Coach Kalen hails from Rochester, New York, where he played varsity basketball at Hilton High school. He coaches at St, Monica Prep and is th head coach for the SMBA 13U Club Team! Coach Kalen also brings his talents to our SMBA camps, weekly skills clinics and Saturday night Hoops!
Coach Lena is a current collegiate player at Emerson College! A Point Guard, she is tough as she is kind. She coaches our summer camps and skills clinics!
Coach Anthony is the head coach of our SMBA 10U Club Team ! He leads our SMBA Speed and Agility training each Saturday and coaches are weekly skills clinics and camps! Dude has hops! Ask coach to dunk some time and be amazed!
Coach Nevada previously coached basketball at the Boys and Girls club of San Francisco mentoring high school players and coaching baksetball camps. He brings his talents to SMBA coaching our SMBA 12U Club Team, weekly skills clinics and Saturday Night Hoops!
Coach Tyler is our guy! He has been playing basketball since he was four years old. A highly touted varsity player at Culver City high school, this guard's speed and dribbling electrified everyone when he stepped on the court! Currently playing at Santa Monica College, he has developed life lessons such as leadership and team work that he brings to each and every SMBA program! While continuing his playing career at Santa Monica Collège, he has moved on to a four year university playing basketball! He has become a fantastic coach at SMBA!
One of SMBA's most popular coaches! Coach Brendan's basketball career has been a whose who of talent! Nike EYBL, Under Armour, Germany's 16U Olympic Training team and Adidas! A member of the Crossroads high school CIF state champions, he now plays with Division 1 SouthEast Missouri University!
Currently Yuuki is playing at Oberlin college and the leader in Assist Turnover Ratio in Division lll! Yuuki is an accomplished point guard with millions of views on social media and was a member of the Crossroads High School CIF 2018 State Champions! A long time member rof the SMBA coaching staff he is electric at camp!
A current collegiate player, Coach Elijah was a standout player at Santa Monica College and is now playing at a four year!
His enthusiam and love of the game translate into every camp he coaches and with our club teams!
In addition to Michael Jordan, Coach Slappy has provided skills training and advice to a host of professional athletes at some point in their careers and helped hundreds of high school male and female athletes acquire collegiate scholarships!
Coach Kayla is a force! A four year varsity starter she took her stellar playing to Lehigh University where she Was named to the Patriot League All-Rookie team after leading the Mountain Hawks in made three-pointers (40) and averaging 5.4 points per game and was named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll!
Big Jay! This 6'6 small forward has been a force on the court and with SMBA! He is a leader at SMBA and one of our best trainers. He played basketball powerhouse high school Crossroads and was a member of the 2018 CIF state Champions! He continued his playing career at East LA College's and was highlighted in the "Last Chance U" television show on Netflix,
Coach Tarron T.J Wiley is a full-time trainer for player development and skill training. He trains a ton of players at the SMBA academy and elevates their game! Has been in the gym playing the game of basketball since he was three years old! A varsity starter at Rolling Hills prep, he furthered his talents at Grace University in Omaha Nebraska.
One of the most popular coaches at SMBA! Coach Ben had an outstanding high school career playing AAU basketball for Nike' s Cal Supreme and was instrumental in leading basketball powerhouse Crossroads school to a 2018 CIF state championship!
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