COACH TOKUNBO

MY MOTTO

"I am a hard, but fair coach who seeks the best effort out of his student-athletes: mentally, physically, emotionally, and holistically. Then, I apply these concepts to life itself." - Coach Tokunbo or COACH T

I am a teacher first, trainer second.

COACHING EXPERIENCE:

I have more than eight years of experience coaching youth basketball, boys and girls. I have coached all levels of youth: groups of nine-year-old athletes, one on one sessions with middle school aged athletes, and high school level athletes.

I currently coach for team Arsenal AAU 13U Select group, and I am the head coach for Tech City Valkyrie, a semi-professional women's team that participates in the Women's Premier Basketball Association; a FIBA certified summer-league for adult female players. I am also certified as a USA Basketball Coach.

2014-2015

Volunteered to coach at for my church team, Allen Temple Baptist Church, as we participated in the Oakland Neighborhood Basketball Summer League.

Cached boys and girls under nine years old for a club league in San Francisco called the Jewish Community Center.

2016-2019

Trained youth middle school aged athletes over the summers and improved their strength and conditioning skills.

Worked as a physical education instructor for MetWest High School and Redwood Day School respectively.

Coached varsity high school boys basketball for Oakland Military Institute during the 2018-2019 school season, where we were league champions.

Currently, I am a graduate student at the University of San Francisco where I am earning a masters degree in sport management. I have aspirations to be an athletic director and head basketball coach in my future profession.

COACH T's TRAINING SESSION IN A NUTSHELL:

Any client, between the age 10 and 17, can expect four aspects each session from me:

1) Warm-up and Cardio (to get the muscles and ligaments in healthy shape to grow)

2) Strength and Core Conditioning (mainly using body weight to perform strength building exercises for upper body, lower body and core)

3) Basic Skill Work (dribbling, shooting, passing, footwork, etc.),

4) Competition (where I or another peer player will test their competitive nature, grit and will to be successful and persevere through any mental mistakes).

SPORTS BACKGROUND:

I have grown with the personal experience in four different sports: Basketball, Track & Field, Soccer and Baseball.

Basketball

I began playing basketball in middle school for Redwood Day School. At first, I had a very low skillset, but I was very tall for my age at the time and I was talented at jumping and very fast. I grew to love the sport due to my natural ability to learn the game and dominate within my first year playing competitively.

In high school, I attended St. Mary's College High School where I was privileged to earn my role to varsity in my junior year. That school year in 2017-2018, I was a part of a dominating, near-undefeated team, and we participated in a state championship that year against Campbell Hall high school out of Los Angeles, CA.

As I transitioned to Morehouse College, I participated for the team as a red-shirt my first year, then later took more interest in playing intramural basketball instead for the rest of my years there.

Track & Field

In middle school and high school, I had a natural ability to run and jump with high stamina and strength. I participated in almost every event except for throwing events. The events I shined in were the Long Jump, Triple Jump, 100m sprints, 200-meter sprints, and the 4 x 100-meter relay races. In middle school, I ran for Oakland PAL, and in high school, I participated at St. Mary's College High School as well as Castro Valley High School.

Soccer

Soccer was the very first sport I ever participated in competitively and I loved it. I believe it was this sport where I grew great stamina and energy for running consistently. I often played forward or mid-fielder when I played and I participated in club teams from the age of eight, up to middle school, until basketball ultimately took my overall interest.

Baseball

I played baseball as the second sport to ever play. I participated in baseball within the same years I played soccer. I was a quick learner and found 1st-base and 3rd-base as my best positions to play. One play, in the Babe Ruth Baseball league on Oakland, CA, I hit an inside-the-park grand slam to win a playoff game which had advance us to the league championship in the year 2000.

What I enjoy the most out of working with student athletes is the level confidence I instill in them. I have a knack for motivating boys and girls to push towards the best versions of their craft and their individuality. Sports is a vehicle to empower young people and I consider it my duty to instill a culture of rigorous compassion within eacha nd every one of them.