Orange County Elite was formed in 2005 by Matt Houser. Matt Houser has been around basketball his entire life. An Orange County native, Matt Houser played basketball at Laguna Hills High School, becoming the school's first basketball player to play professional basketball. Following his high school career, Matt Houser played collegiately for Chico State University at the Division 2 level, receiving MVP honors, and earning first team all conference awards. After college, he started his professional career by playing for BG-Iceline in Germany , becoming the league's leading scorer averaging 24 points per game. He continued his professional career in Europe playing in Switzerland , Portugal and France .

Matt comes from a family with a rich basketball history. Matt’s dad, Phil Houser, coaches at Laguna Hills High School. He would have Matt train his high school girls when he would return home from playing overseas. His sister, Whitney Houser, was a High School First Team All CIF player, winning the state championship for Laguna Hills High School in 1997. Whitney was awarded a full athletic scholarship to the University of Southern California where she played two years of college basketball.

It was while working with his father's teams that Matt realized that he enjoyed the training and coaching side of the sport. This gave him the idea to start a club program that would give girls an opportunity to be coached by not just high school coaches but by college coaches and former professional players who have made the journey through college basketball and beyond.

Coach Tom started playing basketball in 3rd grade and continued throughout his college years. Coach Tom grew up in Missouri , lived in Minnesota for 20 years and recently moved to California 3 years ago. For the last 20 years he has coached teams from youth developmental to Varsity High School levels. Coach Tom brings a coaching style of high energy, positive motivation and a builder of self-confidence. He believes and teaches if you want to be a better player you have to be fundamentally sound, that everything in the game comes from fundamentals, they are the roots of the game. That basketball is a learning experience just like life, to be enjoyed and that a key to each success is preparation both physically and mentally. With a shout praise, whisper criticism approach he inspires self-esteem, confidence and belief. Coach Tom’s favorite game statement is “ITS TIME TO ROCK N ROLL! He believes JOHN WOODEN said it best “What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player”.