Our coaches are what make LOCALHOOPS special.
Tap or click on a coach's picture below for their full bio.
Kelly Edwards
Founder & CEO
Kelly Edwards founded LOCALHOOPS in 2009 and has been coaching full time ever since.
Romeo Wheeler
Director of Coaching Development. Springs Teams: 14u Alpha Boys
Romeo played his college basketball Green River College and has been coaching youth for over a decade. He is the proud father of three daughters.
Trey Edwards
Director of Media. Spring Teams: Boys 14u Delta Boys & 14u Black Girls
Coach Trey is a proud LOCALHOOPS alumni, class of 2014. Trey played his college basketball at DIV I Montana Western NAIA.
Mike Greene
Spring Teams: Boys 16u Red & 13u Alpha Boys
Mike played collegiate basketball at Western Washington University, and has been coaching youth for the last 20 years.
Kevin Davis
Springs Teams: Boys 11u Black & 8u Black Boys
Kevin was a walk on at Washington State & has almost two decades of coaching experience.
Richard Thomas
Spring Teams: Boys 13u Red & 9u Black Boys
Richard is a father of two, with roots from NOLA and Renton, WA.
Dustin Washington
Spring Teams: 16u Black Boys
Dustin Washington is a long time LOCALHOOPS member who currently Co-Coach with his oldest son, and LOCALHOOPS alum Calin Washington.
Cailin Washington
Spring Teams: 16u Black Boys
Calin played for Seattle Academy, where he still holds the all time assist record, and is a LOCALHOOPS alumni. He recently graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and has been coaching for the last year.
Teddy Gainer
Spring Teams: Boys 13u Delta & 11u Red Boys
Teddy played collegiate basketball at Georgian College in the greater Toronto area and has coached youth for over a decade.
Jay Crowell
Spring Teams: Boys 10u Black Boys
Jay played for the University of Georgia and has over 25 years of coaching experience.
Micah Mitchell
Spring Teams: 12u Black Girls & 12u Delta Boys
Micah played for Shorewood HS and North Seattle College and has been coaching youth since 2012
Matt Henn
Spring Teams: Boys 14u Alpha Boys
Coach Matt attended Seattle Prep High School, where he was a stand out player in metro league. After graduating from the University of Washington he went on to become one of the elite players in the Seattle Pro Am league for 8 years
Jordan Estill
Spring Teams: Boys 17u & 10u Red Boys
Jordan is a Bellevue native, playing his collegiate basketball at Evergreen State.
Michael Johnson
Spring Teams: 13u Red Girls
Michael played collegiate basketball for Napa Valley College and has coaching experience at Ballard & Mercer Island H.S. In addition to almost a decade of youth coaching experience.
Chauntelle Johnson
Spring Teams: 13u Red Girls
Chauntelle has been coaching youth sports since she was 16, including 6 years as head swim coach for Mercer Island H.S. She swam for Missouri State, has her masters from Seattle U., and works in sports management.
Derek Richardson
Spring Teams: 9u Red Girls
Derek was an all-star player for Canada’s Queen’s University and has been coaching youth basketball for many years. He is the father of three girls.
Steven Shpreyregin
Trainer & Coach
"Coach Stevo" finished his collegiate basketball at Washington State & is a LocalHoops Alumni. He currently is an assistant coach at Seattle University.
Antonio "Tone" Sims
Spring Teams: Varsity III Boys
Coach Tone played his collegiate ball at Clark College. He then coached the Cleveland women's varsity team to the state tournament in 2017.