchinson, Kansas. He then left to coach at South Plains and on to Weber State.
