Director/Head Coach - Tom Kelley, Graduate Washington State University In 2006-08, he spent time serving as a recruiting coach and assistant coach under the leadership of Coach Mosley at Tacoma Community College. In his time at TCC, coach Kelley credits Coach Mosley for advancing his knowledge of the game on and off the court as well as opening many doors for him. Coach Kelley resigned in 2008 to pursue multiple Masters degrees in education, but hopes to return to college ranks when he is called upon again. Prior to building South Sound, Coach Kelley served as part of the coaching staff for Bucky's Select where he was able to maintain a number of his player connections that helped pave the way for South Sound and many of those player/coach relationships still continue today. Coach Kelley has also spent several summers as a camp coach for local colleges as well as spending 2 summers as the assistant camp director for the Seattle Sonics/Storms Youth Camps. At the high school level coach Kelley spent 4 seasons as the head assistant coach at Lakes High School where as an assistant he was part of a program that captured a West Central District Title and its first state tournament berth in 22 years. Associate Head Coach - Jeff Medina The Boeing Company has employed Coach Medina for the past 17 years, where he serves as a Sr. Engineering Technical Specialist. He has a bachelor’s degree in manufacturing & industrial automation. In 2007, he graduated from the University of Phoenix with a Master’s degree in Business Administration. As a result, he is a strong advocate of life long learning and individual achievement of goals. He desires to instill a sense of urgency and purpose in young men’s lives to pursue their dreams both on and off the court.
This will be his 7th season at the helm of South Sound, a program Coach Kelley created as a response to the growing number of players leaving the south sound area to play in northern programs.
Assistant Coach Jeff Medina brings over twelve years of coaching experience to the South Sound select men’s basketball program. He has coached several successful boys AAU and select teams from the ages of 11 through high school. Several players in the local area have gone on to compete successfully at the high school varsity level. Besides coaching for the South Sound program, Coach Medina currently serves as a coach for AdvantageSportsCo .He has served in this capacity for the past three years training youth in fundamental skill development, speed and agility training for basketball.
