HoopSmart Coaching Academy

What is the HoopSmart Coaching Academy?
The HoopSmart Coaching Academy is a one-day coaching clinic focused on topics that are relevant for all high school coaches. Bring your entire staff or register as an individual. Hear from accomplished high school and college basketball coaches at this fast-paced clinic open to youth, middle school, high school and college boys and girls coaches of all levels. This year, college players from Hope College and Great Lakes Christian College will serve as on-court demonstrators.

YOUR CLINIC INCLUDES:

Coffee & Donuts
Catered lunch
Coach's promotional items including coach's playbook, pen, and other items

2021 Presenters

Coach Stan Heath has been the head coach at Arkansas, Kent State, SFU, and now EMU. Stan will be speaking on attacking switching defenses.

Coach Andy Bronkema is in his 8th year as the head coach at Ferris State University and holds a .742 win percentage including a National Championship in 2018.

Coach Greg Mitchell is in his 8th season as the head coach at Hope College and has a career win percentage of .663 including 3 MIAA Championships.

Coach Richard Westerlund is starting his 4th year as the head coach at GLCC and has taken his team to the National Tournament each of the last 3 years.

Coach Phil Sayers is starting his tenth season with the GVSU Women's Basketball program and 7th as the Associate Head Coach. He is the team's recruiting coordinator and handles much of the offensive game planning.

Coach Courtney Kust is starting her 7th year as a member of the Hope College Women's Basketball coaching staff and in 2018 was named as one of the "30 Up-And-Coming Women's Basketball Coaches" in the country.

Coach Ken George is starting his 2nd year with Hope Men's Basketball after 24 years as the Varsity Boys coach at Forest Hills Central.

Coach Chad Carlson is starting his 3rd year on the Hope College Men's Basketball staff after a storied playing career that ended in 2017 with multiple 3-point shooting records.

After an All-American college career at Hope College and a lengthy overseas career, Cramer is a nationally-recognized player development coach and owner of Coach's Edge.

Coach Kevin White is starting his 2nd year as the recruiting coordinator and assistant coach for the Aquinas Men's Basketball program.

Coach Jeff Carlson is the head coach of Zeeland East who finished 18-1 in 2021 and were OK Green Champions.

Coach Pete VanKempen is the long-time head coach at Coopersville High School who has led the team to District titles two of the past three years.

Coach David Klyn is starting his 4th year as the Head Boys coach at Zeeland West High School and has worked with Point Guard College Basketball for more than 10 years as a trainer & clinician.

Coach Austin Riebel is starting his first year as head coach at West Michigan Aviation Academy. He has also been a long-time assistant coaching at Forest Hills Central and Head Coach at West Catholic High School.

Kevin Koiker is a highly respected veteran basketball official who has officiated at the high school and small college level.

2021 EVENT SCHEDULE

HoopSmart Coaching Academy Schedule
We will provide a more detailed schedule to registered coaches in advance of the event.
8:00-9:00 Registration -- coffee and doughnuts
8:25-8:55 Early Bird Session-Ken George-“Special Teams-Blobs,Slobs,&more”
8:55-9:00        Welcome and Clinic Overview
9:00-11:55      On Court 30-minute sessions 1-5
11:55-12:25    Catered lunch and camaraderie
12:25-12:55 Breakout Classroom Sessions-20-minute presentations/Q&A
1:00-2:05 On Court 30-minute sessions 6-7
2:10-3:10 Open Practices with Hope College & Great Lakes Christian College

ON COURT SESSIONS

Andy Bronkema - Ferris State - “Drills for all types of presses/incorporating pressing into all drills”
Jeff Carlson, Zeeland East - “High energy, quick drills to start practice”
David Chana, Northview - “My five favorite drills”
Steve Cramer - “Using one-on-one variations to build skills”
Ken George - Hope College - “Special Teams - Blobs, Slobs, and more”
Stan Heath - Eastern Michigan -“Attacking switching defenses”
David Klyn - Zeeland West - “10 quick hitters for building culture”
Courtney Kust - Hope College - “Special situations”
Austin Riebel, WMAA -“Drills to build defensive awareness”
Phil Sayers - GVSU Women’s Associate Head Coach - “GVSU offense” -
Pete VanKempen - Coopersville - “DDM for more PPG”
Richard Westerlund, Great Lakes Christian College - “Giving your team an identity with pressure basketball”
Kevin White, “Ball screen defense drills”

Break Out Sessions - 20-minute presentations and then Q and A

“Coaching freshman and JV basketball” – Austin Riebel
Marketing your program - Ken George
“Lifting for basketball” - PowerStrength
“Working with officials” - Kevin Kooiker
“Getting your players college interest” - Greg Mitchell
“Forms, ideas, spreadsheets, etc. to organize you and your program” - Chad Carlson
“Partnering with AAU to help build your program” - Jason Martin, GR Storm Director
“Individual workout ideas” - Steve Cramer

Hoopsmart Coaching Academy Title Sponsors

2019 PHOTOS

2019 Presenters

2019 Topics

Sam Hargraves, Olivet College - “Transition Defense”
Mark Christner, Calvin University - “My favorite drills”
Milton Barnes, Jackson HS - “Five drills any team can use”
Matt Dennis, Otsego HS - “Uptempo offense - preparing your team to play fast”
Luke Pohl, Pewamo-Westphalia - "Pressure half-court man to man defense”
Thom VanderKlay, Wyoming HS - “Dictating fast tempo - Drills and Concepts”
Ryan Klingler, Grandville HS - “Motion Offense”
Ken George, HoopSmart - “Drills to start and end practice and shooting drills”
Cassie Kotlarczyk, Holt HS - “My five favorite drills”
Doug Fleming, GR Storm - “Planning perfect practices for mid-season”
Ken George, HoopSmart - “Seven lessons I learned from seven specific games”
David Chana, Northview HS - “Full court man to man press - concepts and drills”
David Kool, Holland Christian HS - “Zone offense”
Sara Holt, Okemos HS - “Offensive spacing - drills and concepts”
Jeff Anama, East Kentwood HS - “Structuring tryouts and pre-season practices”

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Photos from the first-annual HoopSmart Coaching Academy

2018 Presenters

Location

Northview High School
4451 Hunsberger NE
Grand Rapids, MI

The HoopSmart Coaching Academy is brought to you by Ken George Basketball, in partnership with Coach Mike Kapustka and Northview Basketball.