Coach of the Year Program

With more than 14 years of coaching, Coach Andrew Teal has had the privilege of working with players from three-year-old beginners to adult professionals, and from countries all over the world including France, Brazil, China, Puerto Rico, Spain, Argentina, Egypt, Sweden and Costa Rica. Coach Teal has been with the Orlando Magic Youth Basketball Academy for 12 years and with the National Basketball Academy for eight years.

His roles within the National Basketball Academy include lead trainer, Jr. Magic Youth Basketball League Director, Orlando Magic Youth Basketball Camps Director, Lead Clinician, AAU Director and AAU Coach. Coach Teal’s AAU teams are the graduating classes of 2018 (holding major Division I college interest) and 2023 (currently ranked no. 1 in Florida).

Although he has been fortunate to earn a variety of awards, honors, and accomplishments through coaching, the greatest achievements are better seen in the lives he has impacted. From helping players earn a college education through basketball and connecting people throughout the world to helping children with disabilities feel a sense of belonging and normalcy, coaching has given Coach Teal the ability to impact many people on and off the court.

Coach Mike Soma currently serves as Central Florida’s Sports and Facilities Coordinator for the Titusville YMCA. He has more than 11 years of coaching experience starting at the Titusville YMCA Family Center. Coach Soma’s work began as a coach for his daughter’s team and grew to becoming more involved with all sports through his three children over many age groups. He continues to work with, mentor and develop the underprivileged kids that come into the YMCA. His work also includes pioneering a new home school P.E. program, as well as a teen initiative on Friday nights focusing on bullying and teen suicide prevention and awareness. Coach Soma demonstrates outstanding integrity, character and leadership and in doing so has impacted young people on and off the court.

Coach Corey Williams has been a mentor in youth sports since his time playing collegiate basketball at State College of Florida. He now serves as Director of Space Coast Stars, a program he has aimed to make a difference in mentoring youth by teaching them important character values. When he is not in the classroom as a P.E Teacher at Calvary Chapel in Melbourne, Coach Williams is building basketball academies in China, where he travels to coach/teach international youth the game of basketball. Coach Williams demonstrates determination and advocacy for our local and international youth which has made an unmeasurable impact!