College of the Canyons Men's Basketball

Fisher enters his 17th season at the helm of the College of the Canyons mens basketball program, having established the Cougars into one of the most consistent programs in the conference. Time and again Fishers teams have exceeded preseason expectations, including back-to-back Western State Conference Championships in 2004 and 2005, and titles in 2007 and 2013. Fisher also earned Coach of the Year honors during those campaigns. In his 16 seasons with College of the Canyons, Fisher has amassed an overall record of 234-225. Fisher is only the second coach in college history, having followed former COC mens basketball head coach, and mentor, Lee Smelser who headed the program for 31 seasons. A passionate coach entering his 25th year overall at the college, Fisher has molded his basketball program into a perennial conference contender, while also helping to shape his student-athletes into community role models and well-rounded young men. Fishers commitment to recruiting talented individuals with solid character and citizenship has drawn the support of both the campus and community, which have come out in great numbers to watch the Cougars. The College of the Canyons mens basketball program is known for its attention to detail, hustling play and defensive prowess. COC and Fisher have a strong reputation for transferring quality student-athletes to compete at the next level. Under Fishers tutelage COC has garnered the respect of universities and colleges as a place to recruit quality student-athletes, with several COC basketball players having received scholarships to attend four-year institutions. Fisher has also gained valuable international coaching experience representing the United States as head coach in the Maccabi Pan American Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2007 where he guided his Team USA squad (including former COC Cougar Jeremy Lake) to a silver medal. Fisher also led Team USA to a bronze medal in the 2006 Maccabi Australia International Games in Sydney, Australia, with an 86-51 win over the host Australian team. This was Fishers first appearance at the games as a head coach. The team consisted of the nations top Jewish collegiate players. In 2016, Fisher was appointed head coach of the Youth Men's Basketball team for Team USA at the 20th World Maccabiah Games, which will compete in Israel, July 4-17, 2017. His other coaching experiences at the Maccabi games include: assisting Bruce Pearl (University of Tennessee) during the summer of 2008 at tryout camp for the U.S. squad for the Maccabiah Games in Israel; assisting Herb Brown (Charlotte Bobcats) in 1997 and 2001; and assisting Al Walker (Binghamton University) in 1993. In addition, he is the current president of the California Community College Mens Basketball Coaches Association (CCCMBCA), having recently been elected to a two-year term after serving as the associations vice president for two years. He also coordinated a free-agent camp in 1998 for the Des Moines Dragons of the International Basketball Association, a developmental league based in the U.S. and Canada. As an accomplished camp clinician, Fisher is a regular participant in basketball camps across the country. Prior to joining College of the Canyons, Fisher also coached at Los Angeles City College and Whittier College. In his 10 seasons as an assistant coach at the community college level, Fisher contributed to five league titles, participated in the final eight and helped numerous players matriculate to four-year universities. Fisher starting his coaching career at his high school alma mater, University High School in Los Angeles. He also gained additional coaching and administrative experience while working with American Roundball Corporation in AAU basketball.  As a player, Fisher was a member of the Rhode Island College team that advanced to post-season play. Prior to transferring back east, Fisher played at Los Angeles Pierce College. He also played overseas as a member of an all-star team that traveled to locations including China, Hong Kong and Macau.  Fisher holds a Master of Arts in Exercise Science from California State University, Los Angeles, and a Bachelor of Arts in Physical Education from Whittier College. He also received his Associate Degree from Pierce College.                     Bio current as of Oct. 2016

Bio Brian Kimble enters his 12th year and 11th season as an assistant coach with the College of the Canyons men’s basketball program, having joined the program during the 2014-15 campaign. Prior to arriving at COC, Kimble served as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Hart High, working under head coach Tom Kelley. While there he helped coach the program to the 2013-14 Foothill League Title. As a player at Hart, Kimble helped lead the Indians to the 2006-07 Foothill League Title in his senior season. That year Kimble also earned Foothill League MVP honors and was named an All-CIF First Team honoree. After finishing his high school career Kimble attended College of the Canyons where he played under COC head coach Howard Fisher during the 2008-09 and 2009-10 campaigns. As a Cougar, Kimble earned All-WSC First Team honors in both seasons. Kimble went on to play at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, where he helped the men’s basketball program achieve several program firsts. Kimble was part of the school’s first Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) tournament championship team. He also helped the Falcons earn a berth into the NCAA Division III men’s basketball tournament for the first time in school history, qualifying in back-to-back seasons. He also received All-WIAC Team honors as a senior. Excited about his opportunity to help the Cougars and purse his love for teaching the game of basketball, Coach “BK” is looking forward to seeing his players grow both on and off the court. He is also an assistant coach of the Playmaker’s youth travel basketball team. Kimble earned a Bachelor of Science in business administration sports management from Columbia Southern University in 2016. —Bio current as of Oct. 2025

Bio Alan Woskanian begins his third year as an assistant coach with the College of the Canyons men’s basketball program in 2025. Prior to arriving at Canyons, Woskanian served as both a head coach and assistant coach at the varsity level for high school basketball programs in the greater Los Angeles area.  Woskanian began his coaching career after earning a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Nevada at Las Vegas.   He served as an assistant coach at Bishop Alemany High School from 1999 to 2001 and became head coach for the 2001-02 season.   Woskanian took a break from coaching from 2003 to 2006 while he worked toward a master’s degree in social work from the University of Southern California.   He restarted his coaching career as an assistant coach in the Los Angeles City Section at Poly High School in Sun Valley, serving in that role from 2009 to 2011. Woskanian then was named head coach at Poly, with his tenure running from 2011 to 2018.   Under Woskanian’s guidance the Parrots reached the CIF City Section Div. 3 championship round in his first year. The following season Poly played in the Div. 2 semifinals. By his third season Poly was a top-10 ranked team and competed in the Div. 1 semifinals. After moving on from Poly, Woskanian became associate head coach at Valencia High School from 2018 to 2021. In his short stint coaching alongside head coach Bill Bedgood, Valencia played in the CIF Southern Section Div. 2AA semifinals and the Div. 2 State Semifinals.  From 2021 to 2023, Woskanian was a member of the Village Christian Crusaders program that won the CIF Southern Section Div. 2AA championship.  He is also director of the Pure Game Elite SCV youth basketball program. Woskanian resides in Santa Clarita with his wife and two sons.  —Bio current as of Oct. 2025