Flanagan joins the HIU staff after completing five years as an assistant coach with the Loyola University New Orleans Wolf Pack. Flanagan served as the recruiting coordinator for the women's basketball program and was named the NAIA Assistant Coach of the Year by the National Women's Basketball Coaches Association in 2016 after helping the Wolf Pack to their second-straight SSAC Tournament title and a spot in the NAIA National Championship in 2015-16.
While on staff at Loyola, Flanagan helped guide the team to four seasons with 23 or more wins, four conference titles, and developed the winningest recruiting class in Loyola history with a 99-31 (.761) overall record in four seasons. Loyola was awarded two SSAC Coach of the Year recognitions while Flanagan was on staff in 2014 and again in 2017. The Wolf Pack program averaged better than 76 points per game offensively and outscored opponents by almost 17 points each night while Flanagan was on staff.
Flanagan is originally a native of Los Angeles, California and arrived at Loyola from Alcorn State where he served as an assistant coach for the men's program. He has also served as the women's basketball assistant coach at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego.
Prior to his collegiate coaching career, Flanagan was a high school coach for seven years. He was the head girls' varsity coach at San Pasqual High School for three years, recording three consecutive 20+ win seasons with an overall record of 65-26 and three playoff appearances.
Flanagan also worked as a physical education teacher and boys' basketball varsity head coach at Delphi Academy in Lake View Terrace, CA for four years. Flanagan led his team to three league championships and consecutive winning seasons with an overall record of 60-35 and four straight appearances in the CIF-SS playoffs, earning recognition as the CIF Coach of the Year in 2005-06.
Because family connections first exposed him to coaching basketball, Coach Flanagan strives to incorporate that type of dynamic into his teams. "As much as possible, [we should] have a family atmosphere for the student-athletes, to have that sense of community so the players are in a position where they can succeed and they have a support system that keeps them happy, supported, and working hard to be the best that they can be."
Coach Flanagan is an alumnus of San Diego State University and graduated with magna cum laude honors. He is currently working to complete a Master's in Business Administration at Loyola and was recently married to his wife Amy in June of 2017.
