Head WBK Coach at Laney College | Athletic Director at the College of Alameda | Bay Valley Conference Equity and Inclusion Rep | 2018-19 3C2A WBK State 🏆
If you don’t know, let me be the 1st to tell you.
@Dennis1SmithJr
is gonna be a star. Young fella is puttin in work to be great. It’s only the beginning.
@acceleratebball
See you again soon Dennis!
It gets no better than being able to serve the community in Harlem at the Mecca of basketball, Rucker Park. Thank you to the
@TheNBPA
and
@StephenCurry30
for the amazing opportunity. Oh, and it’s always great catching up with the best photographer/hooper in the game,
@azzi_35
In Dallas w my guy Brandon Payne
@acceleratebball
learning and watching the young bull
@Dennis1SmithJr
. After 2 hours of real work, the young fella still has the energy to do this. C’mon man! I’m done! Dennis is about to be a real problem in yr 2! Don’t sleep!
Amazing night at Chase celebrating my guy Brandon
@acceleratebball
birthday. Very thankful that
#30
allowed us to share his space on this night! Bonus was having great conversation with Coach
@SteveLavin64
and seeing the young 📸 goat
@_JordanJimenez
doin his thing!
#LaneyLife
Can’t express just how excited I am to announce that former
@USCWBB
@mcdonalds_aa
and Nor Cal basketball superstar Mariya Moore
@Riyabelikeee
will be joining our staff at
@Laney_College
women’s basketball as an Asst Coach. Her impact on our program will be immediate! Let’s Go!!!
End of an era! 10 yrs over 30 scholarships, with 14 of those D1. 5 league MVPs, 3 league COYs, 2 state POY's, 3 league titles, 4 Final 8's and a state championship. 3 asst coaches to D1 and 1 D2. To all the players who believed and my main man
@CKPremierBall
🙏🏽❤ 'Maundo out! ✌🏾🎤
Just touched down in Honolulu, and the very first thing I did was to bring flowers to my beautiful little boy. 27 years later and I still miss him every day. Rest in heaven son. 💔🙏🏾
After seeing
@TheTraeYoung
work up close and personal for 3 straight days, im more than convinced that hes got that "it" factor. Very nice young man who has an amazing support system.
@rayfordyoung
you guys are awesome!
Yrs from now we're gonna look at pics of us wearing facemasks and gloves on basketball courts and remember what a bizarre year 2020 was.
Basketball during a pandemic. The new normal.
Shout out to my guy
@_JordanJimenez
for the 🔥🔥🔥 pics!
Last night was my 300th game as a head coach and 1st at Laney College. It has been an amazing journey and I’m so appreciative of all my current and former players and asst coaches, family and friends. Thank you all.
Got a chance to see
@kobebryant
coaching and teaching his AAU girls basketball team the fundamentals. Something tells me that theyre going to be well prepared when they get to high school! Looking forward to seeing where their basketball journey takes them.
Looks like the 4 of our 9 players who were named All State backed up those selections in the post season. 32-1, State Champions! So proud of our young women for their focus and commitment to the team! No individual agendas.They will forever be CHAMPIONS
@DVC_Athletics
Today was already tough for me, as it would have been my son Devin's 27th birthday. He passed away when he was 4 yrs old. To hear of Kobe and his beautiful daughter passing makes a tough day that much tougher. Thx for the memories. Rest in love Devin, Gianna and Kobe. 💔 🙏🏽
Looking forward to the opportunity to lead this great colleges athletics program, while continuing to build the women’s basketball program at Laney College. Very exciting times ahead! Go Eagles! Go Cougars!
My guy!! Thank you! Definitely could not have done it without you, our staff, and all the amazing players that have trusted and believed in us over the years. Been a great ride! Hard to believe that our record those first two years was 18-36! 12 yrs, 250-103. Not done yet!
