Newport Harbor loses another girls basketball coach

Richard Dunn

NEWPORT BEACH - Brooke Fairchild, hired in early June as Newport

Harbor High’s new girls basketball coach, has resigned because of

personal reasons, she confirmed Wednesday.

Fairchild, a former women’s basketball player at Pepperdine who

previously coached at Gateway High in Colorado, was hired to replace

Gregg Savage, who resigned following the 1999-2000 season, in which the

Sailors finished 4-23. They were 19-36 in Savage’s two years.

“I’d rather not comment on anything,” Fairchild said. “There are

personal family issues I’m dealing with.”

The Sailors, who could promote a coach from the lower levels or go

through another arduous hiring process, return most of their players from

last winter, including Athena Vasquez, who led the Tars with a 5.2

scoring average as a freshman.