2024 COACHES
11th GRADE
Andre Strothers (head coach)
Andre is in his 11th year at Fencor. He is an assistant varsity and head JV coach at Germantown Academy. He previously served as an assistant at Plymouth Whitemarsh and Springside School. He also helps run Another Level Basketball, an instructional company.
Erin Martin
Erin played as a two-year starter at William Penn Charter School and was a two-year starter at Plymouth Whitemarsh High School, where she was a two time all league player. She attended Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Erin is in her third year with Fencor.
10th GRADE
Andre Strothers (head coach)
Andre is in his 11th year at Fencor. He is an assistant varsity and head JV coach at Germantown Academy. He previously served as an assistant at Plymouth Whitemarsh and Springside School. He also helps run Another Level Basketball, an instructional company.
Erin Martin
Erin played as a two-year starter at William Penn Charter School and was a two-year starter at Plymouth Whitemarsh High School, where she was a two time all league player. She attended Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Erin is in her third year with Fencor.
9th GRADE
Todd Rose (head coach)
Todd is a former assistant coach at Plymouth Whitemarsh High school and at Springside School. Has been coaching Fencor for 11 years.
Siani Wynn
Siani was on Abington Friends School’s FSL championship team. She is in her second year as a coach at Fencor.
8th GRADE
Lardita Ridout (head coach)
‘Coach D’ was the head coach at Norristown High School, where she also helped coach their AAU team that played in the off-season. She currently is an assistant coach at Hatboro-Horsham High School.
7th GRADE-White
Lardita Ridout (head coach)
‘Coach D’ was the head coach at Norristown High School, where she also helped coach their AAU team that played in the off-season. She currently is an assistant coach at Hatboro-Horsham High School.
6th GRADE
Brian Duross (head coach)
One of the most successful high school coaches in Southeastern Pennsylvania. He coached Archbishop Wood for 13 years. Also was a men’s assistant at Penn State-Abington. Duross also coached the Montgomery Fusion AAU club. Has a career record of 444-220 (.667 percent). He current runs youth fundamentals clinics.
5th GRADE
Brian Duross (head coach)
One of the most successful high school coaches in Southeastern Pennsylvania. He coached Archbishop Wood for 13 years. Also was a men’s assistant at Penn State-Abington. Duross also coached the Montgomery Fusion AAU club. Has a career record of 444-220 (.667 percent). He current runs youth fundamentals clinics.
4th GRADE
Greg Godfrey
Greg is a former college coach at Penn State-Abington. He was also the high school varsity head coach at Nazareth Academy. Greg also had his own AAU club, the Greg Godfrey All-Stars. He was a standout player at Abington High School.
3rd GRADE
Arielle LePage
Arielle played four years at Conestoga High School. She also has national experience, having played for the Philadelphia team at the North American Maccabiah Games. She will be assisted by a number of coaches with high school playing experience.
Coaches Box – A Note of Appreciation
Just a short thank you to all the men and women who; took all the time necessary, gave up all that family and even vacation time, planned all those practices, went to all those tournaments, listened to all those excuses for missing all those planned practices, put up with all those bad refs calls at all those tournaments, cared so much about each player, tried so hard to be positive in critiquing the players, and loved practically every minute of it!!!!!!!!!!!
Fencor prides itself on the quality of volunteer coaches we have. Not that each one is perfect all the time but overall there is a lot of basketball taught, team building done, individual improvement and positive relationships built. On average between 2 practices a week and about 7 tournaments per team, the coach spends a minimum of 120 hours with the team, not counting any travel, planning, phone calls, wondering time, tryouts, and meetings. Somewhere all this fits the definition of commitment. Thanks!
Interested in becoming a Fencor Coach? Here are the qualifications.
The club looks for people that can meet the demanding time commitment, have some knowledge of the game from playing and/or coaching, and can organize and manage practices and games.
At least as important as that skill set is that the coach can keep winning in perspective, handle varying levels of parental interest, create a team atmosphere, and understand the important impact a coach can have on a young player.
Different age levels clearly need coaches with different abilities and outlooks. The club has a Criminal Background Check and Child Abuse History Clearance done on each potential coach. We try hard not to have a parent coach a Fencor team with his or her child on that team.
If interested, email fencor@fencor.org.