Huge s/o to my guy
@CoachRVaughn
on win Number 250! Man you are a legend! Hope folks give you your flowers while you can still smell them! You’ve had a stellar career! A true champion! Congrats my dude🫱🏾🫲🏿🤜🏿🤛🏿
#gemsinthegym
What we have been able to do with this program in 3 yrs has been 🔥
Yr before our arrival: 6-20,
3 yrs since:
22-6, 23-6, 22-4 (still going)
3x Conference Champs
3x Coach of the Yr
3x Conference MVP
First ever Laney College
State Player of the Year
Started the decade at
@DVC_Athletics
as a 1st time college head coach. Ended yr 1 in last place with 20 L's. Intentionally beaten by 67 pts in yr 2. Always kept the faith. Now, 5
@Big8WBB
MVPs, and 3 conference champs later, we end the decade as
@CCCAASports
State Champs. 💪🏾✌🏾
Really happy to be advancing to the Final Four, but its bittersweet. If you pray, please pray for Coach Ned Mircetics wife as she has a seizure during the game. It really puts into perspective that it truly is just a game. Thanks for your support!
@DVC_Athletics
@DamonBruce
Bad take. Steph is extremely tight with Baze, and obviously cool enough with Juan for that to happen. Prayers up for Murray, but Steph earned this moment and his teammates have a right to celebrate him.
As a jc coach, Im not a system guy. Our rosters change heavily every year. Every year we get new players with different skill sets/strengths. My job is to figure out whats going to work best for that years group and put them in the best possible position to be successful.
Started my day workin out w Steph and young gun Azzi Fudd. Middle of the day was in the gym w Ice Trae Young, but the best part of my day by far was conversing w the legend himself, the great,
@DickieV
! ESPYS almost here!
As the young hoopers say, last night I tried to "get in my bag." On a scale of 1-10, I'd rate my old man "dunk" a 5, but my guy
@StephenCurry30
's commentary gets a 10. If it wasnt on film, my players would never believe it. Bag is officially closed, or shut down, or somethin!😂😂
Todays game is historic as we are playing for the California state championship. Two teams, combined record 63-2. 6 All State players, 2 State Co Players of the Year! North
#1
vs South
#1
! Game will be live streamed at . Tipoff is at 3:30 Pacific. Let's Go!
Great start to the season. We are 12-0, ranked
#2
in the State,
#1
in Nor Cal. Leading all California college teams, including NCAA, NAIA men and women in scoring at 95.8ppg. Kids are playing for each other and celebrating each other! Great group to coach!
@DVC_Athletics
My godmothers grandparents on their wedding day around 1898. The grace, beauty, elegance & pride in this pic reminds me that although we as a people have struggled in America, that there has always been beauty in the struggle, and we have always overcome. Happy Juneteenth!
Shout out to UConn superstar Azzi Fudd
@azzi_35
for sliding through yesterday and showing our kids what a high-level professional shooter looks like. You never know who’s going to pop up in our gym. Great things happening and great people putting in work at Laney College!
Shout out to the legend
@rod_strickland
. Rod blessed us with his presence at the
@SC30select
camp. Good dude who definitely knows basketball. Cant wait to see whats next in his already incredible basketball journey!
Basketball analyst, personnel/GM twitter where yall at? Which one of yall gon start with the funnies about my dude
@StephenCurry30
needing KD and Klay to get buckets, or that hes not that good. Y'all have no idea the work that he puts in to be great. None whatsoever. 60 ball. 💪🏾
Shoutout to Jacksonville Head WBB coach
@SpecialJennings
. She posted a video of her hitting shots and asking “can yall coaches still hoop?” Motivated me to get back in the lab for day 1. Strap wasn’t its normal self, but gimme 2 weeks!
What an honor it is to be selected to coach at
#SC30SelectCamp
. Working w/ future NBA lottery picks, seeing these 2 young ladies (
@azzi_35
, Cameron Brink) make history, plus meeting
@LaChinaRobinson
made for a great camp. Cant wait for tonites game! Showtime!!
@acceleratebball
What a great feeling knowing that 9 former
@DVC_Athletics
womens hoopers are on scholarships balling at 4yr schools. 5 NCAA D1, 2 D2, and 2 NAIA.
