Our Coaches

Inner Strength basketball coaches are volunteers who share a love for basketball and dedication to teaching the sport at the highest level. Most of our coaches are former college athletes who have a strong understanding of the game. All Inner Strength coaches are committed to developing strong, sound members of society. Our coaches are mentors that not only teach the fundamentals of basketball, but also teach the importance of self discipline and self accountability.

• 17 and Under Black Buck Jenkins
  Buck Jenkins has an extensive background in athletics as a player, coach, motivator, team builder and mentor. He spent four years as the program director at Suwanee Sports Academy where he helped develop and market sports based programs that focused on teamwork and teaching its participants about adversity and overcoming obstacles. Buck also organized and managed coaching clinics to help local school, AAU/YBOA and recreation league coaches deal with the many difficulties and barriers involved in helping kids reach their full potential.
  Before becoming the Program Director at the Suwanee Sports Academy, Buck spent two seasons as an Assistant Basketball Coach at his Alma Mater-Columbia University. While coaching at Columbia, Buck was responsible for many areas of team development including: recruiting, new player orientation, guard development, creating the national recruiting database and organizing alumni and career counseling workshops that aimed at helping student-athletes build options for life after college.
  After graduating from Columbia University in 1993 with a B.A. in Political Science and as the schools all-time leading scorer, Buck headed to Europe for a two year professional basketball career in Portugal. While in Portugal he played for the Imortal Desportivo Clube and was the head coach for the organization's junior division team.
  
  Contact Buck:
  Phone: 404-732-5920
  E-mail: bjenkins@innerstrength.org
  
• 10 and under Buck Jenkins
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• 13 and under Red Dana Lentz
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  E-mail: dlentz@innerstrength.org
  
• 16 and under Abdul Samsid-deen
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• 12 and under (Black) Marcus Sheffield
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  E-mail: msheffield@innerstrength.org
  
• 12 and under (Red) Barry Smith
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• 13 and under Black Randall Smith
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  E-mail: bjenkins@innerstrength.org
  
• 11 and under Ricky Thompson
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• 14 and Under Damone Williams
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  E-mail: dwilliams@innerstrength.org
  
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