Dan Harwood played on the MC-Rockville basketball team under legendary Coach Don Drown.  He scored a total of 1,137 points over two seasons at Montgomery College, an achievement that places him second on the all-time scorer’s list of the College.  After leaving MC, Harwood went on to Boston University on a full scholarship, where he played under Coach Rick Pitino.  After finishing at Boston, Harwood played professional basketball in Europe for several years before he returned to Montgomery County to pursue his childhood dream of becoming a basketball coach. 

Mr. Harwood is now the men’s basketball coach at Magruder High School, where he has spent the last 13 of his 21 years of coaching.  His 2000–2001team was state champs, and he was recently named coach of the year by The Washington Post.  Mr. Harwood also runs a popular basketball camp at Magruder each summer for elementary and middle school students, which teaches the fundamentals of basketball.