I am a high energy guy for sure. I have something inside of me that drives me everyday to help teach the kids of today how to become a complete basketball player. The game is different today than it was when I was growing up. We went to the park and played all day long, sun up to sun down, winners stay. You lose you get off the court, games were intense, you learned that you had to play hard all the time!! We did not have travel basketball or our high school coaches opening the gym for us to play, taking us to team camps, playing in shoot outs that stuff was not there.

Players today play a lot of basketball, which is a good thing because you have to have basketball instincts to be good, it is part of the equation. The other part is to have a solid fundamental package. I am a perfectionist when it comes to the proper shot mechanics because I see a lot of kids that cannot shoot the basketball with any consistency. They may have heard about proper mechanics but do not always implement proper mechanics when shooting on their own.

For me and the players that I work out every shot must be fundamentally correct, only then will a player start to have some consistency in their jump shooting. What about the dribble moves? Being able to break the defense down properly and then make the right decision with the ball. Do I shoot a pull up three because I have created enough space with my move? Do I one hard dribble my defender then pull up because I have sold the defender so hard on going to the basket that I have space to shoot. What about getting to the basket with my move and understanding that I have drawn two defenders to me and somebody on my team must be open I need to find them and get my teammate a good look.

These are things that I wake up everyday thinking about. How can I get players that workout at MBA to have a great fundamental base and have a high basketball IQ. I will leave you with this thought; Players are not born they are made, and they are made by getting the best instruction that you can find, listening to what is taught to you and then outworking everybody else in the country! In life and basketball we all get what we deserve, if you want to be the best you need to train like you want to be the best. It is a simple equation that a lot of players take about but only a few really take serious. Hope to see you at MBA working on your game!!

Achievements

• Single Season Scoring record at Penn High School
• USA Today High School All American
• Indiana 2nd Team All State
• Northern Indiana Conference Player of the Year 1987
• Sectional & Regional Champions. Semi State (Final 8) runner up
• College Basketball Scholarship Saginaw Valley State University
• 1987 GLIAC Conference Freshman of the Year Award
• 5th on the Career leader list at Saginaw Valley for games played 115
• 2nd on the Career leader list at Saginaw Valley for assists 447
• 9th on the Career leader list at Saginaw Valley for field goals made 538
• 2nd on the career leader list at Saginaw Valley for steal 188
• 5th on the career leader list at Saginaw Valley for total points scored 1,615
• 2nd on the career leader list at Saginaw Valley for free throws made 460
• Played professionally with High Five America based out of San Diego California
• Trained 14 Indiana All Stars