Bio

Jason Harrison enters his first season as Gulf Coast head coach after a decade of success at Holmes Community College. He helped lead Holmes to three straight MACJC North Division titles and two Region 23 championships. The 2014-15 team made it to the Elite 8 of the NJCAA Division I Tournament. Holmes went 175-108 (.618) in his 11 years at the school, including winning nearly 72 percent of its games since 2014-15.

Harrison was instrumental in recruiting and developing Daryl Macon, MACJC Player of the Year in 2015 and 2016 who went on to star at Arkansas and is now with the Dallas Mavericks. One player was named National Little Player of the Year, and Holmes had 20 All-MACJC, 11 All-Region 23 players and 11 All-Tournament selections. There were 26 players who signed Division I scholarships.

He will bring a program called B.A.S.I.C. (Basketball Players Studying In the Classroom) Training Program to Gulf Coast. It helped Holmes produce 16 players who received academic honors and 68 players and managers who earned associate degrees.

Harrison is a native of Little Rock, Ark., where he was Mr. Basketball for the state during his senior year at Parkview Arts and Science Magnet in 1998. The team won the state championship. He went on to play collegiately at Ole Miss, where he was named All-SEC in 2000 and 2001. Harrison finished his career as only the second player in school history to score 1,000 points and dish out 400 assists. A four-year letter winner, his teams won 86 games, which were the second-most in Ole Miss history at the time. He finished ranked third in steals (172) and assists (427), and fourth in free-throw percentage (82 percent) and 3-pointers made (136). Harrison was part of the SEC Legend class of 2017.

He graduated from Ole Miss with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a minor in English. He has a master’s degree in athletic administration from Belhaven. He started his coaching career with a pair of AAU teams while working as a district sales manager for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette from 2005-08.

Harrison is married to Shemeca N. Harrison, who is also a Little Rock native. They have three children: Jayce, 17, and twins Jacob and Skylar, 4.

High School Accomplishments

• All-Sophomore team
• Named Mr. Basketball (Arkansas, 1998)
• State Championship 1998
• Named MVP in 3 separate tournaments

Playing Accomplishments

• Two-time ALL-SEC at Ole Miss
• Second player in Ole Miss history to record more than 1,000 points and over 400 assist
• Finished ranked 3rd in steals all-time
• Finished ranked 3rd in assist all-time
• Finished ranked 4th in all-time free throw percentage
• Finished ranked 4th in 3-point field goals made
• Awarded the SEC Legend Award (2017)

Coaching Career

• 68 former players and managers earned associate degrees.
• North Division Champs 2015, 2016, 2017
• Region XXIII Champions 2015, 2018
• Elite 8 Finish NJCAA National Tournament 2015
• Produced Player of the Year Daryl Macon 2015, 2016 seasons
• Produced 1st National Litle Player of the Year (Jarvis Williams, 2015)
• Produced 20 All-State Players
• Produced 11 All-Region Players
• Produced 16 Academic Honor Players
• Produced 11 All-Tournament Selections
• 26 players signed Division I Scholarships