Chase Young
Chase Young was born and raised in Seattle, where he was a decorated athlete at Roosevelt HS playing under coach Bill Elleby, Forrest Ward, and Jeff Denny. He went on to start all 4 years at Occidental College under coaches Brian Newhall, Jim Hennacy, and Brad Hall. His senior year he helped drive his Oxy team to an undefeated league record, then advancing all the way to the NCAA D3 Elite 8, both of which had never been done in SCIAC league history. After graduating from Oxy in 2003 with an advanced BA in Economics for Business Management, Chase played overseas in Denmark for two seasons before returning home to Seattle. After returning from Denmark, Chase coached under Bart Brandenberg at Roosevelt HS from 2004-2006 and became the athletic director and lead trainer at Emerald City Basketball Academy from 2005-2014. During his time at ECBA Coach Chase directed 100’s of teams and traveled around the nation as one of the largest and most successful basketball academies in nation. He has multiple AAU National Championship appearances, as well as championships from all the prestigious national tournaments in the west coast including Reno, Portland, Oakland, Los Angeles and Las Vegas. In 2014 Coach Chase became the Hoopaholics training director and started running the Roosevelt Area Select Basketball program which is a feeder program for the Roosevelt area student-athletes. Since creating Seattle Select High Academic Basketball, coach Young and his coaches have found great success in bringing together elite student-athletes in the NW to win at the national level. In addition to coaching and training, Chase takes a group of NW student-athletes to the Yale Exposure Camp each year and also runs the NW High Academic Showcase for high school elite student-athletes with a 3.5 GPA or higher. The camp receives prestigious college coaches and scouts from all over the country such as Caltech, NYU, Occidental, Macalester College, Swarthmore, MIT, Carnegie Mellon, Whitman and many others.
Cameron Dollar
HS UA Rise 17u Team Head Coach
- 20 years+ as head and assistant coach at Seattle U and UW.
- Mentored and developed more than 50 professional basketball players including 20 NBA players.
- Four-year letterman at UCLA
- Pivotal player in UCLA’s 1995 National Championship season.
Granville Emerson
HS Boys Coach
- Seattle Prep Varsity Boys Head Coach
- 7 trips to WIAA State Championships
- BA from Long Beach State
Gadisa Margarsa
Youth Boys Team Director
- 7 years of AAU coaching and player development
- 2 x Metro All-League
- Nathan Hale Team Captain ‘14 ‘15
- Played at Shoreline CC
Badhasa Margarsa
HS Boys Team Coach
- Current Head Coach Nathan Hale via Roosevelt HS
- Head Coach Edmonds CC in 2019-2020
- Played at Montana State University-Northern
Brian Fischer
HS Boys Team Coach
- Letourneau University, TX Assistant Coach for 6 years
- Shorecrest Head Coach for 13 years
- 3 District Championships
- Played at Wheaton College
Tyler Geving
Youth Boys Team Coach
- Head Coach at Portland State for 8 years
- 28 yrs of college coaching via Portland State, Univ. Portland, Seattle U, SPU, CWU
- Big Sky Coach of the Year 2012
Ben Blue
Youth Boys Team Coach
- Coached 3 years at Birmingham HS and 1 year at Roosevelt HS
- Director and Head Coach of Seattle Stars for 11 years
- Winner of King James in Ohio, BigFoot in Vegas, and Aces MLK in LA
Mike Broom
Youth Boys Team Coach
- Head Coach at Ballard HS for 7 years
- 20 years of HS and college coaching via Ballard, Blanchet, Edmonds CC
- Played at Pacific U
Gregg Kalina
Lead Trainer and In-House Training League Head Coach
- HS coaching positions at O’Dea, Roosevelt, and Chief Sealth
- 31 years of coaching in the Metro League
- 5 State Championship titles
Emmanuel “Junior” Chibuogwu
Girls Youth Director and Coach
- 3 X All Wesco
- 2 X Wesco League MVP
- Seattle U Team Captain ‘16 and ‘17
Genia Taylor
Girls Youth Coach
- Newport HS 3 X Letterman
- Played at Shoreline CC
- Earned degree in Early Child Education
- Current Assistant Coach at Nathan Hale
Kalu Stricklin
- Current Assistant coach for Seattle Prep
- Played college basketball at George Fox
- Played hs basketball at Seattle Prep
Cooper Phillips
- 4 years as assistant coach at Mercer Island High School
- Seattle Select Youth Camp Coordinator
- Seattle Select Youth Team Coach
Scott Pape
YOUTH BOYS TEAM COACH
- Roosevelt High School Head JVC and Assistant Varsity Coach from 2019-2021
- Eckstein Middle School Boys Basketball Head Coach from 2015-2017
- Roosevelt Select Basketball Coach since 2016
- Seattle Select Youth Team Coach
- Over 10 years of coaching experience
Eric Ensign
- Over 25 years of high school and college experience as a head and assistant coach
- 2013 Metro Coach of the Year
- Over 15 years of AAU coaching and training experience
- Varsity captain at Ballard High School, 2 years varsity experience