Bio

Alan Woskanian begins his first year as an assistant coach with the College of the Canyons men’s basketball program in 2023.

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 Paul George Elite SCV youth basketball program and will be coaching the U18 Armenian National Team. 

Woskanian resides in Santa Clarita with his wife and two sons. 

—Bio current as of Nov. 2023