ROB BROOKSHIRE

Head Coach 9U/3rd Grade/2034

Coach Brookshire grew up in Dalton, Georgia where he played baseball, basketball, and football and attended North West Whitfield High School. He has been in the Metro Atlanta area for 12 years. He has been coaching youth sports for the past 14 years and has been Coaching basketball for the last 9. He has been a coach in the North Paulding High School feeder system for 5 seasons and been a part of the North Metro Elite program for 10. He has a true passion for Athletics and enjoys working with kids to help them become not only better athletes but better people. He shares a quote from the Great Paul "Bear" Bryant- "Show class, have pride, and display character, if you do, winning takes care of itself." Roll Tide - Focus on the intangibles "the little things" and winning "the big things " will be much easier to grasp.

TOMMY THOMPSON

Head Coach 10U/4th Grade/2033

Coach Thompson is the Senior Territory Sales Leader for Mannington Mills, but is best known as the All-world starting point guard for the 2004 Division II National Champion Kennesaw State University basketball team!  He is also the President and CEO of “Above the Line” Training Academy and one of the lead basketball trainers in the area. Having been inducted into the Kennesaw State Hall of Fame, Coach Thompson is a prominent member of the KSU Alumni community as well as conducting his most important jobs – Christ-follower, dad, husband and family man.

JAMES PARKER

Head Coach 10U/4th Grade Girls/2033

Coach Parker has a huge passion for basketball and youth sports. A 3-sport letterman in high school which included Varsity Basketball, he has continued his love of the sport at the pro-am and mens league level. Coach P has been a committed youth basketball coach and trainer since 2015.

RYAN DYER

Head Coach 11U/5th Grade/2032

Dr. Ryan Dyer is the current Athletic Director at Class 7A North Paulding High School. His career includes being a former college player at Maryville University and former college assistant coach at Reinhardt University. He has been a long-time successful Varsity high school boys coach in the metro Atlanta area, first as an assistant at Kennesaw Mountain and then as the long-time Head Coach for the North Paulding Wolfpack. He was the first coach on the Boys side to win 20+ games in a season, advance to the state playoffs, and crack the Top-Ten rankings while heading up the Wolfpack.

ANGELA CARRIES

Head Coach 6th Grade Select/12UG/2031

Coach Angela Carries has 20 years experience as an educator & youth sports coach, primarily coaching girls basketball. Her teaching skills have enabled her to communicate to her athletes successfully; winning multiple championships to go with dozens of finals & semifinals appearances in competitive rec, travel, and AAU basketball.

MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ

Head Coach 12U/6th Grade/2031

Coach Rodriguez is a former Men's Basketball Manager at Division I Kennesaw State University. He was a two-year varsity basketball letterman at North Paulding High School from 2017-2019, where his teams won the most games in school history and as a senior advanced to the Class 7A GHSA Region Quarterfinals. Coach Rodriguez's coaching experience includes serving as an Assistant Coach with NME 2023 and as the highly successful coach of the NME 2028 team for 2 years. He has served as a camp coach at North Paulding High School's "Blue Collar" summer camps and a former contributor to the ELITE HOOPS REPORT. He currently serves as an Assistant Coach for the North Paulding High School Men's basketball program.

CHRIS NEELY

Head Coach 6th Grade National/12UG/2031

Coach Neely is long-time elite coach in the grassroots travel basketball community. He is a former guard at St. Peter's University in Jersey City, NJ. In his 9 years as a travel/club Coach, all of his teams have had significant winning records and many have earned multiple travel tournament titles during their season.

GREG HAMILTON

Head Coach 13U/7th Grade/2030

Coach Hamilton is a former high school all-state player at St. John's Prep in NYC and then a DIII star at John Jay College in New York. He was coached and mentored by former NBA Champion and Los Angeles Laker Tony Campbell, while his off-season workouts while playing at John Jay included working with Larry Bird, Chris Mullin, Mark Jackson and many other former NBA stars. After retiring from the NYC Police Department, Coach Hamilton moved to Atlanta and has provided his time to coaching youth sports and serving as a Mentor for students in the North Paulding school system.

DAVON KING

Head Coach 13U Girls/7th Grade/2030

Coach Davon King has been a leading basketball trainer in the Greater Metro Atlanta area since 2019. He is highly recommended for families looking for elite individual training for their son or daughter. Coach King has served as a High School assistant at Allatoona High School as well as a highly successful championship grassroots coach with other programs in the area. 

NASIR FLOYD

Head Coach 14U/8th Grade/2029

Coach Floyd is a local business professional - the founder and owner of Trendy Baby ATL, Inc. - and he has been coaching youth basketball for 5 years. He is a former Adidas Game Elite and Marietta High School basketball star who also starred in track and field. Coach Floyd continued his athletic success while running track on scholarship at Barton College, but always yearning for a return to his first love - basketball. He has successfully run youth league teams, served as a trainer for local basketball stars, and is a highly recommended favorite coach by both players and parents.

CHRIS WOODHOUSE

Head Coach 14U Girls/8th Grade/2029

Coach Woodhouse was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. Losing his parents at a young age, he moved to Georgia to live with his grandmother, and he developed into one of the premiere local prep high school basketball stars. First at Roswell and then finishing his career at Etowah HS, Coach Woodhouse became an All-Region and All-Area player in the 1990's. After earning his marketing degree at Georgia Southern, he became well known in the Atlanta professional class as well as the pop-cultural community in the ATL. His deep basketball roots and knowledge and love for the game led him to coaching youth basketball for several years, and now into the travel circuit.



DESHAUN FORD

Head Coach 15U Ford Boys/9th Grade/2028

Coach Ford has served as one of the most successful Head Coaches and program managers in North Metro Elite history, dating back to his early arrival in 2012. He is the consummate professional and basketball guru - trainer, coach, advisor, management. When not coaching basketball and helping mentor young kids, he is a long-time Senior Executive with GLOCK, Inc.

STEVE RODRIGUEZ (Click on any image below to open in a larger view)

Head Coach 15U Girls/9th Grade/2028

Coach Rodriguez is a long-time Attorney in Atlanta, GA who has served as both a travel and high school basketball coach beginning in 1994. In 6 years as a varsity high school head coach in Florida, his teams amassed a 158-53 record (.748) winning 3 District Championships, two sectional finals appearances, and a State Final Four. His travel basketball experience includes teams from the 3rd through 11th grade, including Nike-funded and Nike travel teams in the 16U and 17U age division. His time with Nike included teams with players such as Denis Clemente (Kansas State) and Jose Juan Barea (Northeastern, NBA Dallas Mavericks). Overall, his HS and 17U travel teams have produced 41 college signees to include 25 at the Division I level. Over 29 years of coaching, he has accrued 893 wins, 85 tournament titles, and a .732 winning percentage at the conclusion of the 2024 travel basketball season.

KHARON CAMERON

Head Coach 16U Kharon/10th Grade/2027

Kharon Cameron works for Coke, Inc. and is a 3-year varsity starter at both Campbell and Marietta High Schools here in the Metro ATL. He was a long-time member of national shoe-company travel basketball power GAME ELITE. Highly recommended by multiple local Varsity high School coaches, his youth basketball coaching experience has resulted in - "....player improvement, championship teams, and players and parents who love Coach K!"

JARRAD SLOAN

Head Coach 17U Blue/11th Grade/2026

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