We are excited to announce the 14 amazing coaches who will coach our teams this summer. These fourteen join an amazing SaWUSA Coach Alumni list. Please read more about these coaches below.
Neal Anderson, Men's Lacrosse Coach
Anderson is in his 13th season as the head coach at Norwich University in Vermont. In 12 seasons since coming to Northfield, Anderson and his charges have racked up 107 victories, including a dominant 58-19 record in Great Northeast Athletic Conference play since 2011. He came to Norwich from Curry College where he served as the Head Coach of men's lacrosse from 2002 to 2005. Prior to joining the Colonels, he served as an assistant coach for his alma mater, Merrimack College in North Andover, Mass. A 2000 graduate of Merrimack College, Anderson played college lacrosse at the University of New Hampshire and at Merrimack. He served as team captain of the Merrimack squad as a senior. Between NCAA Division I and Division III, Anderson made an appearance in 64 career games and scored a dominant 62 goals and 17 assists for 110 points (62-17=110) across two seasons at Merrimack after tallying 35 goals at UNH as a sophomore in 1997. Following his senior campaign, Anderson was named a USILA-NCAA All-American and was also selected as a USILA-NCAA Academic All-American. Upon graduating, Anderson was selected in the seventh round of the Major League Lacrosse draft by the Boston Cannons. He played in the professional league for seven seasons, splitting time between the Cannons and the Denver Outlaws. Anderson would later earn his master's degree from Boston University in 2006.
Alison Jennings, Women's Lacrosse Coach
Alison Jennings is in her third year as the head Women's Lacrosse Coach at the University of Wisconsin - River Falls. Jennings came to River Falls from Augsburg College, where she was an assistant coach for four seasons. Jennings also served as the head coach at Osseo-Park Center High School from 2011-2017 and is currently a head coach in the Minnesota Lakers Select Club Lacrosse program. Jennings earned a B.S. degree in Kinesiology from the University of Minnesota in 2011. She added a Master of Arts degree in Leadership from Augsburg in 2017. She played four years for the Gopher women’s lacrosse club team.
Bob Hutchings, Men's Basketball Coach
Bob Hutchings coaches at Stockton University in New Jersey. Hutchings spent two seasons as an assistant at Army under Mike Krzyzewski from 1975-77 and also was an assistant for the Saudi Arabian national team. He later became the head coach at Cumberland County College for five seasons from 1999-2004. Hutchings possesses a FIBA coaching license and USA Basketball Gold license. An associate emeritus member of the National Association of Basketball Coaches, he was chosen 2016 Coach of the Year by SaWUSA and Best Coach at the 2018 Euro Cup. A member of Hoop Historians, Hutchings has been inducted into the New Jersey Scholastic Coaches Association Hall of Fame, Millville Thunderbolts Hall of Fame, Wheeling Jesuit Athletic Hall of Fame, All Sports Museum of Southern New Jersey Hall of Fame and Stockton Athletics Hall of Fame twice, with the 2008-09 and 1995-96 Osprey squads.
Jody Burrows, Women's Basketball Coach
Jody coached Women’s College Basketball at Navy (MD), Case Western Reserve University (OH), Oberlin College (OH), and Northeastern University (MA). She also was a standout basketball player athlete at Northeastern. She resides in Southern California and is a native of Pennsylvania.
Bob Snavely, Softball U19 Coach
Bob has been coaching and mentoring young student-athletes for 15 years. He was a college baseball player and highly recruited multiple sport athlete coming out of high school. He currently coaches and run a competitive 18 under and 16 under women’s fast pitch organization, The Kansas Classics.
Lorie Khalil, U19 Girl's Basketball Coach
Lorie Khalil is in her 6th season at the helm of the Penn State Lehigh Valley Women's Basketball program and 15th overall as a collegiate head coach. Coming off the best season in program history, Khalil lead the Lions to the 2019 PSUAC Championship at the Bryce Jordan Center at University Park, the first in program history. The team finished with a 25-3 overall record, the best in school history, a perfect 17-0 PSUAC record, the best in school history and an incredible 24 straight wins, the best in school & PSUAC history and a USCAA Final Four finish. Khalil was named PSUAC Coach of the Year for 2nd time in 3 years. Prior to coming to Penn State Lehigh Valley. Lorie Khalil was the head women's basketball coach at Arcadia University in Glenside, Pa. Khalil was hired during the summer of 2011 and charged with turning the Arcadia University Women’s Basketball program into a contender in one of the nations most competitive women's basketball conferences, the MAC's Commonwealth Conference. From 2005-06 and until her hire at Arcadia, Khalil headed the women’s program at Centenary College, Hackettstown, NJ. At the young age of 24, Khalil took over a program that was struggling both on the court and in the classroom. Under her leadership, the Cyclones have compiled four straight winning seasons, along with post-season play in each of those seasons, including the program’s first Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) berth in 2008-09. Khalil has been coaching at various basketball camps for the past 16 years, including the University of Connecticut, University of Maryland, Villanova University, WNBA New York Liberty camp as well as running her own girls' basketball camp in northwest New Jersey. Khalil has been featured in the Garden State Women's Magazine and has also filmed in the 2011 women's basketball inspirational movie "The Mighty Macs". Khalil is a certified Performance Enhancement Specialist (PES) through the National Academy of Sports Medicine and serves as the Coordinator of Athletic Programs at Penn State Lehigh Valley and also serves on the USCAA Women's Division II Basketball Coaches Poll Committee.
