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