Santa Cruz Strong

About Us

Santa Cruz Strong Girls Basketball (SCS) is a nonprofit, positive coaching basketball experience for girls, 6th-9th grade.  Girls will play hard, thrive, and develop a rewarding work ethic.  We will have experienced women coaches for players with a low player to coach ratio.  Expert mentor coach, Todd Kent, will help guide our coaches in developement of progressive, seasonal coaching plans.  This will create an enviroment where girls have a clear path to progress as a player and as a team, positive role models, and where coaches can be supported in their own growth.

 

Now accepting registrations for Fall 2025:

Pracitces at Branciforte Middle School Sundays and Tuesdays.  Players in grades 6 and up.  This is a skill building program as well as practice for our Spring Travel Teams.  

Register Here

 

 

Staff

 

Delany McCann, Coach Former D1 player, head coach Cabrillo College

 

Ashley Harmon, Coach Former UCSC player, UCSC Female Athete of the Year. Coaching experience includes B40 middle school

 

Tyler Trader, Coach Former UCSC player, coaching experience includes assisting at UCSC and Soquel High

 

Courtney Sherwin, Coach Former player, coaching experience includes B40 middle school

 

Renèe Parker , Coach College player

 

Todd Kent, Coaching Advisor.  30 years implementing basketball strategies.  Todd has a deep understanding of basketball offensive and defensive philosophy, transition and offensive concepts, terminology and implementaton.

 

Mary Lieby, Amy McEntee, Founders. Amy and Mary became aware of the lack of women coaches in female sports and decided to take action.  Together they created Santa Cruz Strong to promote women's coaching opportunities as well as provide crucial role models for girls in Santa Cruz.  Their goal is a community where coaches are given the mentoring and support they need as well as the players.  As players age, they in turn will be given the opportunities to learn how to coach.  This system allows players and coaches to flourish in a competitive and supportitive environment.

 

 

 

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Santa Cruz Strong is a nonprofit, positive coaching, basketball experience for girls, 6th-8th grade.  Girls will play hard, thrive, and develop a rewarding work ethic.  We will have experienced female coaches for the players and an expert mentor coach, Todd Kent.  Todd will help guide our coaches in developement of progressive, seasonal coaching plans.  This will create an environment where girls have a clear path to progress as a player and as a team, positive coaching role modes, and were coaches can be supported in their own growth.