The path to a college basketball coaching job is rarely predictable. Paul Reed, who made a mark coaching the Tucson and Cienega high school girls teams the last decade, was hired by Long Beach State last week. Reed graduated from Langston (Oklahoma) University and got a master’s degree from the University of Phoenix. ... Tucsonan Pam Reed continued her remarkable distance running career last week. At 53, Reed ran 135 miles in the Badwater Marathon, much of it in the California desert, finishing second of all women’s entrants and ninth overall in 29 hours, 30 minutes. Next? She’ll run the 100-mile Run Rabbit Run race in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, in September.
Former Tucson, Cienega coach Reed hired by Long Beach State
Cienega head coach Paul Reed looks on from the sideline during the second half of their Division 2 state semi-final basketball game against Scottsdale Saguaro at Jobing.com Arena on Feb. 27, 2014.
