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The Hawks Staff is Dedicated to Making Basketball Fun! |
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Bryan Shumock, Hawks Scheduler & Coordinator Bryan is Club President and director of the Lehigh Valley Hawks girls basketball club. He founded both the Hawks program and the Streetball program in the Valley and has over 15 years experience in coaching girls basketball. bshoes@verizon.net |
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Larry Weber. Lehigh Valley AAU Director. Coach Weber has been running the Lehigh Valley AAU and skills and drills for over 15 years. His primary focus and responsibilities lie with tournament planning and implementation in the Lehigh Valley. Each year he coordinates several boys and girls Super Regional, District Qualifier and National-level AAU tournaments. larryweber@rcn.com |
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LEHIGH VALLEY HAWKS COACHES
“Good People Make Good Coaches; Great People Make Great Coaches!”
We believe the Lehigh Valley Hawks coaches listed below are the very best youth/middle school & AAU coaches in the state of PA. Our coaches are all professional, experienced coaches that have one goal…. Make you a better ballplayer while treating you with dignity and respect!
If you want to learn the game, play with some of the best players in the Lehigh Valley and be part of a program that you can be proud of, these are the coaches you need to be playing for! |
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Mike Petruny, Streetball & Hawks Coach. Mike has been with the Hawks and Streetball since 2006. He’s coached a local CYO 8th grade program for many years and runs the top Christmas tournament, The Bulldog Challenge, each year at Cathedral School, Allentown, Pa. Mike has coached virtually every youth age group and is looking forward to another great year of Hawks AAU. poconotwins@rcn.com |
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John O’Neil, Hawks AAU Coach John joins our staff having 23 years of High School Coaching experience as both a Head and assistant coach. He has coached at both Phillipsburg Catholic and Belvidere High School in New Jersey and most recently served as Head JV Girl’s Basketball coach at Easton Area High School from 2006-20099) In addition to being a feeder program coach for the Nazareth HS girls program, John brings tons of experience and energy to help develop our young players. John40@rcn.com |
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Mel Leaver, Hawks & Streetball Coach. Coach Leaver played Ice Hockey for Penn State and upon graduation, began coaching CYO & AAU basketball. He’s coached all ages of AAU with the last 10 yrs. primarily HS age. Over the last 7 years in CYO District 2 HS league, his teams have won 3 district and league titles. Mel brings a tremendous amount of energy and knowledge to the Hawks and Streetball and is a great addition to our program. psuleav@aol.com |
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Billy Rodriguez, Streetball & Hawks Coach. Billy brings some excellent experience to the Hawks program. Coach Billy and Coach Shumock started out coaching the Lehigh Valley Hawks together nearly 8 years ago. He’s played ball at the highest level, Puerto Rico’s National Olympic team member, and has coached throughout the valley at several high schools and AAU programs. Billy is our resident expert and has a season pass to help out with any of our AAU teams, Streetball & clinics. |
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Jackie Yandrisevits, Hawks AAU Coach. Jackie was a two-time All Area Player; Express Times Player of the Year & 1000 Pt Scorer at Nazareth HS. At East Stroudsburg University, Jackie is the All Time Leading Scorer with 1784 pts; 4 Year All-Conference Honors; ESPN Magazine’s Academic All-District; Dakotronic All-Region Team Honors & ESU’s Scholar Athlete & Female Athlete Award winner. Jackie is currently an Asst. girls coach at Liberty HS. She has the experience and energy everyone needs and wants in a girls AAU basketball coach. jyand4314@yahoo.com |
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Joe Rocco, Assistant Hawks Coach. A graduate of Allentown Central Catholic High School and the University of Scranton, Joe is in his second year with the Hawks. Joe is very active on the CYO girls coaching staff at Cathedral School in Allentown. He has also played a key operational role in the Bulldog Holiday Challenge, the most popular girls tournament for grades 5 - 8 in the Lehigh Valley during the winter holiday season. Joe's basketball strengths are his attention and belief in teaching fundamentals, and outside shooting. |
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Jose Medina, Streetball & Hawks AAU Coach. Jose brings 10 years of coaching experience to the program while coaching |
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Phil Danaher, Agility Coach. Phil is the coaching director of the renowned Lehigh Valley Mystic Field Hockey Club, seven time “A” pool winners of USA Field Hockey events. He is also the former South Region Coaching Director for the National Futures Program, and an “A” Camp coach with USA Field Hockey. Over 400 Mystic Hockey Club players have moved on to play in college, 20 High School All-Americans, 61 times players have been named College All-Americans, 10 players named to USA National Teams, and 11 players in the Connecticut Field Hockey Hall of Fame. phil@mystichockeyclub.com |