@CKPremierBall
and I are going to have fun following all these kids! Cant wait to see who's next up! 👀👀👀
Felt like a proud papa when I saw two of our former
@DVC_Athletics
womens basketball asst. coaches out recruiting for
@GaelsWBB
and CSU Stanislaus. Another example proving that whether your dream is to play or coach at the 4 yr level, DVC can help make your dreams a reality!
Incredible dinner last night at Amalfi
@CaesarsPalace
with some great people including
@acceleratebball
’s B. Payneand a few guys who are pretty good basketball players. The
@warriors
are in great shape!
Walking to baggage claim in the Atlanta airport just now and I hear somebody call my name. Turn around and it’s my guy,
@coachwesbball
from the
@OhioStateWBB
. Wes is one of the absolute best guys in this business! Now it’s on to
@underrated
!
Game day! 19-0 going for win
#20
on the road tonight vs. Modesto JC. Have to send a special thank you to the champ
@StephenCurry30
for once again showing love to our
@DVC_Athletics
women’s basketball team. Excuse the video bomb, but I had to!
I have been writing and deleting tweets for over an hour and still can’t find the words, so I’m gonna stop trying.
@StephenCurry30
, congrats my brotha. 💪🏾💪🏾
My dude
@StephenCurry30
is doin video game type stuff, but y’all keep talkin bout how he fell off, or that so and so is better. Ion know who so and so is, but whoever he is, even he’s lookin at you like you’re a hater.
Sitting in a bar full of strangers, tears just ran down my face. The early mornings, the late nights, the in betweens..the plane rides, long drives…it was all worth it…congrats
@StephenCurry30
,
@acceleratebball
. soon we will do it all over again, and I can’t wait!! Blessed!🐐🐐
I think its so cool that my son still likes to take pictures with his dad. Thank God he got the hair genes from his mom. 😂😂 Hope everybody's enjoying their Saturday.
Great day for DVC Womens Basketball. Conference coaches voted forward Leilani Moncrease, and guards Jahnay Anderson and Daisha Abdelkader All Big 8 Conference. Do it all guard Zahria Hendrix voted Big 8 MVP! 3rd straight Conference MVP for us, 2nd straight conference championship
Wow!! 6 scholarship kids from one team! Come join us June 1 at noon at the Laney Fieldhouse to celebrate these amazing young women. Follow us
@laneyeagleswbb
! Great things happening
@LaneyCollege
! Shoutout
@gemsinthegym
for the 🔥🔥 graphic
New to the social media scene, but we're certainly not new to this scholarship thing! Congrats to the 6 Laney women's basketball players who earned great basketball scholarships! 2 Division I and 4 Division II.
@uaawbb
,
@hilovulcans
,
@wagnerwhoops
,
@tulsahurricane
#LANEYBUILT
🦅
My words alone could never express my hurt, sadness or anger rt now. Yeah, im Coach, but more importantly, im just Ramaundo. A black man. A black man who could have been George Floyd. Or Ahmaud Arbury, or Philando Castille, or Eric Garner. Can we live? LET US LIVE! 💔💔💔
Our team and staff just got better! I’ve seen new Laney College Asst Coach Brandon Thomas up close and personal for the last 4 years as a member of
@StephenCurry30
’s team, and in his own training business and he is 🔥🔥. Our players are going to benefit greatly from his tutelage.
All yr we felt disrespected. Rankings are opinions & we knew they had us messed up! Our 6 kids (yes 6) didn’t care about anything other than competing to win! Led the South
#1
seed in the Elite Eight w 20 secs to play & came up short. We’ll be back here, believe that.
#Laneybuilt
Wanted to just give a very special thank you to Saint Marys Coach Thomas
@coachpbt
, Long Beach State Coach
@CammonJeffrey
and Kameo Williams
@CKPremierBall
. People who mention your names in rooms when you're not present are a blessing! I appreciate y'all!
