About Us

Danny Melzer, Co-Founder – Danny currently works as a physical education teacher and the Athletic Director at Trinity Catholic Middle School. He is the boys basketball head Freshman coach and assistant varsity coach at Stamford High School. He is currently working towards his Master’s Degree in Education.

Danny played at Stamford High School (1998-2001) where he was a three year starter and named All FCIAC and Academic All State during his senior season. He went on to play at Connecticut College where he was named captain by his teammates during his senior year.
Patrick Powers, Co-Founder – Patrick is currently a Director at PPR Sports. PPR Sports provides software solutions for sports businesses. Patrick is a former player at Brown University, where he was named All League his senior season, averaging 16 points and 6 rebounds per game. Also during his time at Brown Patrick was twice named Academic All Ivy and a Co-Sida Academic All American. Patrick is the All Time leading scorer at St. Luke’s High School in New Canaan, CT.
Greg Butler – Greg played his college basketball at Stanford University. He was drafted by the New York Knicks with the 37th overall pick in the 1988 NBA Draft. In the NBA, Greg played for the New York Knicks and the Los Angeles Clippers. In addition, Greg spent several years in pre-season and summer camps with several NBA organizations, including the San Antonio Spurs, Houston Rockets, Portland Trailblazers, New Jersey Nets, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Washington Wizards.

After his NBA career, Greg spent several years in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia playing professional basketball, as well as the CBA, USBL, and GBA.

Greg takes his years of basketball experience and places it in a format that children of all ages can understand to help them take their game to the next level. He takes the confusion out of what parts of the game should be taught and focused on at age appropriate levels. The purpose of the camp is for your child to have fun and learn quite a bit of basketball along the way. We constantly strive for a positive atmosphere at camp.