Southern California Basketball Hall of Fame

The Southern California Basketball Hall of Fame (SCBBHOF) honors legendary local basketball players & coaches while supporting youth playing through charity donations. The non-profit covers SoCal areas from Los Angeles to Orange County to San Diego, Inland Empire and to Santa Barbara.

Great Coaches, Championship Women’s Players, LA City Standouts Headline 2026 SoCal Basketball HOF Class, Trigonis Selected for Lifetime Service Award

Great coaches Denny Crum, Jim Harris, Ben Howland, Stan Morrison, and Joe Vaughan headline the 2026 inductees for the Southern California Basketball Hall of Fame (SCBBHOF). Championship women’s players Doreatha Conwell-Waitman, Willnett Crockett, Noelle Quinn, and Lisa Willis are also going into the HOF. Los Angeles City standout players Lucious Harris, Chris Mills, and Stephen Thompson were also elected. Pangos/Full Court Press owner Dinos Trigonis, who has been involved in youth basketball for the past 25 years, was selected as the 2026 Lifetime Service Award recipient.

Crum, a graduate of San Fernando HS, won NCAA titles at Louisville in 1980 and 1986 after being John Wooden’s assistant coach from 1967-1971 and Pierce College Head Coach. Harris had a legendary high school career at Ocean View for 33 years with 19 league and two CIF titles. Howland coached UCLA to three straight Final Fours (2006-08) after twice taking Pittsburgh to the ‘Sweet 16’ and was an All-CIF player at Cerritos. After starting at Bellflower HS, Morrison won an NCAA title as a key player at Cal-Berkeley and had a long coaching career with NCAA playoff appearances at UOP, USC and San Jose State. Vaughan had an amazing girls’ basketball coaching career at Buena HS in Ventura, winning 761 games, two California state championships, six CIF-Southern Section titles and 27 Channel League crowns.

Conwell-Waitman was the two-time LA City Player of the Year at Locke HS and the #1 recruit in the country in her class. Crockett led Narbonne to back-to-back National Championships and won two NCAA titles at Connecticut. Quinn won four straight CIF titles at Bishop Montgomery, led UCLA to its only Pac-10 title, and won WNBA titles. Willis was selected as LA City Player of the Year at Narbonne HS winning City, State and National titles and was a first round WNBA draft selection.

Harris was a two-time All-City at Cleveland HS and Long Beach State’s all-time leading scorer, plus a 12-year career as an NBA player. Mills was City Champion at Fairfax, Pac-10 Player of the Year at Arizona, and had an NBA career. Thompson was two-time City Player of the Year, two-time State Champion and helped Syracuse to the 1987 NCAA finals.

Trigonis is involved in every aspect of grassroots basketball as the long-time President of Pangos Basketball and in charge of Full Court Press.

“We are very excited about the historic basketball accomplishments of our 2026 inductees and what they have meant to local Southern California basketball,” said Jeff Davis, President of the SCBBHOF. “We look forward to honoring them with our 2027 class in spring of 2027.”

2026 SOCAL BB HOF SELECTIONS (12/25)

Doreatha Conwell  Willnett Crockett  Denny Crum
Jim Harris  Lucious Harris  Ben Howland
Chris Mills  Stan Morrison  Noelle Quinn
Stephen Thompson  Joe Vaughan  Lisa Willis
Lifetime: Dinos Trigonis

2024, 25 Induction Class Group Picture

Complete List of Southern California Basketball Hall of Fame Members 2020-2025

2025 SCBBHOF HONOREES: John Block, Elden Campbell, Austin Croshere, Jasmine Dixon, Michelle Greco, Darrall Imhoff, Jason Kapono, Harvey Kitani, Mike LeDuc, Kim Maddox, Cherie Nelson, Jacque Vaughn. Lifetime: Violet Palmer

2024 SCBBHOF HONOREES: Jody Anton Wynn, Ed Azzam, Toby Bailey, Cedric Ceballos, Tyson Chandler, Toya DeCree Holiday, Tyus Edney, Jelani Gardner, Roy Hamilton, Alex Hannum, Brandon Jennings, Adam Keefe, Kevin Kiernan, Maylana Martin Douglas, Lifetime: Dana & David Pump

2023 SCBBHOF HONOREES: Terri Bamford, Bob Boyd, Rich Branning, Lou Cvijanovich, Sa’de Wiley-Gatewood, Kris Johnson, Bill Laimbeer, Greg Lee, Giuliana Mendiola, Willie Naulls, Dwayne Polee Sr., Jeanette Pohlen, Jerry Tarkanian, Freeman Williams, Lifetime: Rainer Wulf

2022 SCBBHOF HONOREES: Bill Armstrong, Stacey Augmon, Jay Bilas, Mitchell Butler, Michael Cooper, Keith Erickson, Nicole Erickson, David Greenwood, Ebony Hoffman, Andre Miller, Eugenia Miller Rycraw, Paul Pierce, Tayshaun Prince, Lorenzo Romar, Willie West, Jr., Candice Wiggins, Lifetime: Steve Fryer

2021 SCBBHOF HONOREES: Rick Adelman, Gilbert Arenas, Joe Caldwell, Baron Davis, Nancy Dunkle, Gail Goodrich, Dennis Johnson, Steve Kerr, Raymond Lewis, David Meyers, Reggie Miller, Harold Miner, Anita Ortega, Byron Scott, Linda K. Sharp, Reggie Theus, Tina Thompson, Sidney Wicks, John Williams, George Yardley. Lifetime: Eric Sondheimer

2020 SCBBHOF HONOREES: Jarron Collins, Jason Collins, Cynthia Cooper-Dyke, Jim Harrick, Casey Jacobsen, Marques Johnson, Lisa Leslie, Don MacLean, Gary McKnight, Ann Meyers Drysdale, Cheryl Miller, Tracy Murray, Pete Newell, Ed O’Bannon, Miles Simon, Kiki VanDeWeghe, Bill Walton, Paul Westphal, Jamaal Wilkes, Leon Wood. Lifetime: Frank Burlison

SoCal Basketball HOF Members in Naismith, WBHOF, and College BB HOF

Naismith Hall of Fame (est. 1959):
Cynthia Cooper (2010), Lisa Leslie (2015), Ann Meyers Drysdale (1993), Cheryl Miller (1995), Pete Newell (1979), Bill Walton (1993), Paul Westphal (2019), Jamaal Wilkes (2012), Rick Adelman (2021), Gail Goodrich (1996), Dennis Johnson (2010), Reggie Miller (2012), Tina Thompson (2018), George Yardley (1996), Paul Pierce (2021), Jerry Tarkanian (2013), Alex Hannum (1998), Darrall Imhoff (2011)

Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame (est. 1999):
Ann Meyers Drysdale (1999), Cheryl Miller (1999), Nancy Dunkle (2000), Linda K. Sharp (2001), Cynthia Cooper-Dyke (2009), Lisa Leslie (2015), Anita Ortega (2018), Tina Thompson (2018), Violet Palmer (2024)

College Basketball Hall of Fame (est. 2006):
Bill Walton (2006), George Yardley (2006), Gail Goodrich (2006), Sidney Wicks (2010), Marques Johnson (2013), Jamaal Wilkes (2016), Paul Westphal (2018), David Greenwood (2021), Paul Pierce (2021)