Our Coaches

Our coaches run skills clinics, assist at Edgemont Rec practices, coach travel teams, and train Edgemont players on a 1-on-1 or small-group basis.

SILVIO DISALVATORE joined Edgemont Hoops in 2021 to coach in our boys program. Coach Sil is a fixture in Westchester youth basketball with years of experience coaching at the AAU and high school level. He will act as the head coach of the boys 5th-grade and 6th-grade teams for the 2022-23 season.

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DAVID SCAGNELLI is an Edgemont resident, physical education teacher in the Scarsdale schools, and former high school coach with over 20 years of professional experience. Dave is the lead coach for Edgemont’s girls travel program. He also runs clinics for Edgemont Recreation and offers small group and 1-on-1 training year-round.

Coach Scags drew up a play for this buzzer-beating win (4th-grade boys, spring 2018 CYO league)

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BRIAN RILEY joined Edgemont Hoops for the 2021-22 season. Coach Riley has significant coaching experience in AAU and at the high school level. Coach Brian and Coach Ryan (below) will co-coach our 4th, 7th, and 8th-grade boys teams for the 2022-23 season.

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RYAN LOBBAN joined Edgemont Hoops as a skills trainer in 2021. He will co-coach our 4th, 7th, and 8th-grade boys teams for the 2022-23 season with Brian Riley. Ryan has significant coaching experience at the travel and AAU levels.

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BRIAN DAVIS is a teacher in the Edgemont schools and an experienced youth basketball coach. Brian runs clinics and supervised open gyms for our travel and recreation programs and periodically coaches a travel team.

Coach Brian stresses ball movement

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ROB SAUERHAFT is an Edgemont resident and experienced travel and AAU coach. He specializes in 1-on-1 and small group training with an emphasis on shooting mechanics and basic fundamentals. Rob is also an assistant coach in our travel program.

*Coach Sauerhaft led the 8th-grade Edgemont Dunking Divas to their greatest win: 44-39 over Sleepy Hollow, December 2018*

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JOE DIMAIO was a teacher for 10 years and is currently the Assistant Principal at Eastchester High School. A former basketball coach at Tuckahoe High School, Joe joined the Edgemont Hoops staff in 2021 and assists in a number of different areas.

HOOP EDUCATION CENTER

1. THE PISTOL INVENTED THE “RONDO”
The ball fake move commonly credited to Rajan Rondo was in fact pioneered by Pistol Pete Maravich.

See how Edgemont’s Avery Yee used the move effectively in a playoff game.

2. DIMINUTIVE LEGENDS
Tyrone “Muggsy” Bogues stood all of 5’3″ but nonetheless was a star point guard for famed Dunbar High School in Baltimore, where his tenacity led the team to a #1 U.S. ranking in 1983.

Muggsy had a successful career at Wake Forest and in the NBA. He remains an inspiration for vertically challenged basketball players everywhere.

3. SPORTSMANSHIP FOCUS

4. GLOSSARY
Posterizing a player involves dunking the ball over the top or in front of another player in such a forceful and/or picturesque manner that it may appear on a poster.

5. BACK IN THE DAY
Jason Williams was one of the NBA’s great showmen. See his incredible highlight reel.

6. QUOTES
“I like slam-dunks, take me to the hoop, my favorite play is the alley-oop, I like the pick-and-roll, I like the give-and go…” — Rapper Kurtis Blow in “Basketball.”