Rus Soobzokov has been named boys basketball coach at Laguna Beach.

He replaces Bret Fleming who resigned after this past season, Fleming’s 27th as Breakers coach.

Soobzokov, 47, has worked as a varsity assistant coach and freshman coach coach in the Laguna Beach boys basketball program. He played basketball at Laguna Beach in the early 1990s.

“I want to keep the tradition we’ve established,” Soobzokov said, “which is to get a bunch of Laguna Beach kids together who can compete against everyone.”