LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The Aggie women's basketball program enjoys winning, and so does Patrick Harrison – the newest member of the Aggie coaching staff.
 
NM State head women's basketball coach Jody Adams-Birch announced the addition of Harrison to her staff on Wednesday afternoon. The assistant makes his way to Las Cruces from Kansas City, Mo., where he spent the previous four seasons as an assistant coach at The University of Missouri-Kansas City.
 
"I am thrilled and honored to have Patrick join our staff here at New Mexico State and to work with him once again," Adams-Birch said. "He is a winner in life and on the court. He loves the game of basketball and, most importantly, loves to serve others."
 
Harrison has been on the scene as a college basketball coach for 16 years, including spending some of his early years as a graduate assistant on Adams-Birch's Wichita State staff in 2011. He was part of the staff at Friends University and Pratt Community college prior to serving on the Shockers' staff for two seasons. He then made stops as an assistant at Hastings College, North Dakota State, Johnson County Community College and Iowa Western until finding a spot at UMKC in 2018.
 
Harrison brings an impressive line of recruiting excellence, including bringing in eight NJCAA All-Americans in four years, eight top-300 players and five First Team All-WAC/All-Summit League players. He has also helped sign a number of players who have garnered top individual awards such as conference player of the year, sixth woman of the year, newcomer of the year and freshman of the year. In his time as a coach, Harrison has created global recruiting connections in Spain, Germany and Australia.
 
He is also well known for his ability to develop student-athletes as he has coached six players that have gone on to earn professional contracts.
 
During his tenure with Kansas City, the Roos put together an overall record of 70-46, including a pair of 20-plus win seasons. In addition to a WNIT appearance last season, UMKC was also crowned WAC Regular Season Champions in 2019-20 after finishing 13-3 in conference play.
 
He arrived at Kansas City after spending the 2017-18 season at Iowa Western where he helped guide the Reivers to an outstanding 25-5 record and a No. 15 national ranking along with an ICCAC regular season championship.
 
As an assistant at Johnson County, Harrison helped lead a Lady Cavalier squad to a 33-3 overall record as they finished the season ranked third in the final regular season national poll. JCCC also won conference and region titles while finishing as the national runner-up at the 2017 NJCAA DII Tournament. At JCCC, Harrison also helped instruct four players that earned All-Conference and All-Region honors, including first team NJCAA All-American member Austin Richardson.
 
During Harrison's time at North Dakota State, he helped guide the Bison to their highest win total and their best finish in the Summit League standings in three seasons. Additionally, three players were named All-Summit League to mark the most Bison players to earn honors since NDSU joined the league in 2007.
 
"Patrick's contagious energy in leading, teaching, mentoring and connecting with young people is truly rare," Adams-Birch added. "His unique heart and drive separates him on the court in engaging the athlete's best in the skill development phase and off the court in the recruiting world. Winning ways are in his DNA and I'm super proud to have Patrick join our Aggie family!"
 
A graduate of Friends University (2009), Harrison earned his bachelor's degree in Psychology Human Services before adding a master's degree in Sports Management from Wichita State in 2013. Harrison is supported by his loving wife, Tiffany.