TOMMY THOMPSON

Head Coach 9U/3rd Grade/2033

Coach Thompson is the Senior Territory Sales Leader for Mannington Mills, but is best known as the All-world starting point guard for the 2004 Division II National Champion Kennesaw State University basketball team!  He is also the President and CEO of “Above the Line” Training Academy and one of the lead basketball trainers in the area. Having been inducted into the Kennesaw State Hall of Fame, Coach Thompson is a prominent member of the KSU Alumni community as well as conducting his most important jobs – Christ-follower, dad, husband and family man.

RYAN DYER

Head Coach 10U/4th Grade/2032

Dr. Ryan Dyer is the current Athletic Director at Class 7A North Paulding High School. His career includes being a former college player at Maryville University and former college assistant coach at Reinhardt University. He has been a long-time successful Varsity high school boys coach in the metro Atlanta area, first as an assistant at Kennesaw Mountain and then as the long-time Head Coach for the North Paulding Wolfpack. He was the first coach on the Boys side to win 20+ games in a season, advance to the state playoffs, and crack the Top-Ten rankings while heading up the Wolfpack.

MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ

Head Coach 11U/5th Grade/2031

Coach Rodriguez is a former Men's Basketball Manager at Division I Kennesaw State University. He was a two-year varsity basketball letterman at North Paulding High School from 2017-2019, where his teams won the most games in school history and as a senior advanced to the Class 7A GHSA Region Quarterfinals. Coach Rodriguez's coaching experience includes serving as an Assistant Coach with NME 2023 and as the highly successful coach of the NME 2028 team for 2 years. He has served as a camp coach at North Paulding High School's "Blue Collar" summer camps and a former contributor to the ELITE HOOPS REPORT. He currently serves as an Assistant Coach for the North Paulding High School Men's basketball program.

GREG HAMILTON

Head Coach 12U/6th Grade/2030

Coach Hamilton is a former high school all-state player at St. John's Prep in NYC and then a DIII star at John Jay College in New York. He was coached and mentored by former NBA Champion and Los Angeles Laker Tony Campbell, while his off-season workouts while playing at John Jay included working with Larry Bird, Chris Mullin, Mark Jackson and many other former NBA stars. After retiring from the NYC Police Department, Coach Hamilton moved to Atlanta and has provided his time to coaching youth sports and serving as a Mentor for students in the North Paulding school system.

NASIR FLOYD

Head Coach 13U/7th Grade/2029

Coach Floyd is a local business professional - the founder and owner of Trendy Baby ATL, Inc. - and he has been coaching youth basketball for 5 years. He is a former Adidas Game Elite and Marietta High School basketball star who also starred in track and field. Coach Floyd continued his athletic success while running track on scholarship at Barton College, but always yearning for a return to his first love - basketball. He has successfully run youth league teams, served as a trainer for local basketball stars, and is a highly recommended favorite coach by both players and parents.

CHRIS WOODHOUSE

Head Coach 13U Girls/7th Grade/2029

Coach Woodhouse was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. Losing his parents at a young age, he moved to Georgia to live with his grandmother, and he developed into one of the premiere local prep high school basketball stars. First at Roswell and then finishing his career at Etowah HS, Coach Woodhouse became an All-Region and All-Area player in the 1990's. After earning his marketing degree at Georgia Southern, he became well known in the Atlanta professional class as well as the pop-cultural community in the ATL. His deep basketball roots and knowledge and love for the game led him to coaching youth basketball for several years, and now into the travel circuit.



DESHAUN FORD

Head Coach 14U Ford Boys/8th Grade/2028

Coach Ford has served as one of the most successful Head Coaches and program managers in North Metro Elite history, dating back to his early arrival in 2012. He is the consummate professional and basketball guru - trainer, coach, advisor, management. When not coaching basketball and helping mentor young kids, he is a long-time Senior Executive with GLOCK, Inc.

STEVE RODRIGUEZ (Click on any image below to open in a larger view)

Head Coach 14U Girls/8th Grade/2028

Coach Rodriguez is a long-time Attorney in Atlanta, GA who has served as both a travel and high school basketball coach beginning in 1994. In 6 years as a varsity high school head coach in Florida, his teams amassed a 158-53 record (.748) winning 3 District Championships, two sectional finals appearances, and a State Final Four. His travel basketball experience includes teams from the 3rd through 11th grade, including Nike-funded and Nike travel teams in the 16U and 17U age division. His time with Nike included teams with players such as Denis Clemente (Kansas State) and Jose Juan Barea (Northeastern, NBA Dallas Mavericks). Overall, his HS and 17U travel teams have produced 41 college signees to include 25 at the Division I level. Over 28 years of coaching, he has accrued 837 wins, 82 tournament titles, and a .734 winning percentage at the conclusion of the 2022 travel basketball season.

KHARON CAMERON

Head Coach 15U Kharon/9th Grade/2027

Kharon Cameron works for Coke, Inc. and is a 3-year varsity starter at both Campbell and Marietta High Schools here in the Metro ATL. He was a long-time member of national shoe-company travel basketball power GAME ELITE. Highly recommended by multiple local Varsity high School coaches, his youth basketball coaching experience has resulted in - "....player improvement, championship teams, and players and parents who love Coach K!"

JARRAD SLOAN

Head Coach 16U Blue/10th Grade/2026

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JONAS MOTIEJUNAS

Head Coach 17U/11th Grade/2025

Coach Motiejunas was born in Cleveland, OH and grew up in Scottsdale, AZ where he played football, basketball, and track & field while attending Horizon High School. He attended the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA on a track & field scholarship where he helped the Yellow Jackets earn 2 National Championships in the 4x400 meter relay in 1994 & 1998. Jonas is a former Georgia Tech track & field captain, 6 time All-American, 4 time ACC Champion, 2 time National Champion, a member of the Georgia Tech Hall of Fame, and competed in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. He has been coaching for the past 8 years including North Paulding Girls Lacrosse and Boys & Girls Basketball.