The Jump Start Staff

Jump Start Basketball Camp prides itself on the outstanding quality of the staff we offer for the campers. We provide each camper with an experienced coach for her camp team. Each of our campers will benefit from coaches who have experience at the collegiate, high school, or AAU level of coaching. Campers will spend many hours a day with their coach and we want that experience to be rewarding. Each of our coaches has one simple responsibility – FOCUS ON COACHING AND IMPROVING THEIR CAMPERS.

The Jump Start Staff has historically been one of the top camp staffs in the industry. Our staff has included a large number of college coaches as well as some of the finest high school and AAU coaches in our area. Some of the colleges represented in the past few years have been: Hofstra University, St. John’s University, George Washington University, Manhattan College, St. Peter’s College, Delhi College, Skidmore College, Dowling College, St. Peter’s College and Adelphi University.

Our former staff has also included some of the top coaches on the East Coast. The staff included coaches from Christ the King H.S., The Mary Louis Academy, Mahasset H.S., Stamford H.S., New England Crusaders AAU Club and The Liberty Belles AAU Club. The staff also included players from Villanova University, Boston College, Boston University, Manhattan College, James Madison University, Loyola University, St. John’s University, The George Washington University, Fairfield University and The University of Connecticut.

Each year the Jump Start Basketball Camp staff is TOTALLY committed to the improvement of each of our campers. This commitment will continue for our 2008 staff—which we expect to be the best staff ever assembled for camp!!

We want our coaching staff to focus on the development of the players. To ensure our commitment to our campers we hire a group of current college players to assist with other aspects of camp. These college players will referee all games, give assistance at stations, be available for “early bird” and “night owl” and perform nightly bed checks. We are determined to give our campers the most individual attention possible with the best coaches in this area.

Some of our staff members have included:

Sue Bird University of Connecticut standout and current Seattle Storm point guard.
Tina Charles Current player at UCONN
Troy McGhie Co-Director brings 15+ years of girl’s high school and AAU experience to camp. Current Liberty Belles Coach.
Vincent Cannizzaro Legendary Christ the King H.S. Coach and former Stony Brook Univ. Assistant
Kelley Watts Former Rutgers U. player and U. of Virginia Assistant. Current Adelphia Univ. Head Coach.
Brad Hagenson St. John Vianney High School Varsity Coach
Chris Wood Bard College Head Coach
Janet Getman Herkimer High School Coach
Amy Getman Former stand-out player at Niagara University, currently playing professionally in Europe.
Brian Brown Ohio State University All-Conference Player
Megan Bethel Stamford Connecticut High School Coach
Kiley Shortell Albany Capitals AAU Coach
Ken Brubaker Delhi College Head Coach
Bob Mitchell Sacred Heart High School Head Coach
Maureen McHugh Christ the King High School Assistant Coach
Kathy Gray Valley Stream High School Coach
Clare Droesch Boston College player, Big East All-Rookie team 2002
Marie Fusci Marist College player, MAAC All-Conference team
Meghan Houlihan Yale University player
Dennis Cook St Peter’s College Assistant Coach
Sherry Rock Rondout Valley High School Coach
Nicole Conway Albany Capitals coach, Former Boston College Player, Big East Scholar Athlete of the year 2002
Eran Horodniceanu Liberty Belles AAU Coach, George Washington Univ. Assistant Coach
Suzanne Collins Manhasset High School Coach
Joe Lewinger Mary Louis Academy Head Coach
Janelle McManus CHSAA all-time leading scorer and current Fairfield Univ. point guard
Ed Klimkowsky Former Professional Coach and renowned lecturer
Jerry Ingenito Queen’s College Head Coach
Anthony Flores Delhi College Assistant
Michaela Leary New England Crusaders AAU Coach and George Washington Univ. Player
Liz Dancause George Washington Univ. player and New England Crusaders AAU Coach
Amanda LoCascio George Washington Univ. player (Former Camper)
Lesley Dickinson James Madison Univ. player
Toni Horvath Iona College player (Former Camper)
Dana Petersen St. John’s Univ. player and captain
Kindyll Dorsey Boston College Player
Joe DeLuca Lady Hornets AAU club
Dave Hopla Renowned Shooting Expert
Jose Mori Hofstra Univ. Assistant Coach
Bob Mackey Christ the King H.S.
Dionne Dodson Manhattan College Assistant Coach
Jonath Nicolas St. John’s University Assistant Coach
Carlton Oliver Hofstra University Assistant Coach
Chris Vozab Canisius College
Mary Kacic Former DI player at Manhattan College, Current Asst Coach at NJ Institute of Technology
Tia Grant Current player at Villanova University (Former Camper)
Christine Kinneary Current player at Boston University (Former Camper)
Tynisha Davis Current player at Loyola College (Former Camper)
Darren Bennett Former Assistant at Michigan State University, Current Head Coach at Skidmore College
Lisa Manetta Current player at Adelphi University (Former Camper)
Dennis Cook, Sr—Liberty Belles AAU coach with 35+ years of coaching and 30+ championship teams
Laura Michel Current player at Skidmore College (Former Camper)
Kelly Ann Barrett Current player at Bentley College (Former Camper)
Heather Fanelli Head Coach at Saugerties H.S.
Ashante Timoll Head Coach at NJ City University
Cheri Raffo Current player at Boston University