COACHES
Lazarus Sims
Native of city of Syracuse NY, Graduate of Syr. City School District Henninger High School, McDonald's All American, Nike/ABCD '90 Top 50 player. Syracuse University Starting PointGuard of ’96 NCAA championship running up. Graduated with a BA, in Child & Family Studies.
Former member & ambassador for the world famous Harlem Globe Trotters & Ex-NBA Legends 6x minor league Champion (CBA, IBL & ABA).
Current Trainer, Motivational Speaker & Mentor & Trainer for Zee360Lyfe Training.
BRANDON TRICHE
Brandon Triche is a former Syracuse University and professional basketball player who recently retired after a 10 year international career. He is the winningest player in Syracuse program history with the most starts in school history. In addition, Brandon was a 2013 NCAA Final Four participant and Third Team All-Big East performer during his senior campaign. Currently, Triche coaches and personal basketball trains the youth in Central New York.
ERIC DEVENDORF
Eric Devendorf is a former professional basketball player and current expert coach and broadcast basketball color commentator. With over a decade of experience in coaching and player development, he has mentored athletes at the youth, high school, college, and professional levels.
After playing for Syracuse University, where he scored 1,680 points, Eric enjoyed a successful seven-year professional career in the NBA D-League and internationally. He later returned to Syracuse as a player development coach and served as an assistant coach at Detroit Mercy.
Today, Eric runs ED23HOOPS, a basketball training initiative that offers individual and group training, camps/clinics as well as AAU teams for boys and girls. He also runs ED23 Foundation, which focuses on giving back to the Central New York community.
CARTER GALLE
Carter has played volleyball since 2017 and has coached various levels of youth volleyball since 2024. Carter is a graduate from SUNY Cortland and holds a masters degree in education. Carter currently coaches for Club Syrv, East Syracuse-Minoa, and Jamesville-Dewitt.