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Evolution of Basketball
Yorkshire Basketball Evolution is an initiative led by three basketball enthusiasts from Yorkshire. Their aim is to promote basketball in the region by nurturing new talent, providing access to the sport for all age groups, and putting York and Yorkshire on the basketball map.
Meet the Team
All our Head Coaches are at least Level 2 qualified and are DBS checked.
Head Coach
Darren Taylor
Darren holds multiple coaching positions, including Head Coach at York Vikings (since 2014) who play in the Leeds League and for the York University's Men's and Women Basketball teams since 2023, who compete in the British University Championships. He founded Yorkshire Basketball Evolution to offer youth development coaching in North Yorkshire schools. Darren also serves as Head of Partnerships for the global charity United Through Sport and facilitates coaching to develop basketball talent in Mauritius.
Head Coach
Stefan Marz
Stefan, currently serves as the Club Secretary for York Vikings, as well as the Head Coach of the Vikings 2nd team. With 20 years of experience coaching teams in Hull and York that have competed in Doncaster, Humber, and Leeds leagues. Stefan also has worked on a program in Hull, that focused in developing individual skills of 10 to 16 year olds.
Head Coach
Tyler Paton-Pottage
Tyler, the Head of Basketball program at York College and a coach at York Eagles in the National League, has gained a lot of experience despite his young age. He began coaching at 16 and further developed his skills by studying Sports Coaching at York College and the University of Cumbria.
Additionally, he founded Jorvik Juniors Basketball, which provides basketball coaching to schools in North Yorkshire.
Our Support Coaches
Our Support Coaches, are a mix of experienced and young coaches.
Azaan Iyer
Support Coach
Ghada Khattab
Support Coach
Seb Shepherdson
Support Coach
“I'VE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT IF YOU PUT IN THE WORK, THE RESULTS WILL COME.”
— Michael Jordan