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Sade Wiley-Gatewood, Escondido, CA Basketball Coach

Sade Wiley-Gatewood

Basketball

BRONZE
18 reviews

Coach Sa’de, a 2023 SoCal Hall of Fame inductee, seamlessly intertwines elite basketball mentoring with spiritual growth through her Hoopblessings.com View all coaching experience

This coach is unavailable to take clients at this time.

Training Locations
Training Locations
  1. San Marcos, CA
  2. La Jolla, San Diego, CA
  3. Tierrasanta Recreation Center, 11220 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., San Diego, CA

Coach is willing to travel up to 25 miles

  • University of Maryland--College Park (MD)

  • 15 years

  • Qualified Private Coach
    Passed Coach Course

  • Adults, Kids, Teenagers

  • Guard, Forward, Center

  • Shooting, Rebounding, Reading the Floor, Post Moves, Pick and Roll, Passing, Moving Without the Ball, Footwork, Defense, Ball Handling, Attacking the Rim, Agility

Credentials

  • University of Maryland--College Park (MD)

  • 15 years

  • Qualified Private Coach
    Passed Coach Course

Services

  • Adults, Kids, Teenagers

  • Guard, Forward, Center

  • Shooting, Rebounding, Reading the Floor, Post Moves, Pick and Roll, Passing, Moving Without the Ball, Footwork, Defense, Ball Handling, Attacking the Rim, Agility

More About Coach Sade

2009-2010
Grossmont College Women's Basketball Coaching Assistant
*State conference quarter finals. First time in school history

2010- 2012
Mission Bay High School Varsity Women's Basketball Coach.
*C.I.F. Champions & State semi-final runners up

2013-2020
- Hoop Blessings CEO & Founder
- Coach/Trainer/Mentor

2015-2018
- Gompers Preparatory Academy Charter Girls Varsity Basketball Head Coach

2019-2020
Serra High School Girls Varsity Basketball Head Coach
*C.I.F. Champions & State semi-final runners up

2020-2021
Victory Christian Academy Girls Varsity Basketball Head Coach
*C.I.F. Champions & State semi-final runners up

- Honored as the Parade 2004 National Player of the Year
- Publication's All-America team twice (2003, 2004)
- USA Today All-America First Team (2004) and Second Team (2003
- USA Today Super 25 selection (2003)
- Publication's freshman, sophomore, junior and senior All-America teams
- McDonald's and Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) All-America (2004
- Won the three-point shooting contest at McDonalds All American
- All-American by Street & Smith's on four occasions, first team (2003), third team (2002), sixth team (2001) and honorable mention (2000)
- Gatorade State Player of the Year in 2004
- All Game Sports National Player of the Year (2004)
- Slam Magazine first-team All-America (2004)
- Student Sports All-America First Team twice (2002, 2004) and Second Team once (2003)
- Student Sports National Sophomore of the Year
- CIF-SS I-AAA Player of the Year (2001)
- Co-Player of the Year accolades twice (2002, 2004)
- CIF-SS I-AAA All-State first-team honoree (2001)
- Only underclassman to make the first team since Cheryl Miller
- Cal-Hi Sports Division I Player of the Year (2002)
- All-State First Team three years (2002, 2003, 2004)
- Cal-Hi Sports State Freshman of the Year (2001) and Sophomore of the Year (2002),
- Cal-Hi Sports Ms. Basketball (2002)
- California Miss Basketball State Player of the Year twice (2002, 2003), becoming the first sophomore to win the award since 1971
- Los Angeles Times Player of the Year twice (2003, 2004)
- Long Beach Press-Telegram Player of the Year (2002, 2003, 2004)
- Committed to Tennessee prior to high school, becoming the first player ever to commit to a SEC school before their freshman year

As a trainer and mentor, I always put a strong emphasis on mastering the basics because I believe that's the foundation for any great player. I make it a point to identify and build on the unique strengths of each player, pushing them to diversify their skills while instilling the values of dedication, fair play, and resilience. Every training I offer is crafted to fit the player's individual needs, whether they're just starting out, somewhere in the middle, or aiming for elite performance. Here's what we focus on in our sessions:

- Effective ball handling
- Solid footwork
- Consistent shooting
- Precise passing and catching
- Strong finishes
- Dynamic 1 on 1 moves
- Quick decision-making in reading and reacting
- Boosting speed and agility

Looking forward to seeing some great progress!

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Client Reviews

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Working with Coach Sa'de is awesome. She's positive, highly skilled, and super knowledgable about basketball. Would highly recommend to anyone looking for a coach!

Coach Sade was great. We will be using her again.

Coach Sade was excellent with our granddaughter. Patient, kind and very helpful with our beginner. Looking forward to more sessions.

Sade is an excellent coach! She loves what she does and it shows. Very knowledgeable and full of positivity — I can’t wait to learn more about the game from her. She’s already given me some great tools to help me excel in basketball in just one session!

Coach Sade was extremely approachable, encouraging, and complimentive.
Her knowledge and skillset of the game was unparalleled to anyone I've met before.
I was able to immediately prsctice and apply what she taught me to my game.
What stood out most to me about Coach Sade, was her ability to connect the game with spiritual hopefulness and positive mindset approach.
Coach Sade has a true gift in this regard.
I had a great session with her, and i plan on continuing.

Great Coach!!! My son learned a lot from the session and we are looking forward to how much he will learn from her to become a better basketball player.

Coach Sade is amazing. Prompt, professional, personable, talented, caring. She is absolutely EVERYTHING I could want in a Basketball coach for my daughter!! Thank you Coach Sade, we love you!

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Coach Sade is the best! If you are looking for a coach with amazing basketball knowledge who is a positive role model, she is it! She is an amazing teacher and has a way of demanding your best while being nothing but positive and encouraging! My daughter learned so much from her already and can't wait to see her again!

Coach Sade was very professional and enthusiastic. She helped my daughter with fundamentals of the game and was very attentive to her. I highly recommend Coach Sade to everyone looking to improve in basketball at all levels.

Coach Sade was excellent to work with! She was positive and enthusiastic, and responsive to my request to work on certain skills. She gave me a lot to work with on both practices and games. I highly recommend her.

The session was really helpful for me for, I didn't play basketball for a long time and she gave me a good push. She's a great coach

I purchased 7 sesions, with Sade Wiley, for my daughter who is 13 and plays guard, like Sade. My daughter is very passionate about basketball and I could tell that Sade was also. Coach Sade was positive, encouraging, and very knowledgeable about the skills/practice that my daughter needs. She gave great feedback and also made it fun.

Coach Sade was an awesome coach. I feel I leanred alot from just one session. Sade had a positive attitude and made the lesson fun. Practicing with her was a great experience. I would definitely recommend coach Sade to anyone. If you are looking to work with the best coach you can Sade is the one.

My wife and I are very thankful and grateful for the opportunity for our two daughters who participated in Hoop Blessings with Coach Sa’de and her coaching staff. Their insight and instruction in basketball was outstanding and helped our daughters significantly further develop their basketball skills. Coach Sa’de’s encouraging attitude and focus on community and service provided an excellent balance in the competitive basketball environment that Hoop Blessings participated in. We believe that our daughters grew on both a personal and basketball level as a result of their experiences with the Hoop Blessings organization. We highly recommend Hoop Blessings as a club basketball environment for young men and women. The experience has truly been a blessing to our family!
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