OC ELITE COACHES
   
 
MATT HOUSER
HEAD COACH NATIONAL

Played at Laguna Hills High School, graduated in 1996. Coach Houser went on to play at Irvine Valley College 1996-1998, and then played at CSU Chico State 1998-2000. While playing in college he received Student Athlete awards three years in a row. He has played professional basketball in Germany, Switzerland, France, and Portugal. During his professional career he has received League MVP, Euro Cup All Tournament, Team MVP, and Switzerland All Defensive Team. He has participated in preseason training camps for both the LA Lakers and Dallas Mavericks. He has coached club basketball for seven years, and personally trains DIV I players.
   
 

MIKE ANDERSON
ASSITANT HEAD COACH NATIONAL

Coach Martinez played and graduated from Santiago High School. He went on to play at Santa Ana College 1996-1998 being a part of a team that won the OEC and State Elite 8 and finished at La Sierra University. Coach Martinez played professional in Mexico for several years in the LNBP and Cibacopa. He started coaching in 1999 at Bolsa Grande HS under Coach Anderson. Coach Martinez has being coaching under Anderson since then being a part of 5 league Orange League Titles,Cif runner up, Cif semis and State Runner up. Presently he is an assistant at Long Beach City College. He teaches PE at OCEAA in Santa Ana, Married to Jasmine they have 3 kids Andi Briana, Angie Neveah and Andrian.

 
 
PABLO MARTINEZ
HEAD COACH 2014 ADIDAS SELECT


As a player Coach Ruben, was a two year Varsity Player at El Dorado High School, went on to play at Cypress College under Coach Don Johnson were he was two year starter and named Cypress College Basketball Most Improved Player  two years in a row.  Coach Ruben then went on to play for the USC Trojans under Coach Stan Morrison and Coach George Raveling and was a member of the Trojan Co-Pac 10 Championship team (1985) and was named the Trojans Most Inspirational Player (1987). Coach Ruben has coached both Boys and Girls Club basketball teams. Before joining OC Elite, Coach Ruben, as both a Head, Co-Coach and Assistant Coach has led and been apart of leading his youth teams in winning several local and regional tournaments as well as an Girls All Net National Championship and a Girls AAU Grade Based National Championship.
 
 
 
 
DOUG SHINODA
HEAD COACH 2014 REGIONAL

Graduated from UCLA in 1983. Doug has coached youth basketball for the past 13 years. The last 9 years he has been the head coach of several girls club teams. Doug lives in Tustin with his wife Judy and has 2 children. Blake (21) is currently a junior at UC Berkeley and Blair (18) will be playing basketball for UC Davis in the fall. Doug’s team will play a competitive local schedule (including viewing tournaments) at the 17U level.
 
 
   
  TOUNISA TURNER-LEWIS
OC ELITE 2016 SELECT

“Coach T” has coached at a number of levels from 7-8 grade club level, high school and college. Coach T returns to the west coast after spending another year at Winthrop University , the 2010-2011 season, with her former college coach, Bud Childers. The Eagles had a building season with young talent and Freshman of the Year in the Big South conference. From 2007-2010 she was the Head Coach at Cal State Los Angeles. During their first season, the Eagles were one of the most improved teams in the country. At CSULA Coach Turner built a stable, competitive and academically motivated program. From 2005-2007 Coach T served as Director of Impact Mentor/Leadership program, faculty member in Social Studies department and Head Girl’s Basketball Coach at JSerra Catholic High School in San Juan Capistrano . Turner-Lewis led the program to an overall record of 36-17 in her two seasons there.

Coach Turner Lewis began her coaching career at the University of Texas at Arlington , where she was an assistant coach from 1993-96. She then moved on to Long Beach State , where she was an assistant coach and later an associate head coach. Turner-Lewis was at Long Beach State from 1996-2004 and during that time she was responsible for coordinating national and international recruiting efforts, scouting opponents, developing practice plans, training programs and monitoring the academic progress of her student-athletes. With players she helped to recruit to Long Beach State , the program produced seven professional basketball players, one WNBA player, two conference Player of the Year recipients, eight first-team All-Conference selections, eight second-team All-Conference picks, four All-Freshman Team selections, two Defensive Player of the Year award winners and two Sixth Man of the Year recipients.

