Girls basketball: Albios takes over Tars’ girls basketball program

NEWPORT BEACH - Glenn Albios, who coached the Newport Harbor High

junior varsity girls basketball team last season, will take over for

Brooke Fairchild, who resigned as varsity coach for personal reasons

without ever coaching a game.

Fairchild was hired in June to replace Gregg Savage, who stepped down

after two seasons.

Albios, a 36-year-old walk-on, said he is interested in developing the

program, which has missed the CIF Southern Section playoffs the last

three years, after eight straight trips to the postseason.

“It’ll be another building year, but we have some promising freshmen

who have a lot of talent,” said Albios, who plans to keep most of his

freshmen on the junior varsity this season.

Prior to coaching the Sailor JV team to what he said was a .500 record

last year, Albios coached lower-level basketball and track and field at

Agoura, Thousand Oaks and Westlake high schools.

He played basketball and ran track as a prep at Newbury Park High,

then continued his track career at Moorpark College.

Albios said Stacy deBoom, who coached with him last season, will

become a varsity assistant.

The program is still looking for a junior varsity coach for this

season.

-- by Barry Faulkner