Having grown up playing the game at a very young age, at the High School level at St. Ignatius, on various club and recreation teams, and in various tournaments across the country, I want to bring this life-long passion for the game of basketball to the Riptide Family. Through coaching a variety of age groups over the years at the CYO and AAU level, our aim is to strive and offer high-level coaching that enables our kids to develop a strong repertoire of team/ individual skills, as well as a deep understanding of the game and how to use these skills and lessons both on the court and in life outside of it. Building a trusting relationship, a trusting team and a sense of working together as one is one of the biggest success factors in basketball. When you’re able to build character and compete without ego, this is a core principle we want to empower the kids with.