Aaron Goodman, Men's Basketball Coach
Aaron Goodman is the head men's basketball coach at Washington College in Maryland. In his second season, he guided the Shoremen to their best record in five years and their first-ever season sweep of Gettysburg. Two years later, Goodman guided the Shoremen to their first winning record (14-13) since 2012 and their first Centennial Conference Tournament berth and conference tournament win since that same season. In 2018-2019, the Shoremen swept perennial conference power Franklin & Marshall for the first time in program history en route to a Centennial Conference Tournament bid. Last season, the Shoremen earned their second consecutive Centennial Conference Tournament bid, the first time the program has done that in twenty years. Prior to arriving in Chestertown, Goodman spent the previous nine years as an assistant coach at the United States Naval Academy under head coaches Billy Lange and Ed DeChellis. Goodman's first stop in collegiate basketball coaching was a four-year stint as an assistant coach at Marymount University. Goodman earned a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from Boston University in 1997 and completed a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Maryland, University College in August 2015.
Greg Blythe, Tour Coordinator and Boy's Basketball U19 Southeast Coach
Greg coached with SAWUSA in 2019 and will be the Tour Coordinator this summer. He will oversee the 8 other coaches and help make everyone's trip better. He is currently the Associate Head Coach and a Teacher at Pace Academy in Atlanta. He is the CEO of Inspire Atlanta Basketball Club. He's a 2004 graduate of Georgia State.
Brian Skortz, Boy's Basketball U19 Midwest Coach
Brian Skortz is entering his fifth year as the Director of Athletics and Men's Basketball Coach at Brescia University, coming to Owensboro after spending most of his career in Wisconsin working at the Fond du Lac School District, Port Edwards School District, and Mid-State Technical College in Wisconsin Rapids, WI. Skortz also teaches in the Sports Management Program here as well. Skortz received his B.A. in Business Administration from Lakeland College in 1992 and received his Masters of Science in Sports Administration (with honors) from American Public University in 2012.
Tanner Huck, Boy's Basketball U19 South Coach
Tanner Huck is the Head Basketball Coach at Ecclesia College in Arkansas. He previously coached at Barclay College in Haviland, Kansas where he served as an assistant basketball coach for the 2017-2018 school year. As a player, Huck had a decorated career playing for the Barclay Bears. As a player, Huck had a decorated career playing for the Barclay Bears. He was a career 58% shooter from the field and 75% from the free throw line. As a player he holds the record for the most consecutive games played at 125. Huck graduated from Barclay College with his M.A. of Sports Outreach in 2020 and in 2017 with a B.S. in Sports and Recreation Ministry. He holds a NABC Membership and USA Basketball Gold Coach License.
Reggie Hines, Boy's Basketball U19 East Coach
Reggie Hines is the Women's Basketball Coach at Guilford Technical Community College in North Carolina. He previously coached at Greensboro College and Guilford College. He graduated in 1994 from Elizabeth City State University.
Jamie Koepp, Boy's Basketball U19 West Coach
Jamie is the Associate Principal and Athletic Director at Watertown High School in Wisconsin. The former Watertown varsity boys basketball coach was recently inducted in the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame. He came to Watertown in 2005 with a wealth of coaching experience. He was coming off being named the 2004-2005 Milwaukee City Conference Coach of the Year in his final year at Milwaukee Juneau. In fifteen years as a high school head varsity coach, his teams never lost a WIAA first round game with 12 first round wins and 3 byes. In those 15 years his team lost one home playoff game during his career. In two of his last three years at Milwaukee Juneau, his team led the state in scoring. The Milwaukee native earned his Bachelor Degree from Concordia University of Wisconsin and his teaching license from Alverno College. He went on to earn three different graduate degrees, with two from Marquette University and one from UW-Milwaukee. His education degrees have allowed him to be a teacher, school counselor and administrator.
Bernard Smith, Boy's Basketball U16 Stars Coach
Bernard Smith brings over 25 years of coaching and playing experience. Bernard is a North Houston legend. Hailing from Conroe, he was a standout high school player. As a senior at Conroe High School, Bernard was named Houston Chronicle All Greater Houston Player of the Year. During high school Bernard was named All-State, All-American and one of the top 50 players in the country by numerous publications. Bernard began his college playing days at The University of Texas. Being a Top 50 national recruit and starting 7 games as a true freshman, Bernard hoped for great success at UT. After a coaching change, he then transferred to play at the University of Houston, under Hall of Fame player, Clyde Drexler and assistants Reid Gettys and Mike Young. There he was a defensive specialist and helped run the point for the Cougars. After college he played professionally in Europe and South America. After his professional career, Bernard returned to school and graduated from the University of Houston.
Don Ledford, Boy's Basketball U16 Stripes Coach
Don Ledford is the Vice President of the United States Basketball Association. Coach Ledford has been running his basketball camps in the Raleigh area since 1995. He has directed camps in Moldova, Israel, Egypt, Lithuania, China, and Czech Republic. He earned his BS degree in Physical education from Appalachian State and his Master's in Edcation from UNC-Pembroke. He taught elementary and middle school Physical Education for 22 years in North and South Carolina. He has coached at every level from elementary to college. He is currently the Assistant Men's Coach at North Raleigh Christian Academy and the Head Coach of the 8th grade Capital City Celtics AAU team. Coach Ledford is a gold licensed coach with USA Basketball. He has worked camps across the country at various division one schools such as NC State, Maryland, Davidson, Appalachian State and UMass.Bernard began his college playing days at The University of Texas. Being a Top 50 national recruit and starting 7 games as a true freshman, Bernard hoped for great success at UT. After a coaching change, he then transferred to play at the University of Houston, under Hall of Fame player, Clyde Drexler and assistants Reid Gettys and Mike Young. There he was a defensive specialist and helped run the point for the Cougars. After college he played professionally in Europe and South America. After his professional career, Bernard returned to school and graduated from the University of Houston.