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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.

 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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