Dodge City Community College Athletics

Former Assistant Men's Basketball Coach (2021-22)

Hometown: Lakeland, FL
College: Florida International University (Miami, FL)

Desmond Hazzard spent one season as an assistant coach for Dodge City CC men's basketball. He joined the Conquistadors eager to continue to grow is coaching experience and comes in with some experience on the sideline while in college. 

Hazzard started to focus on his coaching career his senior year of high school at Tenoroc High School in Lakeland, Florida as he became a team manager his final year of high school after playing the previous three. Upon graduation he attended Florida International University were he became a student/team manager and later went on to become a Graduate Assistant for the FIU Panthers. As a grad assistant, Hazzard assisted in coaching, scouting, player development, video breakdown, and basketball operations. 

He also had a brief stint in Tampa Bay with the Tampa Bay Titans, a professional basketball team in "The Basketball League" (TBL) as he worked as he served as Assistant Coach of Player of Development and Scouting.