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310-736-3031

Santa Monica Basketball Academy
  • Home
  • Our Programs
    • CREST - After school
    • Speed & Agility Training
    • SMBA Saturday AM Clinic
    • Saturday Night Hoop Skill
  • Our Teams
    • SMBA 9U Team
    • SMBA 10U Team
    • SMBA 12U Team
    • SMBA 14U Team
    • SMBA - All Girls Teams
  • Our Camps
    • Fall Camps
    • Single & Multi-Day Camps
  • Private Lessons
    • SMBA Private Lessons
  • Camp FAQ
    • SMBA Camp Schedule
  • SMBA FAQ
    • SMBA FAQ
  • SMBA COACHES
  • Want to Contact Us?
    • Contact Page
    • SMBA Coaching Application
  • How to Pay
    • Shop
  • SMSA Camp Behavior Policy

SMBA Coaching!

Coach Jesse

Coach Jesse is our coordinator for our SMBA CREST afterschool basketball program and was the coordinator for our basketball summer camps! He coaches our 9U and 10U basketball teams as well as our camps and clinics!

His enthusiam and love of the game translate into every camp he coaches and with our club teams!

Coach Bri

We kind of let Bri's accomplishments speak for herself.


Emerson WBB All-Time Leader in Points and Assists ● WBCA Honorable Mention All-American 2x (25’, 26’) ● NEWBA All-Region 1st Team 2x (25’, 26’) ● D3Hoops All-Region 1st Team (25’, 26’) ● NEWMAC Player of the Year 2x (25’, 26’) ● NEWMAC 1st Team All-Conference 3x (24’, 25’, 26’) ● NEWMAC Scoring Leader 2x (24’, 25’) ● NEWMAC Academic All-Conference 3x (24’, 25’, 26’) ● CSC Academic All-District 2x (25’, 26’) ● Selected to WBCA Senior All-Star Game (1 of 20 players in the nation) ● Selected to NEWBA Senior All-Star Game (1 of 25 players in New England) ● Team Captain 2x (25’, 26’) ● President’s Award Recipient at Emerson Graduation (First athlete to ever receive this award in school history) 


Coach Jay

Coach Jay is a former member of the Crossroads varsity State Champions team!  His collegiate career saw him featured on Netflix's Last Chance U and has a long and wonderful history of supporting youth basketball through camps and clinics ! He is the head coach of our SMBA 14U team and  brings a wealth of knowledge and passion to our SMBA programs!

Coach Max

Coach Max is our guy!  A  high school varsity player this guard's speed and dribbling was a highlight when he stepped on the court!  He played on the highly touted high school Cali gold 17u platinum division, which helped gain him multiple collegiate basketball offers to continue hooping after high school. As he continues his college education and basketball he brings leadership and teamwork to each and every SMBA program! He has jumped in coaching our Speed and Agility training, our SMBA weekly skills training and is the assistant coach on our 9U and 12U club basketball teams! In a short time,  he has become a fantastic coach at SMBA!

Coach Cooper

Coach Cooper 

Coach Cooper is running our weekly Speed & Agility Saturday trainings and head coach of our SMBA 12U Club Team. He brings a positive force to SMBA and his break down of the fundamentals at our weekly skills clinic has been perfect for our players!

Coach Alexis

Coach Alexis

played basketball for 2 years at Texas Tech University, then
transferred to UC Santa Barbara where she received a BA in Sociology.
She has  played professionally in Ireland and this past season she played professionally in Serbia. A returning coach this summer, Coach Alexis has lent her considerable basketball knowledge to our club teams and skills clinics weekly! Coach "A" is dedicated to developing fundamental skills and fast-paced awareness to prepare players for success at the next level. 

Coach Tamba

 

Coach Tamba

 Coach Tamba is a former Division 1 athlete who was a captain in his senior year. A multi sport athlete in high school, he is also the Head Coach for Culver City Flag Football. He has been training youth sports from ages 4 -18 for over 6 years and brings his passion and wealth of knowledge to SMBA! 

Brendan Terry

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!

Coach Anthony

Coach Anthony

SMBA 10U coach Anthony

Coach Anthony  coaches are weekly skills clinics and camps! Dude has hops! Ask coach to dunk some time and be amazed!

Our Coaches!

Coach Slappy!

Coach Slappy!

Coach Slappy!

  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

Coach Slappy!

Coach Slappy!

 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! 


Find out more about coach Kyla

SMBA Coaches

benjamin terry

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! 

Congratulations SMBA Coach Yuuki Okubo!

Yuuki Okubo

SMBA Caoch yuukie

Former Crossroads high school star, collegiate player at Oberlin and now Pro Player! We are all excited to watch Yuukie on his incredible journey and thank him for all the time and effort he gave to our SMBA academy and the basketball community!


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Returns:  NOVEMBER 8TH


TODAY!

8am-9am Speed & Agility

9am-12N Saturday AM Skills