Damon Stoudamire and his experienced staff will run each camp, with the rest of the staff being made up of current players as well as some of the finest college and high school coaches in the area. We take pride in providing each participant with high quality instruction and close supervision.
Stoudamire comes to Georgia Tech after most recently serving as an assistant coach of the Boston Celtics, who currently sit atop the NBA’s Atlantic Division standings. He was with the Celtics for nearly two seasons (2021-22 and 2022-23), after a successful five-season stint as the head coach at Pacific (2016-21). At Pacific, he was named West Coast Conference Coach of the Year in 2020 after leading the Tigers to a 23-10 record in 2019-20, good for the program’s best winning percentage (.697) in 15 years, and a third-place finish in the powerful WCC (behind only national powers Gonzaga and St. Mary’s). He also was honored with the Ben Jobe Award, given annually to the nation’s top minority head coach.
Hobbs has 36 seasons of Division I coaching experience and 21 post-season appearances on his resume, and comes to The Flats following seven seasons as associate head coach at Rutgers. He helped guide the Scarlet Knights to post-season appearances each of the past three seasons, including back-to-back appearances in the NCAA Tournament in 2021 and 2022, marking the first time RU made the big dance in consecutive seasons since 1976. Hobbs helped Rutgers snap a 30-year NCAA Tournament drought when the Scarlet Knights earned a berth in the 2021 the NCAA Tournament, their first appearance since 1991.
A veteran of 10 years in European professional basketball following his stellar Tech career, Elder, 38, came to Tech following three seasons as assistant boys’ basketball coach at Clarkston High School. He has served as the basketball staff’s liaison with academic services, campus housing and dining, media and marketing, as well as spearheading outreach to former Tech players.
A former graduate assistant with the Georgia Tech men’s basketball program, Pershin Williams joined the Yellow Jackets’ men’s basketball staff as assistant coach in April of 2023 following four seasons on the bench at Kennesaw State.
Now with 12 years of full-time college coaching experience, Williams helped head coach Amir Abdur-Rahim build the KSU program into a championship team in the Atlantic Sun Conference and an NCAA Tournament team in 2023. KSU went 26-9 last season, 15-3 in the A-Sun, and three Owls earned all-conference recognition after being picked to finish eighth in the pre-season conference poll.
Babcock helps oversee and install basketball concepts and strategy for the Yellow Jackets, assist with player development and assist with practice and game planning.
A 12-year veteran of professional basketball, including 10 in the National Basketball Association, Bonzi Wells joined the Georgia Tech men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach in August of 2023. Wells will concentrate his efforts on player development and on-court coaching.
Wells, 46, came to Tech following two seasons as the head coach at Division II LeMoyne-Owen College in Memphis, Tenn., where he led the Magicians to a 34-23 record across his two years, including an 18-11 mark in 2022-23.