BECOME A COACH

Please fill out the information below if you would like to be considered for coaching a Hoops for Youth basketball team for the HFY program.  The 2024 season starts May 30 and runs through June 29.

Responsibilities Include:

• Communication with players
• Teaching appropriate basketball skills and sportsmanship based on HFY grade level guidelines.
• Provide supportive, learning, and fun experience for all kids

BECOME A MENTOR

Mentoring provides an additional layer of support for a HFY participant as they go through challenging life developments, including dealing with stressful changes at home or transitioning into adulthood.  The purpose of the MFY Mentor program is to create structured mentor-mentee relationships in order to give participants the tools and support they need to deal effectively with these many pressures.

Mentoring inherently involves personal change and growth.   The supportive, healthy relationships that develop through mutual respect for different points of view and the different stages in a career pathway can last a lifetime.

Rondrea McCruter, Co-Founder

Rondrea, is a product of Mansfield Malabar HS where his team reached the Division 2 State final four. He was named 2^nd team Ohio Heartland Conference and named to Mansfield North-South All Star team. He then went on to play SG for Columbus State helping team reach the Regional NJCAA Tournament.

Rondrea attended Columbus State where he earned a degree in Business Marketing

Rondrea has 15 years of experience coaching (assistant) for Ohio’s Top AAU programs- All-Ohio, Ohio Basketball Club (OBC) and King James Shooting Stars, he had the privilege of coaching several Division I, II, III players. In 2006 he joined Ohio Sports Plus as League Director of Basketball.

In 2003 along with his childhood friend Jeff McCoy, they formed Hoops For Youth, a youth mentoring program that uses basketball as a vehicle to teach attributes such as sportsmanship, leadership, academics and teamwork to Mansfield area youth.

Rondrea continues to serve as a mentor to many of the athletes he has coached throughout the years, assisting them in the college recruitment process.

Jeffrey L. McCoy, Co-Founder

Jeff is a 1989 graduate form Mansfield Malabar High School, where he met his wife of 14 years Amanda McCoy. Jeff also lettered in Football, Basketball and Baseball. After graduation, Jeff joined the United States Navy and served from 1989 to June of 1992 actively. Jeff is father of two, Dryden and Lennon.

Jeff attended Ashford University where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Science.

Jeff’s love for working with kids has grown from his days of working in the Mansfield City School system as a Job Coach, to his time spent at the Mansfield Area Y as the Teen Outreach and Youth Sports Director. During this time Jeff and Rondrea co-founded Hoops for Youth.

Jeff has been the assistant basketball coach at Mansfield Senior High for the past 20 years where he has been a part of many teams that have enjoyed great success. Two State Final Four appearances, two 1,000 pt. scorers, and a NBA second round Draft pick.

Jeff and his family now reside in Worthington, Ohio and he is now employed by , The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center.