Coaches

Coach Hassan Bilal
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5th Season With Westchester Swarm
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Leads all Westchester Swarm Summer Camps
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Former Assistant Coach at Bronx Community College

Coach Jay Smith - 16U XL
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Second season with Westchester Swarm
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Current JV Coach at Sacred Heart HS
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Former 4 year varsity player at Freeport High School (Captain)
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Former player at SUNY New Paltz
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Coach Jay has been coaching for 4 years at a Catholic elementary school and most recently Mount Vernon Elite AAU, winning a number of championships and two undefeated seasons.

Coach Anthony Gaines - Middle School
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Currently a Social Worker and Head Varsity Basketball Coach at Woodlands HS.
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Coach Gaines has been an incredibly successful high school basketball coach. His teams have won (5) New York Section One Basketball Championships during his Coaching Career.
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Gaines played at Tennessee State and St. Thomas Aquinas.
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He was a Harlem Globetrotter.
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And in addition, he played semi-professionally in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.

Rob McQuade
- 3rd SEASON WITH SWARM BASKETBALL
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Member of the Yonkers basketball federation

Varsity Westchester Swarm XL Coach
Michael Coleman
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2nd Season with Swarm Basketball
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Former High School and College Player
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Skills Trainer
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AAU Coach
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Foundation: Fundamentals and Sportsmanship
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Focusing on teaching players that basketball is an extension of life & how to compete at a high level. Giving players the skillset to work thru difficult challenges on & off the court.

Swarm Head Coach
Tarrell Self
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3rd SEASON WITH SWARM BASKETBALL
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Coach Self has been coaching basketball for the past 8 years.
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Became a basketball skills trainer in for all ages in 2009
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Started coaching AAU Basketball in 2008
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Semi -Pro for the New Jersey Knights for the Renegade Basketball League(RBL)
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Defensive player of the year(RBL) in 05-07
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Sixth man award(RBL) 06-07
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Team captain for 06-07
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Played high school basketball at Woodlands High School in Hartsdale NY
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Started BallerIQ, LLC in 2018

Swarm Head Coach
Jayla Faison
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2nd Season with Westchester Swarm
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Former Player at Roanoke College
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Former Captain of Greenwich High School Basketball
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Coached for many Basketball Camps in NY/CT

Swarm Head Coach
Phil Collins
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3rd SEASON WITH SWARM BASKETBALL
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Former Player at Woodlands High School in Hartsdale, NY
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Former College Player at Arizona Western College
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Former Player at Sullivan County Community College
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Founder of the Westchester Wolves Semi-Pro Basketball Team

Swarm Head Coach
Ariana Jones
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1st Season With Swarm Basketball
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Founder of Greater Girls Basketball
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Former Player at Five Towns College where she averaged 21 points per game
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Former Player at Monroe College
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NJCAA DIII All-Region XV Sportsmanship Team
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Former Player at South Bronx High School

Darryl Jones
- Husband & Father
- Head coach 2020-Present KIPP NYC College Prep
- Head Coach Our Savior Lutheran (OSL) 2X HS AIPGC Champs 2017-2020
- Head Coach Satellite Academy 2007-2016 4x PSAL Champs Nationally ranked USA today
- Head Coach New York Lighting EYBL 17U Team 2010-2016 produced 22 division 1 players
- Associate head coach SUNY Maritime & Hostos Community College 2009-2016. CUNY Champs 2010&2014
- Played HS @ De Witt Clinton HS (PSAL)
- Played College @ Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) 1st team all CUNY, CUNY Champs
- Played College@ Dominican College D2, 2ND team all ECAC
- Certified HS Basketball Official board 42