About Ed Goorjian
Lived 1926 – 2022 (aged 96). Ed Goorjian was an American basketball player and basketball coach.
Edward Goorjian (September 26, 1926 – December 11, 2022) was an American college basketball coach. He served as the head coach of the Loyola Marymount Lions men's team from 1980 to 1985.
Early life Goorjian was born in Los Angeles, California, on September 26, 1926 to Armenian parents who had survived the Armenian genocide. He played basketball as a guard at Los Angeles High School and was selected to the All-Los Angeles City High School Third Team by the Helms Athletic Foundation in 1945. He played college basketball for Los Angeles City College.
Goorjian left Crescenta Valley to coach at Glendale Community College for one season. Goorjian's teams struggled and he was dismissed as the Lions' head coach in 1985. Goorjian retired from coaching in 1993.
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Who was Ed Goorjian?
American basketball coach
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Ed Goorjian was born on 26 September 1926 in Los Angeles, California.
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Ed Goorjian died on 11 December 2022.
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Ed Goorjian was a basketball player and basketball coach.
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Ed Goorjian was American.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Ed Goorjian. https://biography.guide/ed-goorjian/
MLA: "Ed Goorjian." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/ed-goorjian/.
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