Can’t say thank you enough to
@CoachOstanik
and the Alaska Basketball Academy for bringing me out to your beautiful state and allowing me to share with your coaches and campers! Great event made even better by seeing my friend,
@UAAWBB
@CoachRMcCar
and former player Ray Bey! 💪🏾
Hopefully, by this time y’all are appreciating my dude
@StephenCurry30
even more. This is at 7 am today. Keepin the main thing the main thing. He’s a hooper. First and foremost. A hooper wit his people. Young gun Azzi Fudd puttin in work. I love this game!!
#ESPYS
!
Its not everyday when youre able to be around the best of the best! When it happens, take full advantage! Working with high school phenom
@azzi_35
and 3x NBA champion, Warriors assistant coach Bruce Frazier helped me continue to grow and learn as a coach.
📷
@CKPremierBall
Left pic is this yr at Laney. Rt pic is Jas & her family on her official visit
@GaelsWBB
where she just signed to play next season. Congrats to Jasmine Farmer! 15th player in 11 years to sign w a D1 school. No gimmicks. New school, same results. Choose Laney! 💪🏾 📷
@CKPremierBall
A few months ago when I first got to
@LaneyCollege
, my AD Coach Beam,
@beam_coach
asked me what I needed. I looked at the wall padding in the gym and said, “Coach, we have to change this. That before and after is ridiculous. We’re about to go crazy in here!
Everyday I wakeup thankful that I get to be a part of a game that ive loved since I was 7 yrs old. Whether its coaching the defending CA state champs
@DVC_Athletics
or working with
@StephenCurry30
the 🐐, its been such a great ride. So excited for the start of both our seasons!
9 passes, 2 dribbles, 15secs! Pace and space! Love how unselfish our kids played this season. State 🏆 would have been great, but the fact that at least 3 will move on to Division I, and another 4 to Division 2 makes it all worth it! 💰 secured! Great stuff happening at Laney!
Rearranging my basketball video library. I like to think that they’ve helped me stay current and improve as a coach, but
@ChampProduction
has certainly tapped my pocket a few times!
Jumped on a flight to Houston to see the best in the business
@CoachSampsonUH
and PV A&M HC B Smith speak at a
@ChampProduction
coaching clinic. Got an added bonus seeing these two U of Texas superstar assistant coaches:
@Coach_Aphil
and
@coachmcentire
! What a great weekend!
Your beautiful spirit will forever live in our hearts. I continue to strive to be the father/man that you would be proud to call dad.
My beautiful angel in Heaven.
Devin Mauray Vaughn
1/26/93 - 9/3/97
Sunday evening, my longtime Asst Coach, Matt Johnson, lost his son in a car accident. Matt is a man of great faith, a pastor at his church and someone who has dedicated his life to the Lord and serving those less fortunate than him. If you pray, please pray for him and his family
I wonder if some of y’all who convince kids to walk on at places they have no business trying to play at would change your tune if you were the ones responsible for paying that tuition after that kid didn’t get that scholarship you promised they’d eventually get. Y’all funny! 🤦🏾♂️
I'm humbled by the love that our kids are getting from some great Division I and Division II universities. National powerhouse DII school comes in and offers 4 kids on the spot! We're building something really special here
@LaneyCollege
.
Just saw on the news that the CDC needs more minorities to test the Covid 19 drugs. If any of you are curious as to why black folks are hesitant, please google the Tuskegee Experiment. If you dont know what it is, your eyes will certainly be opened.
Even though that “other dude” is the focal point of the picture, I’m hyped about being in this shot taken by a man with not 1, but 2 Time magazine covers in his resume! Thank you
@byDVNLLN
for the 🔥🔥.
Fr. guard Kya Pearson came straight from high school and led us to a 22-6 record while averaging 20 pts, 10 rebs, 5 assts, 3.8 stls and 1.7 blks. League MVP and 1st Team All State. And I originally didnt think she was good enough to make our team. smh!! Glad I didnt listen to me.
League MVP and 1st Team All State as a frosh to coming off the bench as a soph and never complained. All she cares about is winning! Now she’s on her way to one of the premier D2 schools in America!
