Managing Investor– Bill Ilett
President & General Manager – Steve Brandes
Sales & Marketing Coordinator – Steven Clenney
Media & Public Relations Coordinator – Travis Tate
Account Executive – Larry Maneely
Account Executive – Kyle Hays
Dance Team Director – Jessica Rowland
Broadcast Play-by-Play – Mark Snider
Broadcast Color Commentator – Ross Cook
Financial Controller – Frank Ilett
Head Coach – Michael Peck
Assistant Coach – Barry Rohrssen
Assistant Coach – Scott Williams
Director of Basketball Operations – Ed Flory
Athletic Trainer – Bradley Allison
Videographer – Ron Weatherly

Business Operations

A native of Amherst, Ohio, Brandes enjoys a diverse background ranging from traveling to Russia as a student ambassador to being a professional archaeologist throughout the Midwest for two years. Brandes obtained a liberal arts degree from the College of Wooster. He then attended Game Face, Inc.'s Executive Academy, a leading international sports sales training and placement company in Portland, Oregon. Brandes sold for a plethora of teams during his four months at Game Face. For more information about Game Face Inc.’s Executive Academy log on to gamefacesportsjobs.com.

Steve began with the Stampede as an Account Executive and has moved up the ranks serving as Director of Ticket Sales & Game Operations and Assistant General Manager. Through his time at the Stampede, Brandes has helped the team with successful transitions to a new arena and to a new league (CBA to NBA Development League). He also played an integral role in the success of the 2006 CBA All-Star Classic, as well as the 2008 and 2010 NBA Development League Showcase. Steve takes great pride in continuing to build the Stampede’s Community efforts and outreach programs through the Idaho Stampede Community Foundation.

Email: steve@idahostampede.com

Steven Clenney
Sales & Marketing Coordinator
Steven Clenney enters his third full season with the Idaho Stampede, his first as Sales & Marketing Coordinator. His responsibilities include developing Stampede marketing plans, along with sales of season tickets, group nights, mini-plans, and various operations, while also helping to oversee the entire sales staff.

Originally from Orlando, Florida, Clenney attended Florida State University where he received his Bachelor’s Degree in Media Production and Marketing. He then attended the DeVos Sport Business Management Program at the University of Central Florida where he received a Master’s Degree in Sports Business Management.

In his spare time, Clenney enjoys giving back to the community and volunteering. He spent many hours in New Orleans with his graduate school program and the Hope for Stanley Alliance helping to rebuild the city after the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina.

Email: sclenney@idahostampede.com

Travis Tate
Media and Public Relations Coordinator
Travis Tate enters his third season as the Media and Public Relations Coordinator. Tate is entering his third year in the D-League after internships in basketball communications roles with the Utah Jazz (2008-09) and New Orleans Hornets (2009-10). Tate received his Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign in Media Studies in 2006.

In his role, Tate oversees the team website, YouTube page, Twitter feed and Facebook page, produces all published content for public consumption, is the primary contact for the media, and coordinates all community outreach events.

Email: travis@idahostampede.com

Larry Maneely
Account Executive
Larry Maneely has spent most of his adult life in the Boise area, after accepting the position of Sports Newscaster with KTVB, NewsChannel-7. He spent two eight-year stints as the station’s primary sports anchor, interrupted by five years in a similar position at the Sacramento CBS affiliate. He earned significant industry honors, and realized the goal of nearly every TV sports journalist, with a chance to work in a Top-20 market , covering the 1984 Olympics, several Super Bowls, MLB playoffs and World Series, and the NBA on a nightly basis.

After 15 years in private business and government administrative service, he has returned to the sports world, joining the Stampede team as an Account Executive, where he will sell season tickets, mini-plans, group tickets, suites, loges and assist in game day responsibilities. Larry is a former member of the Boise Schools Foundation Board, an original member of the Humanitarian Bowl Chairman’s Council, a member of the Treasure Valley YMCA marketing committee, and a board member of the World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame. He is single, with two adult children who live and work in Boise.

Email: larry@idahostampede.com

Kyle Hays
Account Executive
Kyle Hays enters his first full season with the Idaho Stampede family as an Account Executive; his responsibilities include selling season tickets, mini-plans, group tickets, suites, loges and assisting with the game day operations. Hays received his Bachelor’s Degree in Sports Management with minors in Business and Marketing from Stetson University (DeLand, FL). He spent two seasons, 2007-09, as a manager of the Stetson Men's basketball team and made the roster for the 2009-10 season. After graduation he worked in Minor League Baseball for the Daytona Cubs where he spent time in every aspect of sports and learned of his potential in the Sports Marketing and sales fields.

Email: kyle@idahostampede.com

Jessica Rowland
Director, Stampede Spirit Dance Team
Jessica Rowland is entering her second season as Director of the Idaho Stampede Spirit Dance Team. She was a dancer for the previous seven.

Rowland graduated from Boise State University in 2006 with a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology and an Associate's Degree in Criminal Justice Administration. She earned her Master's Degree in Counseling from BSU in 2010, and shortly after, Rowland became a licensed professional counselor.

