TJ Harris joined the Vikings as an assistant coach in June 2021, and will enter his second year on the Park Blocks during the Vikings’ 2022-23 season.
Harris came to the Vikings with experience coaching at multiple different levels of basketball. Before joining the Vikings, Harris worked as an AP Chemistry Teacher at Combs High School in San Tan Valley, Ariz., while also serving as a men’s assistant coach at Chandler-Gilbert Community College. Harris also simultaneously held head coaching responsibilities for the Boys and Girls teams at Northland Preparatory Academy in Flagstaff, Ariz., from 2017 to 2020.
Harris played for the University of Great Falls (now the University of Providence) from 2011-15 where he crossed paths with fellow Viking coach, Keithan Gregg, who was an assistant on Great Falls’ staff during Harris’ first couple years as a collegiate player. Harris earned first-team all-conference honors as a senior, when he averaged 14.8 points, 4.0 assists and 1.5 steals per game while shooting nearly 43 percent from three-point range.
Harris also served as a player coach during Great Falls’ 2015-16 season, and has coached at Youth Camps the Phoenix Suns have put on from 2014 to current day.
Harris was born and raised in Huntley, Mont. While at UGF, he earned a B.A. in Secondary Education in 2016, then went on to earn a Masters of Education (M.Ed) in Educational Leadership from Northern Arizona University (NAU) in 2020.