@UAAWBB
@CoachRMcCar
is getting a WARRIOR
I was gonna post some basketball stuff today but my niece sent me these pictures of her daughter and my other nieces son. Ueah, the basketball post can wait. The babies get all my Twitter love today!! Arent they beautiful?
With a conference championship on the line, point guard Daisha Abdelkader, who has been unsung but brilliant all year played her biggest game and led us to our 6th straight victory over San Joaquin Delta College! Feels great to wake up 25-1!
@DVC_Athletics
@CKPremierBall
Just lost at the buzzer by 1 to
@DeltaWBBall
, the
#1
team in California. What a great game for our young group. Despite being severely shorthanded, we competed! Prob the first game I’ve lost in my life where I actually smiled after. Can’t wait to get everybody back!
I cant explain how happy I am for my guy
@StephenCurry30
. If yall only knew how hard he works and how humble he is, youd be happy too! Being there with him early mornings, late nights, and every other time in between, this is MY playoffs too, and WE are still winning!!
Had to give this dude a happy born day shout out! I couldnt have asked for a better coach to help run OUR program. Its amazing what can be accomplished when nobody cares who gets the credit! Last night was great! Cheers champ!
@CKPremierBall
lets run that state championship back!
Thx so much. Hard to believe that our 1st 2 yrs we had an overall record of 18-36. 7.5 yrs later, we're 200-90! All the awesome young women who have believed in us, along with great asst coaches have made it all possible. Im sincerely humbled and grateful for this journey. 🙏🏽🙏🏽
When you have entered on the bottom floor, have a vision, execute the plan, play at a HIGH LEVEL CONSISTENTLY, you’ve taken your program to an elite level, then you’re
@DVC_Athletics
@CoachRVaughn
Congrats on 200 wins my guy!
@StephenCurry30
we can’t tell him nothing now😂😂
Just looked back at the really nice congratulatory messages from
@sierrawbb
head coach Murrish when we won the last state championship. Feels good to send the same messages back this yr! Congrats and welcome to the club!!
@CCCAASports
WBB state champs 2022! Job well done!
I'm so thankful that one of my former Australian teammates was able to send me some old footage from 25 years ago. 1993! Wow! Great times in a wonderful country!
My grandma was by far the most influential person to have ever blessed my lifes journey. She was a strong Christian woman whose faith in God never waivered. Today she would have turned 97. I could never thank her enough for her love, nurturing spirit and guidance. I miss you.
So much fun coaching kids who have completely bought in to the concept of sharing the basketball. 7 passes and a wide open 3! Its amazing what can get accomplished when nobody cares who gets the credit!
Jada just took us over the $1 MILLION dollar mark in basketball scholarships earned in our 3 yrs
@LaneyCollege
.
@GaelsWBB
cost $75k per yr x3 yrs=$225k.
Recruits: Who’s Next? 👀👀
🗣️🗣️ Jada Hunter had 0 D1 or D2 offers out of high school.
9 months later, shes the 👑3C2A Co-State Player of the Year and earned a Division I scholarship to Saint Marys
@GaelsWBB
! 4th D1 signee in 3 years! All played 1yr! Great things happening at
@LaneyCollege
! 🦅
#laneybuilt
Played for me and
@CKPremierBall
for two years in junior college. Former Co California JC Player of the Year knows how to get it done. Scary part is shes just shaking the rust off. Grab ya popcorn. My kid
@10djones_
is the truth!
Another great day for
@DVC_Athletics
womens basketball. Lei Moncrease 3rd Team All State, Jahnay Anderson 2nd team, Dai Abdelkader 1st Team and Zahria Hendrix California Co-Player of the Year. On top of all that, we are the
#1
seed in the playoffs! Still bigger goals ahead.
My life’s hoop journey has been incredible, I’ve met and worked with some amazing folks, but these 2 men are the reasons that I fell in love with 🏀. Meeting my all time 🐐
@JuliusErving
and Iceman is the highlight of my hoop life! Made me feel 12 yrs old again!