Coaching Experience
Head Basketball Coach, 4th Grade Future Firebirds Boy’s Blue Team, Kettering, Ohio
2012 – 2013 Season
- Evaluated players during tryouts and provided input into selecting teams
- Organized parents meeting and provided them with proper paperwork
- Planned fundamental 90 minute practices 3 times a week
Head Basketball Coach, 5th & 6th Grade Boy’s Summer League Teams, Norwood, Ohio
2010 Summer League
- Evaluated players during the season to create one team per grade
- Organized parents meeting and provided them with proper paperwork
- Submitted paperwork to school board for use of middle school gym free of charge
- Planned fundamental 90 minute practices 3 times a week
- Created in depth playbooks with additional material for each player
Coordinator, Norwood Basketball Academy (Feeder Program), Norwood, Ohio
2009 – 2010 Season
- Facilitator between Norwood Recreation & Norwood High School Basketball Coaches
- Effectively communicated with recreation director, high school varsity basketball coaches,
and high school athletic director - Created tri-fold promotional flyer for easy distribution and registration
- Created Coaches binder containing coaching articles, drills, and plays
- Organized coaches clinics and parents meetings
- Marketed program within community newspaper and public TV station
- Gained immense knowledge in building a feeder program
Varsity Assistant Boy’s Basketball Coach, Mariemont High School, Mariemont, Ohio
June 2005 – June 2006
- Implemented scouting program
- Scouted and produced scouting reports on opposing teams
- Networked to obtain game tapes on opponents to help produce scouting reports
- Helped organize basketball conditioning program
- Helped implement and orchestrate implementation of summer league program
- Gained immense knowledge in building a program from the bottom up
- Informed AD and Head Coach of a very wealthy alum whom they were not aware of
- Effectively communicated with the school’s administrative staff
Varsity Assistant Boy’s Basketball Coach, Norwood High School, Norwood, Ohio
2004 – 2005 Season
- In charge of player substitutions and playing time during games
- Addressed in game strategies and play calling
- Developed drills to improve game time situations
- Implemented scouting program
- Scouted and produced scouting reports on opposing teams
- Helped organize basketball program and conditioning
- Gained immense knowledge in building a new program from the bottom up
- Developed communication skills when working with the school’s administrative staff
Men’s Basketball Video Coordinator, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
2002 – 2003 Season
- Created and maintained film exchange database
- Organized and facilitated the film exchange program
- Assisted with production of scout films and reports
- Helped implement and update the new recruiting database
- Produced marketing materials to mail to prospective recruits
- Assembled informational packets to mail to distinguished recruits
- Prepared team for travel
- Game day management and preparation
- Assisted with organization of team managers
- Further developed communication and networking skills
Assistant Boy’s Basketball Coach, Mount Healthy High School, Cincinnati, Ohio
2000 – 2001, 2001 – 2002 Seasons
- Assisted freshman, junior varsity, and varsity basketball teams
- Helped address in game issues: playing time of players, moral, and strategies
- Developed excellent communication skills when working with coaches and players
- Scouted and produced scouting reports on opposing teams
- Networked to obtain game tapes on opponents to help produce scouting reports
Head Boy’s Basketball Coach, Oak Hills High School, Cincinnati, Ohio
April 1998 – May 1998
- Coached Oak Hills Junior High AAU Basketball Team #2
- Learned to take the hand that I was dealt and do the best with it
Head Basketball Coach, North Fairmont Community Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
December 1997 – March 1998
- Coached under ten years of age inner city boys and girls basketball team
- Gained immense knowledge of the importance of patience when working with students
Camps & Clinics
1 Day Position Camp, The Hoop, Columbus, Ohio – 2005
Five-Star Basketball Camp, Robert Morris University – 2001 & 2003
Mike Montgomery Basketball Camp, Stanford University – 2001
Rick Majerus Basketball Camp, University of Utah – 2001
Roy Williams Basketball Camp, University of Kansas – 2001
Bob Huggins Basketball Camp, University of Cincinnati – 1999 & 2000
Professional Associations
National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) – 2005 – Present
NABC Professional Development Certification – 2006, 2008, 2010
State of Ohio Basketball Coaches Association – 2005
Ohio District 16 Basketball Coaches Association – 2005