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Jim Larranaga coached high school team to championship as a freshman

Jim Larranaga has had a long path to get to the University of Miami Basketball program. It included stops at numerous different programs along the way. But one constant since Larrañaga was young has been his passion to coach.

One of Larrañaga’s tweets included an anecdote from his playing days at Archbishop Molloy High School in Queens, New York. The story goes that during his freshman year on the ninth-grade team, the school’s coach decided to quit mid-season.

Jim Larrañaga and a teammate picked up the slack and led their school to an undefeated 22-0 record and a city championship.