Rick Winter coached high school basketball for 25 years amassing an overall win-loss record of 456 – 252 (.644 winning %), including 20 years as a varsity head coach. He began his varsity coaching career at Damien High School in Southern California. In 1993, only his third year at the helm, he led Damien to only their second Baseline League title in the school’s 40-year history.

In 1995, Winter relocated to Northern California to become the varsity head coach at Marin Catholic High School. Over his 15-year career at Marin Catholic, Winter retired with the 4th highest win % (146 – 62; .701%) in Marin County Athletic League history and an overall won-loss record of 285 – 165 (.633 winning %) at the varsity level. He is the winningest coach in school history where he won six Marin County Athletic League Championships (four in a row from 2002-2005), three North Coast Section championships and four California State Playoff appearances, including two State Semi-Final appearances. Eight of Coach Winter’s teams finished their season ranked in the top 10 of California’s Division IV.

Over the course of his 20 years as a varsity head coach, Winter also helped develop 18 players at Marin Catholic and Damien that went on to have successful careers at the collegiate level, including nine Division I players. Coach Winter was named the 2005 Northern California Division IV Coach of the Year and was named a North Coast Section Honor Coach in 2006 for his contributions to the game on and off the court.

In the summer of 2010, Coach Winter opened the North Bay Basketball Academy. His goal was to improve the fundamentals and skills, as well as mold players into leaders in the local community, in Marin County, California. Through the first four years over 3,000 players have come through the program.

In the summer of 2011, Winter became a consultant with Jeff Fryer, former LMU standout and professional basketball player, and the Fryer Basketball Academy in Newport Beach, California.

In December 2013, Coach Winter partnered with Miami Heat head coach, Erik Spoelstra, to create the Erik Spoelstra Basketball Academy in Miami, Florida. Coach Winter was the Executive Director of ESBA.

Most recently, Coach Winter partnered and served as a consultant with the Beach City Basketball Academy in Long Beach, California and is currently a consultant with First Coast Basketball Academy in Jacksonville, Florida.

Brock Winter

Director of Business Development / Director of HS Showcase Programs

Coach Winter played high school basketball for his father and NBBA Executive Director, Rick Winter, at Marin Catholic. In his senior year, Coach Winter led his team in scoring, served as a team captain and earned the honors of MCAL All-League Second Team and Honorable Mention All-Bay Area.

After graduating from Marin Catholic High School, Coach Winter attended Ithaca College (IC) in Ithaca, NY to study Sport Management. Throughout his time at IC, he served on the Athletics Game Day Event Staff and worked alongside Assistant Athletic Director, Michelle Manning, managing Ben Light Gymnasium scheduling and aiding with special projects, such as team budgets and organizing bus contracts / proposals for multiple intercollegiate teams. In January 2013, he was named a Game Day Supervisor where he oversaw game operations for 27 intercollegiate athletic teams at campus facilities (including one the country’s top facilities, the Athletics & Events Center). He also managed a student staff of about eight students during game days, served as a liaison for away teams and officials, and worked multiple postseason and NCAA Division III Championship events.

While serving as a student worker at IC, Coach Winter also served as a student manager for Cornell University Men’s Basketball team from August 2012 through December 2013. With Cornell he was an active participant during practices and games, worked out players before and after practices as well as during the offseason, and assisted with travel plans for team road trips. He also aided coaches with organizing their recruiting databases and creating itineraries for recruiting trips.

In December 2013, Coach Winter graduated a semester early with Magna Cum Laude honors from Ithaca College with a Bachelor of Science in Sport Management and a minor in Economics. On January 1st, 2014, he began working for NBBA’s sister program in Miami, the Erik Spoelstra Basketball Academy (ESBA) as the Associate Director. With ESBA he was in charge of all day-to-day duties with skill clinics, camps, and travel teams. While in Miami he helped place numerous players at the next level, whether it be at the Junior College, NAIA, or NCAA level. He finished working with ESBA in November 2015.

Coach Winter has been working with NBBA on and off since 2010. He was an active participant in the opening of NBBA and created the Academy’s logo. During the summers while he was home from college, Coach Winter was in charge and oversaw the summer high school tournaments and incoming freshman league, coached travel teams, ran skill clinics, and also worked out college players preparing them for their upcoming seasons. In November 2015, he moved back to Northern California and was named the Director of Business Development and Director of the HS Showcase Teams & Team Travel.

Madison Lott

Regional Director - Sonoma County

Coach Lott was a three-sport high school athlete playing football, basketball, and football at Paradise High School (Chico, CA). As a football player, he played quarterback and free safety for his varsity team that went 9-2 his senior year. As a basketball player, he helped his team win the Northern Section title during his junior season and averaged 16.5 PPG in his senior year. As a baseball player, Coach Lott was a two-time All-League selection. He went on to play baseball at Santa Rosa Junior College where he was named 1st Team All-Conference his sophomore season. He led the conference in doubles and stolen bases. After his sophomore year he transferred to Sonoma State University to play baseball until an injury his junior year derailed his college career. Even though he was better at baseball, basketball was always his passion and that’s why he began a career in coaching basketball.

Coach Lott began his high school coaching career in 2006 as an assistant coach under Ruben Noles at Elsie Allen HS. During that time he helped lead the Lobos to two North Coast Section appearances. In 2011, Coach Lott was named the varsity head coach at Elsie Allen High School. During his six years he compiled 70 wins. He led his team to their first ever league basketball championship in 2015. During the 2014 and 2015 seasons, his teams have recorded school records in wins (2014: 18-10 & 2015: 22-7). Both teams qualified for the NCS playoffs as well. In 2014 Coach Lott was named Youth Sports Network Coach of the Year. In 2015 he was named Sonoma County League Coach of the Year along with being awarded Press Democrat Coach of the Year. In 2017, Coach Lott was named the varsity head coach at Santa Rosa High School. In 4 Full seasons (2020 Covid Year) as the Varsity Head Coach at Santa Rosa Coach Lott has led the Panthers to 3 consecutive NCS appearances while winning 56 games in that span.

In the spring of 2013, Coach Lott started coaching with NBBA. In the fall of 2014, he was promoted to Regional Director of Rohnert Park/Santa Rosa. As Director of Santa Rosa/Rohnert Park Coach Lott in 2015, he created our Future Stars K-8 League which has become one of our most attended programs in both regions for North Bay Basketball Academy. Coach Lott is also the founder of “In Tha Lab w/Coach Lott” training program. Coach Lott is currently the Regional Director of Sonoma County and has held that position since 2017. He has been integral in the major growth in Sonoma County since he took over.