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   MEET THE HOOP HISTORIANS
   
 

  BREN PETAR

Residence:  Santa Ana, California
Birthday:  July 7
Final Fours Attended: (42) -- 1976, 1982-2019, 2023-2024

Member of the Hoop Historians since 2011

 
  
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A financial advisor by trade, Petar is a former basketball coach, working eight years at the high school level and was an assistant in the Junior College ranks.  Bren is one of a few coaches that claim a winning coaching record against fellow Hoop Historian John Mayberry, defeating him in their only matchup.  Petar has attended more than forty Final Fours, with his first coming in 1976.  Bren's wife Kitty is also a Hoop Historian.
 


Click Here for Bren Petar's NCAA Tournament Game Log


 

 


 

  
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Hoop Historians Biographies:    Fred Allman - Mike Bailey - Larry Baker - Guy Baldwin - Steve Bennett - Al Benninger - Dennis Bracco - Brian Burmeister - Judi Caldwell - Bill Carsley - Hersh Cherson - Donny Daniels - Dave DeGrace - Dennis DeGraff - Matt DeGraff - Cal Dilworth - Ebony Donahue - Doug Erickson - Joe Flaherty - David Fray - Don Fromknecht - Bill Gappy - John Genova - Carrie Gibbons - Mike Gibbons - Jim Harrick - Billy T Haynes - Roland Hemond - Larry Holley - Dave Holmquist - Bob Hutchings - Pat Irvine - Bill Jauss - Mike Johnson - Mike Kerry - Dorothy Kim - Surl Kim - Neil King - Joseph Klebon - Steve Lavin - Les Lombardi - Joseph Lyons - Don MacKay - Nancy MacKay - Joe Makowski - Martin Makowski - Daniel Marinkovich Jim Martin - John Mayberry - John McCann - John P McCann - Kevin McCann - Dennis Mishko - Dennis Mishko Jr - Jillian Mishko - Samantha Mishko - Ted Murphy - Marianne Parrillo - Bren Petar - Kitty Petar - Ted Reineking - Jimmy Rogers - Mike Rossman - Al Sack - Darren Sack - Rick Schabowski - Richie Schueler Larry Seitlin - Danette Shirley - Joe Spagnolo - Paul Swanson - Tom Tallarito - Rose Tate - John Tierney - Steve Traktman - Dick Triptow - Vern Vegso - Jerry Wainwright - Gordon Welch - Frank Wilson - Jenna Wright - Raymond Zebro - Bruce Ziemer