Turner-Lewis received her degree in communications from the University of Louisville , where she played for four years. She is one of only four players in Louisville history to score more than 1,000 points and have more than 500 assists in a career. She is fourth all-time on the Louisville career assist list with 543 and she is fifth in steals. She finished her career with 1,048 points. Turner-Lewis also has some broadcasting experience after serving as a color commentator for women’s basketball broadcasts on Fox 41 WDRB.
   
 

COACH LINDSAY ALLAN
OC ELITE 15U

Lindsay was a four year multi-sport athlete at Orange Lutheran where she helped lead her team to 4 league championships, received league MVP in 2004, earned Empire league athlete of the year in 2005, was first team all CIF, and selected to play in the North/South Orange County All Star game. She received a full scholarship to play division 1 basketball at UC Irvine and began her coaching career in 2006. Over the past six years she has coached all ages, from youth to high school, including 2 years at Canyon High School in Anaheim and 2 years as the varsity assistant coach at Santa Margarita Catholic High School. She has been involved with OC Elite since it’s beginning and has been a youth team coach and assistant coach over the years. Lindsay is currently teaching history at SMCHS and working on her master’s degree at Chapman University.

   
 

COACH LAWRENCE BADGETT
OC ELITE LADY JAGZ
HEAD COACH (2004-CURRENT)

Lawrence was born in 1961 in Oxnard California where he has has spent all of his youth and adult life. He has worked at the Camarillo State Hospital 1980-1984, after the closure of the hospital he started his painting career but to this day his heart remains with basketball and even more so it remains to the children in our community, where he does his very best work helping children that may never otherwise get an opportunity such as this! Coach Lawrence attended his elementary years and played basketball under Alex Flores at Our Lady of Guadalupe School then went on to Santa Clara High School from 1976-1979 playing under the legendary Coach Lou Cvijanovich better known to most as "Coach "C". Lawrence is a painter by trade for 20 years. His wife Gina Badgett manages the program that they have shared together for the last eight years. He has three children & two grandchildren. Words alone cannot express the gratitude to have our Jagz be part of this AWESOME Program OC ELITE.;

   

COACH BOBBY APOSTOL
OC ELITE LADY JAGZ
ASSISTANT COACH (2004-CURRENT)

As a youth, Coach Bobby played for local parks and recreation teams and as an adult has played in summertime church leagues. Coach Bobby spent several years as a martial arts instructor. He has been coaching since 2003. He’s coached baseball, soccer and flag football. In 2005, He started coaching youth basketball. He’s coached the Santa Clara Elementary School , girl’s basketball team, since 2008 and is an assistant coach for the Oxnard Lady Jagz (now the OC Elite Jagz).

 

COACH CASANDRA REEVES
OC ELITE SOUTHEAST
HEAD COACH

Reeves was a standout point guard at the University of California , Riverside . A four-year starter in the back court for the Highlanders, she graduated in 2005, leaving the program as its all-time leader in assists and three-pointers. Her on-court honors included Big West Conference All-Freshman First Team honors and Big West honorable mention (2002), first team honors (2003 & 2004), and honorable mention (2005). In 2005, Reeves received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Liberal Studies, majoring in English and minoring in Education. Following her graduation, Reeves entered the coaching ranks in the 2005-06 season as an assistant at La Sierra University ( Riverside , CA ). In 2006-07, Reeves was the girls junior varsity head coach and assistant varsity coach at Hanau High School in Germany.

Reeves was a graduate assistant coach at Missouri Valley College from 2008 through 2010. She also served as junior varsity coach for the 2009-10 season. From 2010 to 2012 Reeves was assistant varsity coach and head freshman coach at Robert M. Shoemaker HS in Killeen , Texas . Casandra Reeves joined the staff of OC Elite forming OC Elite Southeast( Niceville , FL ) AAU Girls Basketball Club in the fall of 2012, serving as youth and high school club coach. In addition, Reeves is assistant varsity coach and head junior varsity coach at Niceville HS in Florida having joined the school in the fall of 2012.