Dr. Bridgette King, EdD

Owner/Head Coach

(972) 275-6734

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
🏀Doctor of Education - Sports Management
🏀Master of Arts - Organizational Management
🏀Bachelor of Arts - General Psychology

OTHER SPORTS POSITIONS HELD:

🏀2022-Present: USA Basketball Appeal Panel
🏀2021-Present: City of Fort Worth Youth Sports
🏀2018: STUDENTAthlete World (SaW USA) U16 Girls National Championship Head Coach
🏀2016 & 2017: USA Basketball Open Court Lead Administrator
🏀2016 & 2017: Olympic Day Organizer
🏀2012: Co-Founder/Executive Director - Southwest Youth Sports Commission (SYSC)
🏀Ongoing Board Member: Full Court Advantage/She's Up Showcase/Swin City League
🏀2013-14: Former Board Member - City of Lancaster (TX) Basketball Association

COACHING CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSES:

🏀T.A.A.F./NRPA SMS University
🏀AAU/Positive Coaches Alliance LEVEL 1: Double-Goal Coach I: Coaching for Winning and Life Lessons
🏀AAU/Positive Coaches Alliance LEVEL 2: Double-Goal Coach II: Culture, Practices and Games
🏀AAU/Positive Coaches Alliance LEVEL 3: Double-Goal Coach III: Developing Triple-Impact Competitors
🏀FIBA 3x3 E-Learning Certificate
🏀NAIA Champions of Character Certification (NAIA) Character Driven Coaching
🏀NCAA Coaches and Operators
🏀NCAA Eligibility
🏀NFHS Coaches Association
🏀NFHS Certified Interscholastic Coach (CIC) - Level II
🏀NFHS Accredited Interscholastic Coach (AIC) - Level I: Coaching Basketball
🏀NFHS Accredited Interscholastic Coach (AIC) - Level I: Coaching Unified Sports
🏀NFHS Coaches Association
🏀NFHS Coach Level I
🏀NFHS Coach Level II
🏀NFHS Coach Level III
🏀NFHS National Parent Credential
🏀National Alliance for Youth Sports - Basketball (NAYS)
🏀National Alliance for Youth Sports Select (NAYS SELECT)
🏀National Youth Sports Administrators Association (NYSAA)
🏀Parents Association for Youth Sports (PAYS)
🏀USA Basketball Youth Development Golf Coach License
🏀U.S. Center for Safesport

ADDITIONAL SPORTS CERTIFICATIONS/TRAININGS:

🏀Athlete Ally Learning - Champions of Inclusion
🏀CDC Concussion Training
🏀NAYS Soccer
🏀NAYS Bully Prevention
🏀NAYS Concussion Training
🏀NAYS Mental Health Challenges Training
🏀NAYS Protecting Against Abuse Training
🏀NFHS ACL Injury Prevention
🏀NFHS Afterschool Security
🏀NFHS A Guide to Sports Nutrition
🏀NFHS A Guide to Heat Acclimatization and Heat Illness Prevention
🏀NFHS Appearance and Performance Enhancing Drugs and Substances
🏀NFHS Basketball: Fundamentals of Coaching Basketball
🏀NFHS Bullying, Hazing and Inappropriate Behaviors
🏀NFHS Captains Course
🏀NFHS Coaching Adapted Sports
🏀NFHS Coaching Basketball
🏀NFHS Coaching Unified Sports
🏀NFHS Concussion in Sports
🏀NFHS Concussion in Sports v2.0
🏀NFHS COVID-19 for Coaches and Administrators
🏀NFHS Creating a Safe and Respectful Environment
🏀NFHS Engaging Effectively with Parents
🏀NFHS First Aid, Health and Safety for Coaches
🏀NFHS Fundamentals of Coaching Basketball
🏀NFHS Fundamentals of Coaching v2.0
🏀NFHS Heat Illness Prevention
🏀NFHS Implicit Bias
🏀NFHS P.A. Announcing
🏀NFHS Positive Parenting within School Programs
🏀NFHS Protecting Students from Abuse
🏀NFHS Safesport Protecting Students from Abuse
🏀NFHS Social Media
🏀NFHS Sportsmanship
🏀NFHS Sports Nutrition
🏀NFHS Strength and Conditioning
🏀NFHS Student Mental Health and Suicide Prevention
🏀NFHS Teaching and Modeling Behavior
🏀NFHS The Collapsed Athlete
🏀NFHS Title IX
🏀NYSCA (National Youth Sports Administrators Association)
🏀Parents Association for Youth Sports (PAYS)
🏀Responsible Sports Coaching Education Program
🏀Texas Autism Virtual Conference - Parent Support Following an Initial Autism Diagnosis
🏀Texas Autism Virtual Conference - Intersectionality of Race & Autism: Supporting Black Families with Children on the Spectrum
🏀Texas Autism Virtual Conference - Autism and the Family: Understanding the Brain and Family Dynamics for Better Interventions and Supports

OFFICIATING CERTIFICATION:

🏀NFHS Interscholastic Officiating

AWARDS

🏀2024 Jr. NBA Community Coach of the Year - Dallas Wings
🏀2019 President's Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition Community Leadership
🏀2016 White House Champions of Change for Extracurricular Enrichment for Marginalized Girls and Girls of Color
🏀2016 President's Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition Community Leadership
🏀2012 TAL 10U Girls Division Head Coach of the Year


Coach Bree has been the leader of the Lady Panthers since Day 1 (April 10, 2010) as Head Coach of Team Defense (the Lady Panthers' former name before changing it in the Fall of 2010). She has a daughter who plays for the program and has a dedicated, loyal passion for the sport of Basketball. Coach Bree operates now more on the administrative side than on the bench and sidelines, but still coaches sometimes to keep her skill level up. Her passion is to watch the kids excel in their own personal development being trained by her awesome staff of coaches!