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Jerry Hoover: Camp Director
Jerry Hoover enters his 23rd year of directing
D-1 Basketball Camps. Enrollment has grown from 80 to over 3500 campers during
that period. Sessions are now held on five campuses in four mid-west states.
Jerry has been an assistant coach at Indiana State and Saint Joseph's for 15 years, giving him 35 years of coaching experience at both high school and college levels. He is also a retired Colonel (Infantry) with 32 years of combined service. These experiences are the keystone of D-1 Camp's "teaching fundamental skills so that young players have fun learning with a strong dose of discipline."
Jerry is the only coach in Indiana high school history to turn losing basketball programs into winning ones at seven schools including Ben Davis, Lake Central, North Judson, and Salem. Hoover coached high school players who received over $3,000,000 in scholarships including Randy Wittman of Indiana University.
Jerry is currently the head girl's basketball coach at Logansport High School. He can be reached via e-mail at hoov@donecamps.com.
Al Rhodes: Camp Director
Al Rhodes, head basketball coach at Penn High School, started working at
Five-Star Basketball Camp in 1983. He and countless Penn Kinsman basketball
players have enjoyed the benefits of being part of the Five-Star family.
Five-Star Camp has been one of the main reasons that the Kinsman varsity
basketball team have had so much success on the floor. Coach Rhodes is
extremely excited about bringing the advantages of the Five-Star experience
to young players in Indiana.
In 2010, Coach Rhodes was enshrined in to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.
Previously coach Rhodes was the head Boys' Basketball coach at Warsaw where his teams won 14 sectionals, 7 regionals, 4 semi-states, and the 1984 state championship. Coach Rhodes has also been the varsity coach at Logansport and Fort Wayne Northrop.
Al is widely recognized as the finest teacher of fundamental basketball skills by his peers, who have selected him to coach the Indiana All-Stars (1995), to be President of the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association (1996), and District Coach of the Year three times (1984, 1986, 1992). Al enjoys teaching basketball overseas, and has worked with both Australia and Turkey to improve basketball in those countries. Coach Rhodes is a great speaker and entertains thousands every year in that capacity. Coach Rhodes coached the 2005 McDonald's All-American team.
Coach Rhodes is committed to making Junior Five-Star in Indiana the best basketball camp for boys ages 10-15 in the state of Indiana. Basketball Heaven has arrived!
Additional Staff
Coach Al Rhodes will supervise a camp staff specifically selected for boys and girls at this age. The camp ratio of 1 coach per 8 campers is the lowest in the nation and will insure individual instruction and attention for every camper.
