COACHES

(interested in coaching send me an email)
 

Program Assistants for all levels.

 


Upstate Elite add former Syracuse star and NBA Veteran John Wallace to the staff

 

 

17 and Under 2 Coaches
Shawn Sullivan 17u
 

 

Webster Thomas basketball coach
 

Section V Finals- Assistant Coach 2005
Section V Finals -
Varsity Assistant Coach 2004
Section V Champions
- Varsity Assistant Coach 2001
 

Upstate Elite Founder & Director 2006

17u AAU National Qualifier

Webster Basketball Association - Founder & Commissioner



Howie Landa and I after working with kids at individual instruction at Cuse- he is in 10 hall of fames.
Syracuse University basketball camp

Hoop Group basketball camps

Reebok Pocono Elite camp

Five-Star basketball camp

Mike Hopkins Elite camp

 

Played

Fredonia State College Basketball

Captain and Point Guard


Michael Davies   17u

Webster Thomas basketball coach

 

Section V Finals- Assistant Coach 2005
Section V Finals -
Varsity Assistant Coach 2004

Greece Basketball Association Head Coach (1998-2002)

 

Upstate Elite 17u Coach 2006 - Present

17u AAU National Qualifier
 

Played

Greece Athena

 

Honors/Awards

New York Class AA State Title

Section V Class AA Title

All Greater Rochester First Team

All County First Team

Monroe County League Champion

Presidential Academic Fitness Award Winner

Member of the Greece Athena Hall of Fame


John Wallace

 

 

National Basketball Association

7 years in the NBA

Played for the NY Knicks, Toronto Raptors, Detroit Pistons, Phoenix Suns, and Miami Heat.

Career Highs 30 points 12 rebounds.

 

College

Syracuse University

Played in the NCAA Championship

Member of the NCAA Final Four

Second Team All-America

Senior year averaged 22.2 points and 8.7 rpg

All Time Leader in points scored in a season 845

3rd  All Time career points: 2119

3rd All Time  in rebounds: 1065

6th All Time in blocks: 209

 

High School

Mr. NYS Basketball

New York Class AA State Title

Section V Class AA Title

 


16 and Under - 2 Coaches

 

Brendan O'Toole 16u

 

 

School of The Arts basketball coach - Present
 

Section V Champions -  Assistant Coach  at Pittsford Sutherland 2002

Section V Finals - Assistant Coach 2006
Section V Finals -
Assistant Coach 2001
 

Syracuse University basketball camp

Duke basketball camp

Seton Hall basketball camp

Wake Forest basketball camp

 

Played

Nazareth College

Churchville-Chili


16u

Pascal Naulleau


 

Assistant Coach

Section V Finals- Assistant Coach

 


14 and Under

2 Coaches

 

Josh Zenkel

 

Plays

 

Brockport State College
Starting Point Guard

 

Honors/Awards

Division II Player of the Year

Birds Eye Player of the Year

Birds Eye Player of the Week

All Greater Rochester First Team

All County First Team


14 U

Chad Thomas

 

Picture coming soon...

 

Played

Rhode Island

East High School

 

 


12 U

 

Jeff Burke

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

The Belle Center Buffalo, NY

Current Program Director

Director of Basketball league

 

Coach & Camp Director

Sports camp director

Implemented enriched programs & tutoring services in Buffalo

Buffalo Playaz AAU Basketball - Founder & Coach


11 U

 

Kevin LeGrett

 


Coaching Experience:

·    Greece Basketball Association Head Basketball Coach
Mother of Sorrows Basketball Coach

Basketball Camps Worked:

·    McQuaid Jesuit High School.
St. John Fisher College.
GCC Shooting Camp.
MCC Individual Skills Camp.
Rutgers University.
Five Star Basketball Camp.
Providence College.

Played:

·    McQuaid Jesuit High School
St. John Fisher College

Honors/Awards:

·    Section V Class AAA Title
Captain

tain St. John Fisher College 1991


Program Assistants

 

 

Al Nash

 

Coach
Freddie Thomas Varsity Basketball Head Coach

Section V Champions 2006

 

Rochester City Catholic League


Shaun Nelms
 

 

Played

City Honors High School: Buffalo, N.Y.

Fredonia State College Basketball

Captain and Forward/Guard

 

Honors/Awards

McDonalds All American Nominee

All High Buffalo Basketball Selection

Section VI Qualifier

1000 Point Scorer


Chris Cleveland
 

 

Greece Odyssey Varsity Coach

Former Asst at Frederick Douglas: GA

Former Asst at Greece Arcadia

 

Honors/Awards

Frederick Douglas

State Champions 1984
State Final Four 1984, 1987
Region Champions 1983, 1984, 1988

Sub-Region Champions: 1984, 1987, 1988

 

Nine players played Division I

Five players played in the NBA or Europe

 

Greece Arcadia

Sectional Champions  1992

League Champions 1991, 1992, 1993, 2002 (JV)

 

Purdue University
Men’s Basketball Manager (1981 - 1986)
under Gene Keady


Michael Valenti

Played

Pittsford Mendon

College basketball for Williams

Williams is consistently top 25 in Division III

 


Jason Charno 14u


Modified Head Coach

 

Played

LaFayette High School: Syracuse, N.Y.

 

Honors/Awards

First Team All Syracuse League - Three Times

Zebra Classic All Star Game Selection - Two Times

Four Year Varsity Starter


Upstate Elite Coaching Alumni

 

Coach Rob Blackwell is now an assistant coach for Division one St. Francis Terriers in NYC

Rob Blackwell 

 

Allendale Columbia Varsity Coach

 

Section V Class C Champions 2004
Coach of the Year- Finger Lakes West      Coach of the Year - Section V

Rochester’s Emerging African American Leaders - 2006

 

Syracuse University basketball camp

Drills for Skills Basketball Camp - Founder and Director

 

Played

College - Boston College & St. Bonaventure

AAU - New York Gauchos

High School - NYC

 

NCAA Elite 8 Tournament Team - Boston College

Captain - St. Bonaventure

 

Player Honors/Awards

1st Team All-State
1st Team New York Newsday  

All NYC Team
Nike All American
McDonalds All American Nominee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Always Teaching

 


Family
 


Coach Sullivan Working with Syracuse Coach Mike Hopkins at the SU Elite Camp.

 

Over 70 of the top players in the Northeast of the country were present.


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