Boys Basketball Coaches
Steve Pratt
224-805-1399
spratt@fullpackagesports.com
Co-founder of Full Package Athletics, Steve is regarded as one of the finest basketball teachers in the nation. He has trained thousands of athletes, including professional athletes Elton Brand, Brad Miller, Thabo Sefolosha, Brian Cook and Ruth Riley among many others. Every summer Steve prepares college players for the NBA Draft.
Billy Welcome
847-331-3109
bwelcome@fullpackagesports.com
The president and co-owner of Full Package Boys Basketball, Billy is a fixture at all of Full Package's basketball camps. After playing collegiately at St. Lawrence University in New York, Billy began working at basketball camps across the country. He began working for Full Package as an intern in the summer of 2003 and began working full time at Full Package in June of 2004. Coach Welcome directs Full Package's highly regarded travel basketball program for boys and gives individual and semi-private training lessons. Welcome also runs Full Package's highly successful Fall High Boys Exposure Leagues. Coach Welcome led his teams' to AAU Nationals the past two seasons, capturing the 12-Under State AAU Championship in 2009.
Dominic Pavell
847 224-1174
dpavell@fullpackagesports.com
Dominic, one of Full Package's longest tenured coaches, has coached at all levels in our travel program. Pavell is a certified personal trainer and has been a part of Full Package's leagues, teams and camps for over six years.
Pat Gordon
773-220-0578
pgordon@fullpackagesports.com
Gordon is known for his on court intensity and incredible attention to detail. He was formerly the Lincoln Park High School (Chicago) sophomore coach and an assistant varsity coach. Gordon recently accepted a varsity assistant coaching position with Loyola Academy. He is directing our 7th grade teams during the fall and winter 2009 and 2010 season. Gordon has led Full Package to numerous championships, including a state Super Regional Championship and a trip to AAU Nationals in the spring of 2008.
Kahleaf Russell
240 354-3594
dcproduct2@yahoo.com
Kahleaf played basketball in college for the University of Miami before transferring to Florida Atlantic University. He began coaching for Full Package in the summer of 2009 and has been a fixture at Full Package's camps, leagues and travel teams ever since. Russell's easy going personality and ability to teach any age, from 4th graders to college athletes, has made him an incredible asset for Full Package. Kahleaf is helping coach the 7th and 8th grade Full Package fall and winter travel teams during the 2009 and 2010 season.
Tom Prokopij
tprokopij@fullpackagesports.com
Tom played basketball at Schaumburg High School before becoming the student manager for the Illinois State University Men's basketball team. He has coached several of Full Package's junior high travel teams and directed the Full Package 5th/6th and 7th/8th Grade Exposure Leagues in the fall of 2009, which featured over 120 athletes. Tom is also one of Full Package's top skills instructors and is coaching in the Barrington feeder program during the fall/winter 2009-2010 season.
Benjamin Kaufman
Benjamin began his Full Package coaching career 3 years ago and has grown into one of our most enthusiastic coaches. He has coached 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th grade travel teams during his Full Package tenure. He is also an assistant coach with the Stevenson High School boys' varsity team.
John Clancy
John has been a member of the Full Package family since spring 2009 and is the sophomore coach at Wheeling High School. He coached two high school Full Package teams during the spring 2009 season and served as the sophomore coach at St. Viator High School. John is known for his tremendous ability to motivate and make in game adjustments.
Vlado Jaksic
A native of Serbia. Vlado was the assistant varsity coach at Dunbar High School (Chicago) and coached two Full Package high school teams in the spring of 2009. He is a certified personal trainer and is well known throughout Chicago for his ability as a skills instructor.
Jonathan Malats
Jonathan coached one of Full Package's 6th grade travel teams in the spring of 2009 and is a coaching fixture in the Full Package Exposure Leagues. He is also a feeder coach in the Deerfield Young Warriors program.
Eric Kelly
Eric has been a varsity assistant coach at Providence St. Mel High School (Chicago) for the past three years and an important member of Full Package's coaching staff. He has coached several high school teams during his Full Package coaching career with a tremendous amount of success.
Louis Walker
Louis is an assistant coach at Oakton Community and formerly an assistant at South Suburban College and Calumet College. He is a tremendous asset to Full Package's staff. As the associate head coach of Full Package's 17U Elite team during the spring and summer 2008 and 2009 travel seasons, Louis helped the teams finish among the best in the country. He will coach the 17U Elite team during the spring and summer 2010 season.