Greg, while attending Shenendehowa, led the high school's basketball team to a New York State Championship in 1987. He is the first athlete ever to have his number retired at Shenendehowa. Greg went on to study at Duke University where he also played basketball for the Blue Devils. He became the captain of the team in 1991 and helped bring it the ultimate achievement for division 1 college basketball, the NCAA National Championship. Greg also is the first college basketball player ever to play in four consecutive Final Four's. After graduation, Greg went on to play professional basketball in South Africa, Turkey, Hungary, and Japan before returning to the Capital District of New York where he became the Executive Director of the Albany YMCA. He is now the Executive Director of the East, Mid & West Valley Family YMCA's in California. He and his wife, Natalie, have two girls named Helena and Olivia, and a son named Cassius.
Don has been with the Koubek Camps since 1994. Don is a 20 year coaching veteran in the Capital District having coached both Boys and Girls Varsity programs at Bishop Maginn and Burnt Hills High Schools. Don also was an assistant coach for four years at Hudson Valley Community College. Don retired from the NYS Education Department in 2016 as the Chief Financial Officer. Don and his wife Jami currently reside in Burnt Hills, NY.
Coach Tony Dzikas was the head coach at Shenendehowa for 16 seasons. Through the efforts of his talented and hardworking teams, Coach Dzikas has compiled a Suburban Council League record of 212 wins with only 33 losses including league winning streaks of 48 games(2008-2011), 55 games(2014-2017), and ending his career at Shen winning his final 32 league games spanning from 2019-2021! Coach Dzikas led the Plainsmen to Section 2 Championships in 2015, 2016, 2018, and 2020. The Plainsmen won the Suburban Council Tournament in 2021 which replaced the Section 2 championships due to the abbreviated COVID season.
Coach Dzikas also led the Shen Basketball team to Regional Championships in 2015 and 2016. His most successful team was led by NBA rising star Kevin Huerter(currently with the Atlanta Hawks) who went 25-0 and won the State Championship! Coach Dzikas has been named four times as Suburban Council Coach of the Year as well as Channel 13 All-Star Coach of the Year in 2009, 2015, 2016, and 2020. In 2015 and 2016, he was named Class AA Coach of the Year by the Basketball Coaches Association of NY. The NYS Public HS Association recognized Coach Dzikas as their State Coach of the Year in 2015, an honor that is awarded to only one coach in the entire state.
Coach Dzikas was named Northeast Sectional Coach of the Year in 2015. The Northeast section includes the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hamphire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont. This prestigious award recognizes annually one coach for the entire region as their Coach of the Year.
Tony is a fifth grade teacher at Tesago Elementary School.
Coach Jeff Juron has been the head coach at Suffolk University in Boston, MA for seven seasons. In that time, he has built the Suffolk men’s basketball program into a consistent winner in New England. In 2018-19, Juron was named GNAC Coach of the Year after Suffolk finished as Regular Season Co-Champions and with the most wins in over 40 seasons at Suffolk. Juron’s players have received ten All-League recognitions and 15 NABC Honors Recognitions for academics. In 2020, Juron received the Schoenfeld Sportsmanship Award from the Collegiate Basketball Officials Association for leading a program that demonstrates the “highest degree of sportsmanship, character and ethics.”
Juron is a 2004 graduate of Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High School. In 2004, Juron led BH-BL to the Section II Class A Championship. He was named Section II Class A MVP as well as a Channel 13 All-Star. In 2019, Juron was inducted into the Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Athletic Hall of Fame. In 2020, he was selected to the Upstate New York Basketball Hall of Fame.
After graduating from BH-BL, Juron went on to study and play basketball at University of Rochester. As a four year starter on the men’s basketball team, Juron finished with a career record of 81-28 including three trips to the Division III NCAA Tournament and one trip to the Division III Final Four. He was a four time All-UAA selection as well as a four time UAA Scholar Athlete.
Juron resides in Boston, MA with his wife, Ashley, and their son, Jack.
Coach Sam Zullo has been the girls varsity head coach at Simsbury High School in CT since 2013. During his tenure, Simsbury has achieved new heights as a program. The team has had multiple 20+ win seasons, has lead the state in defense on three separate occasions, was ranked #2 in the state in 2017-2018 and reached the state semifinals during the 2021-2022 season.
Coach Zullo is a 2004 graduate of Broadalbin-Perth High School where he holds the school record with 1,674 career points. He was a two-time foothills council first team member, two-time Amsterdam recorder player of the year, and a two time sectional champion.
After graduating from BP, Zullo went on to play for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. During the 2007-2008 season he was named the Most Improved Player after leading the team in minutes played, leading in assists, second in scoring and being named to the NYU Tip-Off all-tournament team.
Zullo resides in Simsbury, CT with his wife Caylene, son Jordan and daughter Blakely.