Hopkins High School Girls' Basketball
Aug 18, 2020
Brian Cosgriff
Hopkins High School Girls' Basketball

VIRTUAL MEETING

Recently retired Hopkins Girls' Basketball Coach, Brian Cosgriff, will speak about the progression of their program and how it became the model for high school girls' basketball in the state of Minnesota.

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Brian Cosgriff is one of the most successful basketball coaches in Minnesota history. In his 21 years as head girls’ basketball coach at Hopkins High School, his teams won 569 games and seven state titles. A possible eighth title could have been won in March if not for the COVID-19 shutdown of the season, one game before the state championship. The Royals carry a 62-game winning streak into next season. But Cosgriff won’t be with them next season; he retired from coaching and teaching in July, 2020. He taught physical education at Alice Smith Elementary School (Hopkins) for the past 30 years.

In 1991, legendary Hall of Fame coaches Ken Novak, Jr. and Ken Novak, Sr. had an opening on their Hopkins High School boys’ basketball coaching staff. Brian jumped at the opportunity to be an apprentice to two of Minnesota’s all-time best coaches. Coach Cosgriff assisted the Novaks for eight years, helping build Hopkins into one of the premiere boys’ programs in the state.

In 1999, the head girls’ basketball coaching position opened at Hopkins. In his first season as head coach, Hopkins tied for their first ever Classic Lake Conference Championship. In his 21 years as head coach at Hopkins, the Royals won 19 Classic Lake/Lake Conference championships, 14 section championships, and 7 Class AAAA State Championships. While coaching Hopkins, the Royals have made 14 MSHSL state tournament appearances, finishing no lower than 3rd place. He retires with an astounding record of 569-67, yielding a winning percentage of 89%.

Brian was the MaxPreps National Girls Basketball Coach of the Year for 2018-2019. He will be inducted into the Minnesota Basketball Hall of Fame this fall. Coach Cosgriff has placed over 30 former players at the D1 collegiate level and four of his assistant coaches have gone on to be head girls’ basketball coaches at other high schools.