ABA Select Youth Basketball

8^th Grade

Tony Callero played at Central Washington University (Class of ‘93). He has been the Director of Basketball Operations at Seattle University, the head coach of the Auburn High School Trojans and an assistant coach of a high school state championship team.  He has been director of numerous youth basketball camps, clinics, leagues, and teams.  Coach Callero’s enthusiastic and positive approach to basketball training not only builds sound fundamental skills, but also helps players develop a love for the game.   Callero has a Masters Degree in Sports Management and teaches English at AHS. He is the founder of the ABA and Director of the Auburn Select League.

8^th Assistant

Randy Pray

8^th Assistant

Boone Borden

7^th Grade

Dan Strojan  played college basketball at Saint Martin’s University. Prior to that he starred at Fife High School where they finished 7^th and 3^rd in state his junior and senior years. As the boy’s head coach at Tahoma High School, he guided the Bears to three District Playoff runs. He also led the varsity girls team at Tahoma into the District Play-offs in his one season as head coach.  Strojan has been coaching an AAU team for the past three years and is excited to join the ABA staff.

7^th Assistant

Al Chapell played his college ball at Utah State. He excelled at Layton High in Utah where he was named the 4A State MVP and he led his team to a State Championship. He has been working with Coach Strojan for the past two years as an assistant coach with a focus on the defensive end of the floor.

6^th Grade

Terrence Troupe played his college ball at Hawaii Hilo where he was an All PacWest Player in 2006. Prior to that he played at Fife High School where in 2001 he was named to the 3A All State Team.  His prior coaching includes a year assisting at Pierce College. Last season he guided the Grade 8 ABA team and enjoyed dunking on them- make that working with them- throughout the season. As knowledgeable as he is intense, Coach Troupe knows how to get a great effort from his players.

5^th Grade

Alphonse Wade is the veteran of the ABA staff having worked with Coach Callero since 2008. Coach Wade has had two sons go through the program and he has coached at various levels. His oldest Alphonse, Jr. was an outstanding high school basketball player and an even better football player- He plays football at the Air Force Academy. Avery is a freshman at AHS. He has two younger sons in fifth and third grade so we can look forward to Coach Wade’s dedication to young hoopsters for many more years.

4^th Grade

Tony Callero (See grade 8)

3^rd Grade Gold

Jon Morehead played at Pacific Lutheran University (Class of ’08) He starred under both Coach Callero and Hansen at AHS.  He is enthusiastic about basketball and the Trojans.  Jon spent a season as an assistant coach at Puyallup High. He is excited to be back in a leadership role within our ABA family.  He gets his players to play with high energy and to use sound fundamentals.  He returns this season as the Grade 3 coach after working with the Grade 5 team last season.

3^rd Grade Green

Doug Dobkins

ABA Special Assistant

Joe Binetti- Coach Binetti has been coaching youth basketball longer than any other ABA coach has been alive! Binettit is a long time Enumclaw youth coach where he played high school basketball back in the stone age. Coaches in the area have often said “As long as Binetti is teaching the young ones how to play, Enumclaw will continue to have a good program”. Well last year we stole him! Finally he capitulated and at the request of Coach Callero (his brother-in-law) Coach Binetti joined the ABA. Binetti will primarily work with the grade 6 and 5 teams this year as his hectic travel schedule allows. He likes to go to Europe to watch his son Tony play professionally in the EuroLeague.