Instructors
Kumbeno Memory (Founder & Head Instructor of Varsity & JV)
Coach Memory has been coaching for nearly 10 years and has helped develop some of the best players to come out of the state of Oregon! He began coaching in 2002 with the TYBA (Tualatin Youth Basketball Association) and coached the 8th grade A team. From there started Hoop Dreams Basketball and began training. He has been the head coach on the I-5 Elite 17u team for the last 4 years, which has sent many players to college! Also, doing work with Nike as a consultant (Technical Director) on numerous photo/digital shoots including: Lebron James, Andrei Kirilenko, Deron Williams, Elton Brand, Jason Richardson, Amare Stoudamire, Jason Kidd, Chris Paul, Tayshaun Prince, and Ben Gordan to name a few. Coach Memory also has worked with NBA coaches – Mo Cheeks (Oklahoma City Thunder), Tim Grgurich (Denver Nuggets), Dan Pannagio (LA Lakers), John Loyer (NJ Nets), Benard Smith (Philadelphia 76′ers) and Bob Medina (Portland Trail Blazers) and has gained a wealth of knowledge from those experiences! He has also worked numerous camps (Scottie Pippen, Ime Udoka, Brian Grant, Damon Stoudamire and Cliff Robinson) to enhance his coaching/teaching abilities over the years! Coach Memory is a true student of the game and has a great deal of passion and love for the game of basketball and helping players develop and improve!
Keith Carroll (Assistant Instructor/Head Instructor of Hoop Stars)
Coach Carroll was an All-City basketball and All-State soccer player at Wilson High School and graduated in 2002! He then moved on to play both basketball and soccer at Monmouth College (Ill.) for 2 years and then transferred to Linfield for 2 years. Coach Carroll has been the program director for the Hoop Stars program for the last 2 years and has been apart of the Hoop Dreams program for 8 years now and is somebody who has a gift for teaching and relating to kids of all ages! His ability to see what player’s need to improve on and implementing it as well as making the environment fun and exciting is what separates Coach Carroll from other coaches in the area! He is a valued and we are extremely happy Coach Carroll is apart of the Hoop Dreams family!