Coaches
Coach Tommy
Coach Tommy has been involved in high school basketball for over a decade and became the boys varsity head coach at Foothill High School in 2023. In his first season as head coach he led Foothill to an NCS Division 1 playoff win - which was the first home playoff win since 2006. Coaching in the distinguished East Bay Athletic League (widely regarded as the best high school basketball league in Northern California) has given Tommy valuable experience being around the highest levels of varsity basketball.
Tommy founded Advantage Basketball in the spring of 2025. The inspiration for doing so came from his desire to provide solid teaching to grass-roots basketball players in the Tri-Valley area.
Coach Tommy graduated with a B.S. degree in Kinesiology with an emphasis on Exercise Physiology from California State University, East Bay.
Coach Zach
A full time athletic performance development coach and personal trainer, Coach Zach works with youth and adult athletes from a variety of both team and combat sports. He has had the privilege of working with youth athletes that have eventually gone on to play NCAA Division 1 and Division 2 basketball, as well as various high level amateur and professional combat sport athletes. Coach Zach became the boys basketball performance coach at Foothill High School in 2023, and was named as a varsity assistant in 2024.
Coach Zach graduated with a B.S. degree in Kinesiology with an emphasis on Pre-Professional Rehabilitation Science from San Jose State University.
Coach Donovan
Coach Donovan is a former college basketball player at the Division 2 and Division 3 level. He played 4 years at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), a Division 3 program in Worcester, Massachusetts where he was the 1st team All-Conference, Conference Defensive Player of the Year, and NABC All-District 2nd Team during his senior year. Coach Donovan received a scholarship to play for the Division 2 program at Sonoma State University for his 5th year as a graduate student.
The years of basketball experience as a player and coach has allowed him to pass on what he's learned to young athletes of all ages.