Greg Bolding, Executive Director and Co-Founder
Greg serves as Premier's Executive Director and oversees Premier staff and Programs, while also running our U9-U17 Colorado Girls Premier Academy Program. Coach Greg has spent countless hours helping amateur and professional athletes develop physically and mentally and uses those experiences to develop Premier into one of the top basketball clubs in Colorado. Greg also serves as the Columbine High School Head Varsity Girls Basketball Coach. He takes pride in the work he has done by helping his clients give back to youth through sports. He is happily married to Kylie Bolding who is actively involved with Premier Basketball.
Drake Hudgins, U10-U17 Boys Director - Colorado & Utah
Coach Drake Hudgins brings Colorado and Utah Premier 20 years of experience in the game of basketball. He has been fortunate to impact both boys and girls on many levels. Prior to arriving at Premier, Hudgins served the greater Atlanta area for the past 8 years as a director and or coach. In those years his responsibilities ranged from Head Varsity Girls Coach, Assistant Varsity Boys Coach, Director of Middle School Basketball and 8th grade boys & girls coach all while coaching and training players at the elite youth travel level through Nike EYBL with Team Elite.
Coach Hudgins’ true passion comes from the commitment to teaching youth the fundamentals of this great sport. As a skill development trainer, a focus of his has been embracing the process of growth, which entails the need to focus on how players can get better every day in order to succeed later. He believes in teaching players the value of dependability, consistency, and coach-ability, in addition to understanding their weaknesses.
One of Coach Hudgins’ primary philosophy’s centers around three core principles: commitment, selflessness, and team unity. His core values focus on being open and honest with his players while holding them accountable for their efforts. Participants of our program can expect to receive quality basketball instruction designed to provide the necessary skills in shooting, defense, passing, ball handling and footwork.
Coach Hudgins is an Oregon native, and played collegiately for Seattle Pacific University in Seattle, Washington. Upon graduation he played his professional career overseas in South America. Hudgins and his wife, Amber, have four children, Marya, Khalil, Taylah, and Berkley
Anne Sabatini, Development Director
Anne has an extensive background with basketball, having coached for 20 years in Brazil. Anne has a bachelor's degree in Physical Education from the Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba and a masters in Sport Conditioning & Performance / Biochemistry from Universidade Estadual de Campinas. She worked with 7-19 year-olds for 14 years as a coach for ADCF Unimed Americana from 2001-2014, a professional women's basketball club with their Amateur Development Program and acted as Director of Basketball Operations in 2017 with the ADCF Unimed Sicoob.
She then became a coach with the Brazilian Youth National Team from 2012-2017. In 2015, as head coach, she helped lead the U16 Brazil National team to a victory over the United States in the semi-finals of the America's Cup. Anne also developed and trained many girls in Brazil who have moved into Division I programs within the NCAA such as Florida State, SUU, Michigan, Florida and BYU.
Some of her achievements include:
- Brazilian National Champions U17 (2007) U15 (2010, 2011)
- South America Tournament Champions U15 (2012, 2014)
- São Paulo State Head Coach of the Year U13 (2004) U14 (2005) U15 (2006, 2010, 2012, 2013)
- São Paulo State Champions U13 (2001, 2004) U14 (2005) U15 (2006, 2010, 2012) U19 (2004)
Anne is involved in several areas of Premier, including:
- Parker and JeffCo Middle School Player Development (Boys and Girls)
- Jr. EYBL and EYBL Team Coaching and Player Development
- Integration of our Jr. EYBL and EYBL Programs across all of our locations and streamlining integration of Parker and JeffCo programs and player development
- EYBL Opponent Scouting
- EYBL Player Evaluations
- Upcoming Premier International Player Initiatives
Erin Thorn, Girls Director, Nevada & Utah
Erin comes to the Premier program with a wealth of experience both as a player and a coach. Playing her college ball at Brigham Young University, Erin was a college All-American and led the program to its first ever NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearance in 2002. At the completion of her college career, Erin held the NCAA record for most three-pointers made in her career.
In 2003, Erin was drafted by the New York Liberty where she made her mark as a high IQ, versatile, sharp-shooting guard. Her playing career spanned ten seasons (six in New York, three in Chicago, and one in Minnesota). Erin also played several years overseas and participated in both the EuroLeague and the EuroCup. While still playing in the WNBA, Erin also spent two seasons back at BYU as the Director of Basketball Operations.
Since retiring from her playing career, Erin has spent the past eight years as a youth basketball coach. She began coaching both boys and girls at Vegas Elite Basketball Club before she rebranded the girls portion as its own non-profit organization. After joining forces with Co-Director Julius Barren, Erin helped grow the Most Outstanding Ballers (M.O.B.) program into one of the top programs in the west.
Coaching is Erin’s way to Pay It Forward to the game of basketball, helping the young ladies in the program grow both as young female athletes on the court and positive members of our community off the court.
Julius Barren, Co-Director, Nevada Premier
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Coordinators and Staff
- Terry Wright - Office Manager
- Susan Shepherd - Office Assistant
- Missy Rockey - League and Tournament Registration
