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Varsity Head Coach: Bart Brandenburg
RHS welcomes coach Brandenburg back for his sixth year as the head varsity coach. Bart spent his youth actively engaged in the sport of basketball as the son of U. of Montana, U. of Wyoming and San Diego State basketball head coach, Jim Brandenburg. Bart was a three-year varsity starter at Torrey Pines High School, where he was first team Palomar League his senior season. After high school, Bart attended San Diego State University on a full scholarship where he played NCAA Division I basketball and spent summers assisting with college and high school basketball camps.
Coach Brandenburg is a 1998 graduate of the UW. During his college years, he continued to be an active member of the community contributing his time and experience to Seattle youth in various capacities including, basketball coach, league director, and creator of the AAU Boy's Basketball program, "WAKE". After college Bart has continued coaching various youth groups including Garfield High School women's basketball team and local WAKE teams. In his first year at RHS, Bart led the Roughriders to a 14-1 season in the Kingco league and a 20-5 overall record and the team's first trip to the State Championships in 18 years! He led 2008-09 RHS Varsity team to the State Tournament and was awarded Kingco 4A Coach of the Year 2008-2009
JV Head Coach: L.J. Johnson
This is LJ's second year coaching for the Roughriders. L.J. spent his youth in Federal Way, Washington where he played basketball for two years at Federal Way High School. Graduating in 1999, he continued his basketball career by playing one year at Olympic Community College before moving to Clark Atlanta University. Named co-captain his junior and senior years, L.J. graduated from CAU with a degree in Communications in 2006. Prior to moving back to Seattle, L.J. coached at Jason Terry Basketball Camps in Tucson, Arizona. L.J. now trains and coaches at Emerald City Basketball Academy. Other interests include watching sports, playing basketball and reading.
JVC Head Coach: Jason Hopkins
Coach Hopkins comes to Roosevelt after spending a year coaching college basketball at Cochise College in Arizona under the legendary Jerry Carrillo and Jay Collins, helping the Apaches to a final record of 24-8 and a runner up finish in the ACCAC. He grew up in Edmonds, Washington where he played basketball for Edmonds-Woodway High School. His senior year he was First Team All-League, All Area and Honorable Mention All-State. Jason went on to be a member of the Cochise College Running Apaches, on a full athletic scholarship, and was an all league performer, and a member of the Apaches fifth Arizona Community College Athletic Conference Championship. During this time Coach Hopkins was named Academic All-American.
He would go on to receive another scholarship to Lipscomb University and played two years at the Division I level, receiving several awards, including the Walter Nipper Male Athlete of the year; awarded to Lipscomb's top male athlete. Jason graduated cum laude with a Bachelor's Degree in Bible from Lipscomb University in 2008. He has one daughter, Genesis.
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