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The Basketball Realm Coaching Staff

JESSE MERCADO 

Coach /Head Trainer

Phone: (800) 722-9214 ext. 100

E-mail: jmercado@basketballrealm.com

Coach Jesse Mercado has been a student, fan, coach, trainer and mentor  of the game of basketball throughout his life. After an injury put a halt to his collegiate student athlete career at UC Santa Barbara, he pursued his passion for basketball from a different aspect; by teaching and mentoring the game.  Jesse has been involved with coaching and training since 1998 and has worked with youth AAU club level players and teams, as well as high school players and teams. Jesse has also been coaching at the High School Varsity ranks in Southern California since 1999.  Through intense, positive and hands on teaching, Jesse helps develop new skills and polish fundamentals to ensure growth in the overall game of each student athlete. Coach Jesse's ultimate goal is to help student athletes reach the next level in basketball and more importantly life.

 

RON HARRISON 

Coach /Trainer

Phone: (714) 904-3500

E-mail: rharrison@basketballrealm.com

Coach Ron Harrison began his basketball journey in a local YMCA at the age of 10.  He went on to play for the New London High School team and made the All Southeast Conference Team during his senior year.  Offered athletic scholarships to numerous colleges mostly in New England, Coach Harrison chose Bryant College (now Bryant University) to play out his college career.  His coaching career started at the recreation level and quickly moved to the more competitive AAU boys and girls levels.  He has coached as high as the youth and high school AAU level.  A father of 3 kids he enjoys and accepts the role of role model, mentor and friend for his student athletes.  He takes great pride in helping kids develop and take their skills to the next level. 

 

 

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BRIAN COLEMAN

Coach/Trainer

Phone: (714) 423-2623

Email: bcoleman@basketballrealm.com

Coach Brian Coleman is the newest member of the Basketball Realm staff. Prior to joining our family, Coach Brian has coached on the High School Varsity level and AAU circuit since 1997. Coach Brian has been a Varsity Assistant and JV Head Coach at Orange High School, Orange, CA and then became the Varsity Head Coach at Salesian High School, Los Angeles, CA. He currently serves as a Varsity Assistant at El Modena High School in Orange, CA. Coach Brian brings a passion of teaching the game that he has loved since the age of 8. Coach Brian is a firm believer that defense is the key to "Winning Basketball" and is known for his defensive coaching strategies. 

 

 

REGGIE PATTERSON

Coach/Trainer

Phone: (562) 400-0187

Email: rpatterson@basketballrealm.com

Coach Reggie has joined The Basketball Realm as a coach and basketball trainer during the Spring 2008 season. Reggie has been a student of Coach Jesse for two years and wants to learn the game from another perspective, the coaching aspect.  While still pursuing a playing career at Long Beach City College, Coach Reggie dedicates his off season to The Basketball Realm while coaching and training with our teams and student athletes. Coach Reggie brings his experience from competing at high levels of High School (Artesia HS) and Junior College (Saddleback & Long Beach CC) basketball. 

Favorite Quotes

"Making shots counts, but not as much as the people who make them." 

-----Coach Mike Krzyzewski, Duke University

"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are." 

-----Coach John Wooden, UCLA Legend

"I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that's why I succeed." 

-----Michael Jordan, NBA Legend

"Looking back isn't about celebrating the results, as much as it is about understanding the process that produced those results." 

-----Michael Jordan, NBA Legend

"You didn't see that failure gave me strength, that my pain was my motivation"

-----Michael Jordan, NBA Legend

"In basketball - as in life - true joy comes from being fully present in each and every moment, not just when things are going your way."

-----Coach Phil Jackson, NBA Legend

"You can accomplish almost anything if you're willing to pay the price."

-----Coach Vince Lombardi, NFL Legend

 

"Impossible is Nothing"

-----Adidas Basketball

 

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If you are interested in joining the Basketball Realm Coaching or Training Staff, please contact us at info@basketballrealm.com.

 

 

 

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