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 Local Hoops in 2009 and has been coaching full time ever since.
Lorrie "Ice" Tidwell
Girls Academy Director & Girls 11u Black Coach
Coach Lorrie "Ice" Tidwell has been coaching youth sports for over 25 years, and founded the girls side of LocalHoops in 2012.
Romeo Wheeler
Assistant Director, Trainer & Boys Winter 13u Alpha Coach
Romeo played his college basketball Green River College and has been coaching youth for the last eight years. He is the proud father of three daughters.
Trey Edwards
Director
Coach Trey is a LOCALHOOPS alumni that played from 2013 till 2014. He also played at Interlake High School for 2 years and Sammamish High School for 2 years.
Mike Greene
Winter Teams: Boys 12u Black
Mike played collegiate basketball at Western Washington University, and has been coaching youth for the last 20 years.
Kevin Davis
Winter Teams: Boys 11u Black & 10u Black
Kevin played for Bellevue Christian High School and has coached youth for over 12 years.
Richard Thomas
Winter Teams: Boys 13u Delta & 8u Black
Richard has been coaching youth for four years, including three with Local Hoops. He hails from NOLA and Renton.
Dustin Washington
Trainer & Coach
Dustin Washington is a Co-Head Coach with his oldest son, Calin Washington for Local Hoops 15u Alpha, who is also a LocalHOOPS Alumni.
Cailin Washington
Trainer & Coach
Calin played for Seattle Academy, where he still holds the all time assist record, and is a Local Hoops alumni. He recently graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and has been coaching for the last year.
Teddy Gainer
Winter Teams: Boys 14u Alpha & Girls 13u Black
Teddy played collegiate basketball at Georgian College in the greater Toronto area and has coached youth for over a decade.
Jay Crowell
Winter Teams: Boys 9u Black
Jay played for the University of Georgia and has over 25 years of coaching experience.
Micah Mitchell
Winter Teams: Boys 14u Delta & 11u Red
Micah played for Shorewood HS and North Seattle College and has been coaching youth since 2012
Matt Henn
Winter Teams: Boys 13u Alpha
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
Winter Teams: Boys 9u Red
Jordan is a Bellevue native, playing his collegiate basketball at Evergreen State.
Michael Johnson
Winter Teams: Girls 9u Black
Michael played collegiate basketball for Napa Valley Community College and has coached at Ballard H.S., Mercer Island H.S. and Inglewood M.S. He has been with Local Hoops for three years.
Payton Tirrell
Winter Teams: Boys 13u Red & Girls 14u
Payton is another LocalHOOPS Alumni who played for LocalHOOPS in high school before continuing his collegiate career in Canada. Payton currently plays semi-professional basketball in the ABA.
Chauntelle Johnson
Winter Teams: Girls 9u Black & Girls 11u Red
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.
Nelson Chen
Winter Teams: Boys 8u Red & 12u Red
Nelson is pursuing his master’s degree in coaching and athletic administration and has been coaching youth basketball since 2012.
Derek Richardson
Winter Teams: Girls 9u Red
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.
Erika Johnson
Trainer & Coach
Erika played Div I collegiate basketball at University of North Carolina Tarheels. She's now an assistant with Holy Names.
Rod Jenkins
Trainer & Coach
Rod played at The Evergreen State College and has his M.B.A. He is currently the head varsity boys coach at Eastside Prep School.
Noah Pratt
Winter Teams: Boys 11u Grey
Noah is a LocalHOOPS Alumni & played for the program in 2013 prior to starting his collegiate basketball career at Green River.
Jalen McGruder
Winter Teams: Boys 9u Grey
Jalen finished his college basketball career at Governors State in Illinois.
Randy Kitchens
Development League Coach
Randy was a four-sport varsity athlete in high school and played Div I football for Rice University. He loves coaching Local Hoops Development League.
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.
Kevin Keowla
Trainer & Coach
Kevin is a Local Hoops alumni who has returned as a coach after his collegiate basketball career ended.
Kaj Sherman
Trainer & Coach
Coach Kaj comes from a strong basketball background playing four years in Europe professionally. Kaj played in England, France, Italy and Spain managing to win a league championship in 2016.
Antonio "Tone" Sims
Trainer & Coach
Coach Tone played his collegiate ball at Clark College. He then coached the Cleveland women's varsity team to the state tournament in 2017.
Connor Donaldson
Trainer & Coach
Connor played collegiate basketball for Montana State and then in Europe and is passionate about basketball and working with youth.