Mike Flamson, Newport Lightning Director of Coaching is a mentor, motivator and passionate teacher of the game. He played varsity basketball at Corona del Mar High School where he later returned to serve on the coaching staff and is currently the Freshman Head Coach and Sophomore Head Coach. A longtime community leader active in local youth sports, Mike is currently the head coach of our Girls Varsity High School team and Boys 7th grade / 13U & 6th / 12u teams.
Scott Stucki, Newport Lightning Director of Operations has been a student and fan of the game since he was a small child. He has been very active with local youth sports in California & Nevada and has coached basketball for 15+ years. He is committed to improving each player he coaches with intense, positive and energetic basketball instruction. Scott has coached at all levels of basketball and was most recently the CDM Junior High 8th Grade Head Coach. Scott is currently the head coach of our Boys 5th Grade / 11u team and Boys 10u / 4th grade team.
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Ryan Schachter, Newport Lightning Boys Varsity Basketball Consultant is currently the Boys Varsity Head Coach at Corona Del Mar High School in Corona del Mar, CA and has been there since 2006.
Jeff Fryer is a native Southern Californian who graduated from Corona Del Mar High School, where he was a standout competitor in the basketball program. After graduating from CDMHS, he earned a Division I Basketball Scholarship to play for the Lions of Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, where he was a key member of LMU’s 1990 NCAA Tournament run to the “Elite Eight.” He is the current NCAA Tournament record holder for most 3-point field goals made in a game (11, vs. defending National Champion Michigan in 1990). After earning his bachelors degree in Business Administration from LMU, Jeff played professional basketball with the Houston Rockets of the NBA in Summer 1990 and also in Europe for many years. While playing basketball in Germany for 5 years, he coached the varsity basketball team of an American High School during his free time. Since returning to the U.S., Jeff has coached at the college, high school, and youth levels, and founded the Jeff Fryer Basketball Academy (www.fryerbasketball.com). Jeff is currently our Offensive Skills & Shooting Coach and coaches several of our youth teams.
Julia Bruening, This is Julia’s first year as Head Coach for the Lightning 7th/8th girls team, a team that has been together since September 2010. In addition to her coaching duties with the Lightning Julia coaches at Corona del Mar High School as Head Coach for the JV Girls, a position she has held for the past 2 seasons. Coach Julia is a graduate of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps where she received numerous awards which include SCIAC Player of the year and induction into the CMS Hall of Fame for both basketball and volleyball. She is the first Athena to be bestowed that honor. Julia captained the Athenas to their first SCIAC Championship with an overall record of 23-3, a team that was undefeated in league. During that time she broke several records, including career rebounding, blocked shots and shooting percentage. After college, Coach Julia played pro ball in Germany for 8 seasons where she won State and Regional titles and was top scorer in league 3 seasons and top 5 the other 5 seasons. In addition to playing, she coached several youth teams; boys 18u, girls 16u, girls 13u and boys 10u where she also won state and regional titles. Julia has been heavily invested in girls basketball in the area, supporting several youth programs including starting up the elementary school league Five for 5 on 5 which she handed over to the city of Newport Beach in 2008. Julia is currently the Head Coach of our 8th Grade girls team.
Justin P. Frandson, a 1994 graduate of the University of Southern California, holds a Bachelors of Science degree, Entrepreneur program and studied Exercise Science. From 2001 to present, he is the Owner and President of Athleticism and www.athleticism.com and a national Athleticism Performance Coach. Justin is our Strength & Conditioning Coach.
