Auteur: Brook Cupps

Brook Cupps is a teacher and the head basketball coach at Centerville High School in Centerville, Ohio. In his 22nd year in education, Cupps has been a head coach for 21 years and is in his 10th season at Centerville. In the classroom he leads students in two leadership classes for which he wrote the curriculum. His Foundational Leadership class focuses on leading oneself while Transformational Leadership explores how to best lead others. Cupps is a high school graduate of Graham High School, has an undergraduate degree in Secondary Math Education from Capital University, and earned his Master »s Degree in Educational Leadership from the University of Dayton.On the court, Cupps has earned several coach of the year honors while guiding his Centerville teams to multiple sweet 16 and elite 8 appearances. His 2021 team recorded a school record 26 wins on the way to the Division I State Championship, first in school history. Prior to Centerville Coach Cupps spent nine years as the head coach at St. Paris Graham High School in rural Southwest Ohio where he taught Geometry, Advanced Math, and AP Calculus before serving the last five years as the school »s Athletic Director. His 2008 team advanced to the school »s first-ever final four.In addition to his time at Centerville and Graham, Cupps spent five summers helping coach the North Coast Blue Chips where his son, Gabe, teamed up with Bronny James. The « Chips » were a national sensation in the grassroots basketball world from 2014-2019, winning two youth National Championships along the way. He now coaches the 17U Midwest Basketball Club team playing on the Adidas 3SSB circuit. The 2021 MBC team finish 35-5 and as a top ten team in the country.Cupps also teaches leadership and writes a weekly blog on his bluecollargrit.com site.Coach Cupps resides in Centerville, Ohio with his wife, Betsy, daughter, Ally (20), and son Gabe (17).