About
History
We are just getting started! But here is our brief history to date:
Chico Elevate Basketball began in 2022 with its inaugural Spring AAU season. In Spring '22 we had one 17U Varsity team. In the Fall of 2022, we expanded to two high school teams - a 17U Varsity team & a 15U Frosh team. In the Spring of '23 we had a highly successful first season branching out to the middle school ages. We had two 7th grade teams, two 8th grade teams, and two HS teams (17U & 15U). We competed in high-level tournaments from the Bay Area to Sacramento and thanks to our amazing coaching staff, all of our teams and players improved greatly over the course of three months!
OUR MISSION
We believe that basketball should be available to all young people seeking opportunities to play. We believe skill and character development should be our top priority, and that basketball should be enjoyable, transformative, and uplifting. Our goal is to provide the opportunity for each player to improve and have fun through positive, passionate coaching, team basketball, and player-driven leadership. We aim to develop a competitive, winning mentality, with a "love of the game" as our guiding principle. We preach a positive attitude and maximum effort on a daily basis, and our #1 rule is "always be a great teammate!"
ATTITUDE & EFFORT!
MEET THE COACHES
Rob Barde
Director / Coach
17U and 15U
Current Head Freshmen / Assistant Varsity Coach
@ Chico High
Former Head Varsity Coach @ Novato High
20+ Years of basketball camp / AAU coaching experience
Masters in Coaching & Exercise Science, Concordia University Irvine
Bishop Thomas
Coach
15U
Current Head Freshmen Coach
@ Chico High
Former College Basketball Player
@ College of Siskiyous & Park University (Gilbert, AZ) (Two-Time Golden Valley Conference Assist Leader)
Associate in Arts Degree in Athletic Training, College of Siskiyous Varsity Basketball & Football Player @ Chico High
Brendan Bohannon
Coach
14U
Current High School Coach
Former Varsity Basketball Player
@ Chico High School
Bachelor's Degree in Kinesiology from Chico State
Phoenix Driscoll
Coach
13U
Current Middle School Coach
6th Grade Girls & Boys Head Coach, 7th Boys Assistant
@ Chico Junior
Former 3 Year Varsity Basketball Starter &
2-Time League Champion @ Chico High
Lukas Kennedy
Coach
13U
Current Science Teacher
@ Chico High
Former Head Freshmen and JV Coach @ Chico High
10+ Years of basketball camp / AAU coaching experience
Former Varsity Basketball Player @ Vacaville High
PAST TEAM PICTURES
Spring '23 17U Barde
Spring '23 15U Barde
Spring '23 14U Thomas
Spring '23 14U Arroyo
Spring '23 13U Kennedy
Spring '23 13U Driscoll
Spring '22 17U Varsity
Reno Memorial Day Jam On It Tourney
Spring '22 17U Varsity
Hardwood Palace Tourney Champs