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About
15andUnderBasketball
Sports University AAU All
Stars is an elite 15 and under through 16 and under basketball program
coached and supervised by six successful mentors based at the Sports
University facility in Fairfield NJ. During spring of 2007, a West Essex
Travel team coach Ed Bright and a Newark coach named John Snow faced off
in a 14 and under travel basketball league. It was a battle between the
Inner City vs. and the upper-middle class Suburbs of Northern NJ.
As these two men teams competed over the course of the season and shared
ideas and philosophies they realized they had the same message for
kids…commitment, integrity, leadership, community and ”being a good,
hard-working citizen”. After a few encounters they decided the best way to
build, a great program was to merge the two teams and have the player’s
tryout for an “All-Star Team”.
On May 19, 2007, they held an open tryout for a 15 and under basketball
team. The tryouts brought kids from the suburbs and inner cities of
Northern NJ. Forty highly skilled players were chosen to try out. Twelve
players made the team. Three from Ed’s original team and Three from John’s
team. The other six were new players from Essex and Morris NJ counties.
The initial challenge was in convincing their parents that this team would
be special and offer much more than the average program. The competition
level was awesome. One could see that this could be an atmosphere where
they could compete at such a level to make each other better. Ed Bright
was also committed to putting together the right coaching staff and
management team. He wanted not only to teach basketball, but also to grow
these young men into outstanding leaders through athletic competition.
With that in mind, he has assembled what many believe is the best coaching
staff in America for an AAU team in this age bracket.
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Ed Bright
serves as General Mgr/President of the Sports U AAU program. His
responsibilities center around Fund raising, Community Outreach, and
presenting the program on a national level. Darryl Dawkins is the Head
Coach. |
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Daryl
Dawkins serves as our Head Coach as well. What is there to say
about Daryl (Chocolate Thunder) Dawkins? Having an NBA legend totally
committed and focused on our program. His leadership at each one of
our practices and games brings another level of credibility and
excitement that really cannot be out into words. His resume speaks for
itself, but his ability to get the kids’ attention and work hard is
also unbelievable. However, we are most impressed by Daryl’s
benevolent personality: smart, friendly, and warm. He loves the kids
and understands all the dynamics that go into building a strong
program. |
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Joe Hohn
is our Player Development/Basketball Skills Coach/Consultant; Joe is
the principal teacher of basketball at Sports University, our home
facility. Joe was formerly the head coach of basketball at a
neighboring facility in Northern NJ after seeing the need to grow he
started a program on his own here at Sport U. Obviously many of his
students and players followed him here to Sports U. He trains many
local current and hopeful NBA players, NCAA stars and Division 1
upstarts coming out of the top programs in America. |
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Bob Goode
is our Asst Head Coach/Administrator. Bob is responsible for all the
logistics, administration, parent coordination travel and statistics
in our program. Bob’s son Kevin is one of our PF/Center. He is 14
close to 6’4 and an exceptional player. In addition, his father is a
dear friend and really got me into this mess. However, that is a story
for another day. |
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Lou Jones
was recently brought on to be our strength and conditioning coach.
Loud has an extensive background as a pro athlete in the proper
regimens for bodybuilding that is relevant to strength training
exclusively for basketball. His son Lucious is also a standout member
of our team a 6”2 14 yr old shooting guard attending the top HS
basketball program in America St Anthony. |
We have based all of our
basketball operations out Sports University in Fairfield NJ. The gymnasium
we use is within the Sports University complex. Sports University is an
athletic performance facility. They work with adults and youth who are
looking to not only improve their performance in their preferred sport of
choice but also focus on the total athlete and the improvement in speed
agility and power. It is often to be on the basketball floor and see a
local pro athlete from any one of a number of pro teams.
We invite you to stay abreast with us as our program grows.
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