Coach Bios

8th Grade Girls Blue Coach Jay Cann- Jay has been a very loyal and important member of the MPC coaching staff for the past several years. His now 8th Grade Blue team has been one of the most competitive Girls teams at that level Regionally. He is an NCAA and USA Basketball Certified Coach- who also has coaching experience at the metro-west level in the town of Westwood.

7th Grade Girls Blue Coach Josh Didick - A 2000 Graduate of Attleboro High School- Josh was a member of the 1998 State Champion Boys Basketball Team. He was also a 3 time Season MVP at Mount Ida and graduated in 2004 as the schools all time leading scorer with 1412 points. Josh has now been with his AAU group for 3 seasons- and is an active coach in Attleboro Girls Metro-West.

7th Grade Boys Coach Jim Killion - Father of 3 awesome kids (James, Katie & Nicole); Lived 40 years in Wrentham; Finance at National Grid; KP School Committee member since 2011; Wrentham Capital Committee 2013-2015; KP Finance subcommittee since 2013; Norwood High School Asst Varsity Football Coach 2013; KP Warrior Club member 2010-2015; KP Metro Coach 2008-2016; KP Varsity Football Asst Coach 2003 - 2004; KP Girls AsstVar basketball coach 2005 - 2008; KP Boys Asst Varsity basketball coach 2010-2011, 2013-2015; Mansfield Asst JV &Varsity boys basketball coach
since 2016. Stoughton Freshmen Boys Basketball & Varsity Asst basketball coach.

11th Grade Girls Gold Head Coach Sean McInnis - Sean McInnis joins the MPC AAU team as the Head Coach of our 10th Grade Girls Gold Team. Sean is currently the Athletic Director at Norwell High School- and has had very successful stints as both the Girls and Boys Varsity Basketball Teams at King Philip Regional High School. Sean has been heavily involved in youth basketball for many years- serving as an AAU coach at multiple age levels. Prior to Norwell, Mcinnis was the AD at Triton Regional High School for the past 6 years. He's also coached both Boys and Girls Basketball at Wakefield and Weston High School as well. Sean is a high level coach and person- who we are thrilled to have donning the Blue and White!

Grade and 8th/10th Grade Girls Gold Elite Coach Dan Nagle - Dan is the Girls AAU Director/Basketball Programming Director at Mass Premier Courts. He is also currently in his second year as the Head Coach of the King Philip Regional High School Girls Varsity Team- and has had successful stops as the head coach at Bellingham High, Worcester Academy, and Fitchburg State University. Dan is a 2005 graduate and 2 time captain of the Boys Basketball Team at Norton High School- and also played basketball at the collegiate level at Emmanuel College graduating in 2009. He has coached AAU basketball as well, at various levels over the last several years.

8th Grady Boys Coach Kevin Pearlstein - Kevin has couched at MPC AAU for the last eight years. He has coached for the boys middle school age group for the last 4 years and girl’s high school girls age group for 4 years. Kevin has been coaching youth sports for over 10 years. He has been head coach for Attleboro Metrowest boys for 7 years and assistant coach for girls for 4 years. He has also volunteered as head / assistant coach for boys and girls teams in Attleboro travel soccer league for 7 years. Kevin enjoys building teams that can compete competitively while working together with respect for other players.

5th Grade Girls Gold Elite Coach Katherine Puda - Katherine current is the Assistant Varsity Basketball Coach at King Philip Regional. She is a 2016 Graduate and 4 year member/2 time captain of the Girls Basketball Team at Worcester Academy. She also was a 4 year player/Captain and 2020 graduate of Brandeis University's Women's Basketball Team. Katherine has been a very active clinic and camp worker all across Massachusetts- and has coached basketball both at the town travel level and in the AAU ranks.

6th/10th Grade Girls Blue Head Coach Ari Rivera - Ari is currently the Freshman Girls Basketball Coach/Assistant Varsity At King Philip Regional High School. A former Women's Basketball Player at Umass Boston- Ari brings a wealth of experience to the MPC AAU Staff. She currently serves as a teacher in the Medway Public School System, and is excited to get started with Mass Premier for the first time!

11th/12th Grade Girls Gold Head Coach John Vine - John currently serves as the Freshman Boys Basketball Coach at State Powerhouse Mansfield High School. He has also coached on the AAU circuit for the past 9 years. John has been an extremely dedicated member of the MP Courts Coaching Staff as he finishes his last season with his current group of players, many of which have been on his squad since the third grade. John also has many years of experience serving as a Head Coach for travel teams in Metrowest for the past 9 seasons.