Email: spiritdanceteam@hotmail.com

Basketball Operations

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Michael Peck
Head Coach

Michael Peck enters his first year as head coach with the Stampede after serving as head coach at the Findlay Prep Program at Henderson International School (Nev.) the five seasons previous to his hire on September 11, 2012.

Peck accumulated a record of 157-8, including an unbeaten record of 65-0 at home during that stretch at Findlay. Findlay was the consensus No. 1 team in the country after a 33-0 season in 2009, and three of the last four years, Findlay won the National High School Invitational (2012, 2010, 2009). In addition, Findlay was the National Prep School Championship Runner-Up in 2008 after finishing the season 32-1. During Peck’s tenure, Findlay posted a 45-game winning streak (from 2008-09) and went 14-2 on ESPN nationally televised games.

Peck has coached six McDonald’s All-Americans, six Parade All-Americans, six Jordan Brand All-Americans and six NBA players, including Tristan Thompson (Cleveland), Avery Bradley (Boston), Corey Joseph (San Antonio), DeAndre Liggins (Orlando), Joel Anthony (Miami) and Louis Amundson (Indiana).

Peck was a four-year letter winner in basketball at Northwood University from 1988-93, where he earned his Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration. Peck went on to get his Masters of Education at Saginaw Valley State University in 1998.

After his time as a student, Peck coached the Men’s basketball team as an assistant at Saginaw Valley State from 1998-2003, before becoming the video coordinator at UNLV from 2003-06, working under coaches Lon Kruger and Charlie Spoonhour.

In his time in the Las Vegas community, Peck secured Findlay’s Nike team sponsorship contract, developed the partnership with ESPN for nationally televised games, while also participating with the Board of Directors, Best Buddies of Southern Nevada, and guest speaking for numerous charity events and involving himself in programs for special-needs children. For those searching for more information about Findlay Prep, more than three-dozen episodes of a web series about the Findlay program have been published to http://theseason.wordpress.com. Peck and his wife Terri have two children, Madison, 13, and Gavin, 4.

Barry Rohrssen
Assistant Coach

Rohrssen comes to the Stampede with college experience, particularly in the northeast, where he was the Head Coach at Manhattan College from 2006-2011. Rohrssen accumulated a record of 58-95 at Manhattan, while many of the players he recruited helped the 2011-12 team to 21 wins and a post-season berth. The Jaspers’ best season under Rohrssen was 2008-09 when Manhattan finished 16-14 and games against two NCAA Tournament participants. Prior to his time in New York, Rohrssen was an assistant coach at the University of Pittsburgh under Ben Howland (two-time National Coach of the Year) and Associate Head Coach under Jamie Dixon (2009 Naismith Coach of the Year). Before his time at Pitt, Rohrssen was the Director of Basketball Operations at UNLV (1995-99, Head Coach Bill Bayno) and the assistant coach at his alma mater, St. Francis College (N.Y.) from 1993-95 (Head Coach Ron Ganulin). Rohrssen played basketball as an undergrad at St. Francis from 1981-83, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management; he also played in the Catholic High School Athletic Association at Xaverian High School in Brooklyn.

Scott Williams
Assistant Coach

Williams, a 15-year NBA veteran and three-time NBA Champion with the Chicago Bulls (1991, ’92, ’93), appeared in 746 career games with the Bulls, Philadelphia 76ers, Milwaukee Bucks, Denver Nuggets, Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks and Cleveland Cavaliers, holding career averages of 5.1 points and 4.7 rebounds in 16.4 minutes per game. Williams appeared in 94 playoff games in eight postseason appearances. Williams’ career spanned from 1990, signing with Chicago after a four-year college career at the University of North Carolina (1986-90), until 2005, playing his final season with the Cavaliers. Williams then became a color analyst, broadcasting games for the Cavs for two seasons. From 2008-2012, Williams was the television color analyst for the Phoenix Suns for My 45 and FOX Sports Arizona. Williams owns the distinction of being just one of two NBA players all-time (Larry Hughes) to play alongside both Michael Jordan and LeBron James.

Ed Flory
Director of Basketball Operations

Flory, a former assistant coach with the Stampede (2005-06) and Colorado 14ers (2006-08), was the head basketball coach at The Community School in Sun Valley, Idaho from 2008-10 and head basketball coach at Penn State Mont Alto (Mont Alto, Penn.) from 2010-11. Flory was a nationally-renowned swimmer at Kutztown University, an NCAA Division II national champion and 15-time coaches All-American. Flory also trained with USA swimming for the World Games in Berlin and the Olympics in Moscow (United States did not participate in 1980 Olympics). From 2000-05, Flory was an assistant men’s basketball coach at Penn State-Mont Alto, including 2002, when the team won the CCAC Conference Championship.

Bradley Allison
Athletic Trainer

Brad grew up a few hours from Boise in Gooding, Idaho. He completed his Bachelors of Science degree in Athletic Training at Boise State University in 2011 and is currently working on earning his Master of Kinesiology degree in Biophyiscal Studies from Boise State University.

Ron Weatherly
Video Coordinator

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