Men's Basketball

Andrew Alhadeff (Al-HAD-if) is entering his ninth season as the Head Coach of the Cypress College Men’s Basketball Program. In his first eight seasons as Head Coach of the Chargers, Alhadeff led the men's basketball program to their first playoff victory since '97, and back-to-back CCCAA postseason appearances ('16 '17 & '20) after a 20 year draught. Alhadaeff has moved numerous players on to play at 4-year universities.

Notable former players who have succeeded at the next level:

• Hayden Moore '19, Chapman University (DIII), who set a school record for three pointers made in a season (98).
• O'Shea Williams '17, Arizona Christian University, had a standout NAIA career and was a key member to their 2019-2020 GSAC Tournament championship. 
• Jeremy Wright '16, Texas A&M International, had a stellar back to back All-Conference career at the Division II level. 
• Denzel Tchougang '18, Sienna College, a current of the Saints who compete at the Division I level in the MAC Conference. 

Alhadeff prides himself on recruiting student athletes who are committed to achieving success not only on the basketball court but also in the classroom. Cypress men's basketball strives to achieve in the classroom and maintain a 3.0 team GPA. It is imperitave that we graduate student athletes and matriculate them to the next level. Alhadeff's teams have consistently been ranked in the CCCAA Top 10 across California in defensive rating. Offensively, Alhadeff encourages ball movement, three point shooting, and creativity. He enjoys coaching tough minded, team orienteted, competitive student athletes. 

Prior to Cypress, Alhadeff spent eight seasons as the Associate Head Coach at Irvine Valley College. In his time at Irvine Valley College, the Lasers compiled a record of 169-73 (0.698), which included back-to-back trips to the State “Elite 8” in 2009-10 and 2010-11. As Associate Head Coach at IVC, Alhadeff was in charge of defense, post players and scouting, as well as assisted in recruiting and game planning. During his time at IVC, Drew coached NIT (Newport, Irvine, Tustin) basketball club for six years where a local team often competed and defeated major competitive club basketball programs. 

Alhadeff played for the University of Redlands where he was a four-year starter and captained the most prolific scoring team in basketball history, which averaged 132.4 points per game in 2004-05. As point guard, Alhadeff finished fourth all-time in assists and led the SCIAC in assists in 2004 and assists/turnover ratio in 2004 and 2005. Alhadeff holds the only recorded triple-double (14 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists) in Redlands school history, which came in its 154-153 win over Chapman University.

Alhadeff earned his Bachelors of Art Degree in Sociology from the University of Redlands (2005) and his Masters of Science in Physical Education from Azusa Pacific University (2009). Aside from his coaching duties, Alhadeff is a full-time faculty member who earned the 2019-20 Cypress College faculty member of the year award. Drew is the faculty advisor for SAAC (Student Athlete Advisory Committee) where he guides student athletes into leadership roles at Cypress College and in the community.

He enjoys spending time with his son Jason (age 10), daughter Peyton (5 months) and resides with his wife Breezi and dog Zoey in Anaheim, CA.