Coach Coley Chronology

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coach coley believes the premise that young people could benefit from making athletics a foundational building block of their lives.  Sports and its recreational and entertainment values play such a significant role in our society that t.coley believed it made sense to promote the institution of SPORTS through a positive entity to enhance the benefits of being involved in athletics.

"Striving to help ALL those who cross my path believe in themselves and fulfill their potential - maximizing the fulfillment of both entities - in SPORTS and LIFE."



High School Career
  • Concord High School 1981-1985

  • 2 year Varsity Letter winner

  • Earned Basketball Scholarship to Grace College, IN (NAIA)

College Career
  • 4 Year Letter Winner

  • 2 year All-Conference Player

  • 1,000 Point Club

  • 3 National Tournament Appearances at NAIA Level

  • Earned Overseas Contract to play in Australia

Professional Career
  • Basketball Development Officer for Gilgandra Basketball Association, Australia

  • Head Coach of Women’s Professional Team

  • Assistant Coach and Player for Men’s Professional Team

  • Avg. 43 ppg, 15 rpg, 5 apg, 3 spg

  • Career High 71 points in single Contest - 13 3pt baskets

  • Men’s team took 2nd place in State League Championship Game

  • Gilgandra Director of Youth Basketball Development

  • Coached 10U girls team that won Australian State Championship

  • Coached 16U boys team that won Australian State Championship

  • Coached 16U girls team that won Australian State Championship

  • Toured and Competed in Germany, Belgium, France, & Luxembourg

  • Completed in Semi-Pro ABA in Pennsylvania & Delaware

Coach Coley History
  • Summer of 1985 thru Summer of 1989
    Basketball Camp Counselor at one the top Fundamentals basketball camps in the country lead by Coach James Kessler of Grace College

  • 1989-1990: Heritage Christian Boy Basketball

  • 1989-1990: Located outside of Milwaukee, performed the duties as Boys assistant coach before departing for Australia in the Spring of 1990 to play professionally

  • 1990-1991: Concord High School Girls assistant coach during the 1990-1991 season

  • 1991-1993: Moved to Minneapolis, MN and started TC Hoops Academy and began training basketball on a small scale as I played in the Pro-Am Leagues in Minneapolis

  • 1993-1994: Moved to Milwaukee, WI and and became the Riverside University Boys assistant coach for one season

  • 1994-1997: Moved to New York City to work for NBC Sports Network - while working for NBC Sports, I played in the Semi-Pro ABA for the Delaware Blue Bombers

  • 1997-1999: Returned to Minneapolis to work in local Television and re-started TC Hoops Academy for training

  • 1999-2000: Took Head Coaching job at Arlington H.S., St. Paul, MN

  • 2000-2006: Stepped away from full-time coaching to be a new Dad - trained as TC Hoops Academy during the interim

  • 2006-2008: Returned to coaching via youth developmental basketball thru YMCA, Urban Stars, and Eastview Traveling Basketball - Grassroots Organizations

  • 2008-2009: Varsity Girls' Assistant at Minnesota Transitions High Schooll

  • 2009-2017: Girls' Varsity Head Coach at Minneapolis Washburn High School
    In the 7 years Coach Coley was at the helm of Washburn Girls Basketball there was steady growth

  • 2009-10 thru 2016-17

  • Sub-section championship runner-up team in 2009-10 season

  • Section championship runner-up team in 2011-12 season

  • Section championship team in 2013 and a Birth to the MSHSL State Tournament for the first time in 29 years

  • 2013 Conference Championship and undefeated conference season at 12-0 - Sole Conference Champions for the first time in 29 years

  • 2014 Conference Championship and undefeated conference season at 12-0

  • 2013-15 Minneapolis City Conference Champions - 3 years Straight (35-1)

  • Led Lady Millers to Back-To-Back State Tournament Appearances in Two Different Classes

  • 4th place finish in the MSHSL State Tournament in Class AA 2013

  • 2013 Class AA Section 4 Coach of the Year for Coach Coley and Assistant Coach of the Year for Coach Wilson

  • 4th place finish in the MSHSL State Tournament in Class AAA 2014

  • 2014 Class AAA Section 6 Coach of the Year for Coach Coley

  • 2014 Minneapolis City Conference Coach of the Year

  • 2014 MGBCA All-Star Game Coaches - Coach Coley & Coach Wilson

  • 2012-2013 State Section Championship Runners-Up Class AA

  • 2012-2013  State Section Champions Class AA

  • 2013-2014  State Section Champions Class AAA

  • 2014-2015  State Section Championship Runners-Up Class AAA

  • 4 years Straight in Minnesota's Sweet Sixteen

  • 2017-2021: Stepped down from Washburn HS GBB Coaching position to watch daughter Kendall play High School and College Basketball. Focused on Coaching AAU and being a parent on the sidelines for High School and College experiences. Returned of HS Sidelines in the Fall of 2021.

  • 2021-2023: Maranatha HS GBB Varsity Head Coach, Brooklyn Park, MN

  • 2023-2024: Park Center HS GBB Varsity Head Coach, Brooklyn Park, MN

  • 2024-2025: Sabbatical Year and Kendall Coley Farewell Tour - On the Road with Nebraska WBB

Most Decorated Washburn Miller: Chase Coley, 2014 Alum
  • 2014 Mpls City Conference Player of the Year

  • 2014 Star Tribune Metro Player of the Year

  • 2014 MN Gatorade Player of the Year

  • 2014 MN Miss Basketball Finalist

  • 2014 ESPN HoopGurlz Top 100 Player (#80)

  • First Division 1 Basketball player since 2005

  • Holds Records for ALL 5 Primary Statical Categories:

  • Scoring: 2,145

  • Rebounding: 1,634 (4 years, highest All-Time in MN GBB History)

  • Assists: 442

  • Steals: 441

  • Blocks: 870

  • 59 Career Double Doubles

  • 24 Triple Doubles

  • 4 Quadruple Doubles

  • 1 Quintuple Double (14p, 14r, 10a, 11s, 11b)

AAU Coaching
  • 4th Grade (2013): 5th Grade B Division MYAS State Champions

  • 5th Grade (2014): MN AAU 5th Grade State Champions

  • 6th Grade (2015): MN AAU 6th Grade State Champions

  • 7th Grade (2016): MN AAU 7th Grade 3rd Place

  • 8th Grade (2017): MN AAU 8th Grade 5th Place

  • 9th Grade (2018): MN AAU 9th Grade 4th Place

  • 10th Grade (2019): MN AAU 10th Grade 6th Place

  • 11th Grade (2020): MN AAU 11th Grade (Top 5 Team in MN)

  • FBC North (2020-Present): Started the Norther Most branch of the Finest Basketball Club (largest GBB Travel Club in the USA).

  • We are now entering our 6th Year in the North and we have facilitated placing 20+ girls in College basketball programs