Mascot Friars

Team Varsity 13-14

Colors Blue, Silver

 

coach John Harmatuk

 Address 418 S Warren Ave, Malvern, PA 19355

Overall 9-13

 

Conference 2-6

 

National Rank 4568

State (PA) Rank 179

Old Coaching Achievements

http://www.chron.com/neighborhood/cyfair-sports/article/Basketball-Coaches-enjoy-spirited-family-rivalry-4109064.php

http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/cypresscreek/article_f75cb78c-02b1-5524-ba65-a642faf876cf.html

http://vype.com/houston/2013/11/17/vype-preview-no-19-the-cypress-springs-panthers/

http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/cypresscreek/sports/athletic-cy-springs-team-has-potent-scorer-in-benedyth/article_dad41f02-2cde-11e1-99f4-001871e3ce6c.html

In 2007, Harmatuk guided Cy Springs to its only district title in program history. And a year later, the Panthers defeated Houston Yates and Monteverde Academy before Erik Williams (now a sophomore forward at Marquette) broke his foot. Cy Springs advanced to the regional quarterfinals that year, but nobody will ever know what would have happened had they remained healthy.

Seasons ago, the Panthers reached the playoffs, but lost to District 18 champion Alief Elsik, 82-73, in the first round on Feb. 22.

Harmatuk attributes the success of the program to his mentor, Randy Gilmer, who coached the Panthers from 1998-2002; Cy Springs went to its only regional final during that span, losing to Bryan High.

“I’m really proud of the growth of the basketball program,” Harmatuk said. “I’ve tried to continue the tradition that Randy Gilmer built. He’s meant a bunch in my career. Dad and Coach Gilmer have developed me as a person and a basketball coach.” John Harmatuk, 40, has 12 seasons as head coach at Cy Springs and is currently on his first season with Malvern Preparatory High School Team. Harmatuk, the oldest of five brothers, grew up in a basketball family, and he starred at guard for head coach Lloyd Long’s Klein Bearkats.

He went on to play basketball and golf at Austin College in Sherman (about an hour north of Dallas) where he earned a Master’s in Education.

“I always knew I wanted to be involved in basketball,” Harmatuk said. “I wasn’t good enough to keep playing it, so the next logical step.”

Harmatuk served as a graduate assistant at Austin while completing his Master’s Degree; he played on the college’s golf team despite not playing on the KHS team.

“They had four good golfers and I just happened to be better than average,” Harmatuk said. “I was just fortunate that they didn’t have to keep my score.”

Harmatuk is the oldest of five brothers, four of whom played college basketball. His father, John Sr., played basketball at Hartwick College in upstate New York.

“It’s kind of our sport,” Harmatuk said. “All of my younger brothers played in high school. It was a sport we grew up around.”

His younger brother, Scott Harmatuk (a 1996 Klein High graduate), played at Fordham University in New York and just completed his third season as the head boys basketball at Klein Collins.

Harmatuk has won three of four games against his younger brother.

John Harmatuk Insurance agency

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FAMILY

I am married to Shelly Harmatuk. She is the Senior Manager, Medical Affairs Compliance at Teva Pharmaceuticals. We have a five year old daughter, Emerson. We call her Emme.

MYSELF

I appreciate open and honest communication. I am passionate about helping students reach their fullest potential and love teaching these values through the game of basketball.

BASKETBALL CULTURE: THE MALVERN WAY

 Love each other – serve each other; contribute to something bigger than ourselves: WE/me  

 Toughness – mentally, physically; no program will work harder; foundation is character

 Process – process oriented thinking; results take care of themselves through deliberate practice

BASKETBALL THOUGHTS: STYLE OF PLAY

 We will value the painted area; try to get the ball into paint  on offense – keep the ball out of it on defense

 We will win the free throw battle – make more than the opponent shoots

 We will win the 3pt line; we will make 3s and we will guard opponent 3s

How we accomplish these 3 things will be contingent on our players

WHAT WE NEED FROM MALVERN

The basketball program needs community support. Likewise, anything the basketball program can do to help the community, we are happy to serve. We are open to any thoughts you may have for improving the program. We just ask you to leave the dynamics of the team to the coaches and players. Let’s work together to make this the best basketball program in the Philadelphia area.

Accounts

Twitter- https://twitter.com/coachtuk

Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/john.harmatuk.7

Blogger- http://coachtuk.blogspot.com/

Email- jharmatuk@malvernprep.org , coachtuk@earthlink.net

Prezi Account- http://prezi.com/user/oghtbuy26gfh/

Interviews

http://hoopscoach.wordpress.com/tag/john-harmatuk/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC9_UKbgUTU

http://d1nation.wordpress.com/2010/09/13/coaches-corner-john-harmatuk-of-houston-cy-springs/

“(I like to read) anything that can help me learn more about basketball,” Harmatuk said.

I learn from coaches in other states and find/share ideas, I learn about things coaches are doing and what not to do. If coaches aren’t using those tools, they’re missing out.”