Solomon B.

Just completed seventh year at the helm of Saint France School.  In the past three years, the Saints have won three consecutive Interscholastic League of Honolulu (ILH) varsity conference titles and a State Championship in their third year as a varsity program. I have won 20 or more games each year and was undefended during its State Championship year (2013). My overall record at Saint Francis School 36 – 3 in conference play.  I have been named BIIF – 2X’s, OIA -2X’s and ILH 2X’s Coach of the Year, and have won the conference/division championship in each one of those conference’s.  In the 40 pus years of coaching I have coached multiple All State players and a State Player of the Year.  The 2012-2013. My squads finished the year ranked #7 in the Star-Honolulu Advertiser coaches’ poll and ranked Number one in the DII Division State wide.  Saint Francis Secondary School has been an all-Girls School for 80 pus years; in its first 3 years of boys’ varsity basketball it has been very competitive, so competitive that It was nicknamed D-I Destroyers and the only local team to beat the D-I State Champions, along with 6 other D-I State Qualifying teams.

Coaching -
American Sport Education
Certified High School Coach - American Sport Education Program & the National Federation of High School Coaches Education Program
NCAA Certified College Coaching Program
Certified Athletic Administrator
Interscholastic Coaching Accreditation  

Professional               Director, Hawaii State Amateur Athletic Union/Junior Olympic Basketball
Member                      Director, Hawaii Basketball Association Inc.
National Association of Basketball Coaches
Hawaii High School Athletic Association
Member, National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association

Awards                       5th Degree Karate Black Belt - 1967-68 All USARA Karate Champion
BIFF two-time nominee Basketball Coach of the Year
BIFF Southern Division Basketball Coach of the Year
BIFF Southern Division Champions
OIA Western Division Champions
OIA Western Division Basketball Coach of the Year
ILH Division II Champions 3 years
ILH Division II Coach of the Year 2011 – 2013
KSSK Coach of the Week 5 times
Basketball State Ranking 8th (State Tournament) St. Joseph’s Hilo
Basketball State Ranking 1 State Champions DII

I consider myself a “tough love” coach.  While my players are in the program, typically it’s tough for them to understand the commitment and discipline that has been established for them to be a successful part of the team.  It’s usually after the season or several years after their high school career where they look back on the experience and start to understand why certain things were done certain ways. I use basketball as a tool to teach my players the difference between right and wrong.  If I have an athlete who leaves my program without learning the difference between making a good or bad decision, I have failed that athlete.