South Coast League Champs
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In Loving Memory
Coach Tom Riach
In March 2021, we lost an integral part of the Aliso Niguel community. Coach Tom Riach coached basketball at Aliso Niguel High School for 18 years as an assistant for the Varsity Boys team, 7 of which he was an assistant for the Varsity Girls team as well. Prior to coming to Aliso, Coach was an assistant at Saddleback Community College for 11 years, and both an assistant and head coach for the boys’ program at Dana Hills High School for 6 years.
Beyond basketball, Coach Riach taught mathematics at Aliso Niguel High School for 25 years. He was a loving husband and father to his wife Victoria of 38 years, and four children: Kelsey, Kyle, Kevin and Cameron- all of whom graduated from Aliso Niguel.
Coach represented daily the qualities he asked his players to be: passionate, devoted, kind and caring. There is no measure to the level of pride Coach Riach took in Aliso Niguel Basketball. He will forever be missed.
COACHING STAFF
Coach Hana Qaqi
Coach Tom Riach
Coach Tom Riach is our fearless and selfless leader who has coached over 25 years and loves every second of it. He is enjoying being both a very significant part of the girls and boys programs at Aliso Niguel. We love having Tom be a part of our program! Commonly referred to as the "GOAT" we absolutely love having him be not only our number one fan but also our number one guy!
Coach Hana is entering her first season with Aliso Niguel High School. She previously spent a year as the Head Junior Varsity coach at Shadow Hills High School. She also spent a year as an assistant coach at College of the Desert. Coach Hana spent one year as an assistant coaching softball at Palm Desert High School.
Coach Hana was born and raised in Palm Desert, CA. She played basketball and softball at Palm Desert High School from 2008-2012. After high school, Coach Hana played basketball at College of the Desert from 2012-2014 and soccer from 2013-2014. After two years at College of the Desert, Coach Hana went on to earn her bachelor’s degrees in both Criminology and English from the University of California, Irvine.
Coach Hana Qaqi
Coach Tom Riach
Coach Hope Goddard
Varsity Head Coach
Email: hogoddard@capousd.org
This is Hope's first year as Varsity Head Coach, and her third year on the coaching staff at Aliso Niguel High School. In the two years prior to taking the head coach job, she was an assistant on the varsity staff. In her first year at Aliso, she joined in helping Coach Johnson lead Aliso to an undefeated league championship title and a run to the CIF Division I quarterfinals. She currently is on staff at Tesoro as well as an assistant to the Girls Varsity Lacrosse team. Prior to joining the Wolverines, she was a part of the coaching staff at Boise High School in Boise, Idaho- coaching both JV Basketball for three years and Varsity Lacrosse for one. In her first year in each program at Boise High, both teams finished with an undefeated record overall.
Coach Hope is an alumni of Tesoro High School, where she played Basketball and Lacrosse. She ended her basketball career with two league titles, and received All-League Honors in Lacrosse as a midfielder on a CA Top-10 and nationally ranked team. Following her high school graduation, she attended Boise State University and earned a Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences, Pre-Physical Therapy as well as a minor in Psychology.