Head Men's Basketball Coach @ North Central Missouri College | ‘19, ‘20, ‘21, ‘24 National Tournament Qualifier |MOKAN 🏀 | CMU 🏀 |
#TeamMEB
| GO PIRATES!
Christmas time in KC = The William Jewell Tournament. Been going since I was a kid & now get the opportunity to recruit at it every year, but tonight was EXTRA special as the Greater Kansas City Officals Association honored our Father with a Lifetime Achievement Award! 🏀❤️🦓
Day of reflection... So proud of our guys, way to much to say in 140, but just know...
Everything We Did...WE DID TOGETHER!!
✅ 27-3
✅
#1
In the Nation
✅ Undefeated Region 16 Champs
✅ Great Plains District Champs
✅ National Tournament Qualifier
✅ Finished
#6
in the Nation
7 Sophomores...
7 Graduates‼️
Today we celebrate these 7 guys and their accomplishments in the classroom. All 7 walk across that (virtual) stage with their Associate of Arts Degree.
It’s a GREAT day to be a Pirate!!
📚🏀🏴☠️
What a fun night! So proud of our guys and all the hard work they have put in this year to become Region 16 Champs!! Their energy, effort and attention to detail was great all week! Back at it next Saturday!
🔴🏀⚫️💪
Honored! Wouldn’t be were I’m at as a coach or a man w/o all those
#TeamMEB
summers and the relationships developed from it! Grateful for the opportunity
@CoachDoty
&
@Coach_Schmit
gave me when I was just starting out & proud to be a small part of all the
@MidwestEliteBB
success!
Jeremy Esry has been named
@MidwestEliteBB
Coach of the Year for 2018.
Coach Esry has directed MEB camps for eight summers. He has an incredible personality, he is authentic, and he is a great teacher.
Congrats Jeremy and thanks for all you do.
#TeamMEB
6 Sophomores... 6 Graduates!! Proud of these guys & all the hard work they have put in on the court but more importantly the classroom these last 2 years. The North Central Men’s Basketball Program is better because of them!
Back-to-back appearances in Danville for the Pirates!
North Central Missouri clinched the Central Plains District title, punching its 🎟️ to the
#NJCAAmbb
DII national tournament for the second time in program history.
Proud of this team and all the success they had in the classroom last semester!
3️⃣.0️⃣3️⃣ Team GPA!
9️⃣ Guys with a 3️⃣.0️⃣ or higher!
4️⃣ with a perfect 4️⃣.0️⃣!
Congrats to Penney High Alumni J Esry and J Richman for winning the NJCAA Division 2 Region 16 Championship. Also congrats to Coach Esry on winning the Region 16 Coach of the Year.
Things like this happen when you surround yourself with great people! Can’t thank
@CoachGossett13
enough for his time and dedication on a daily basis to our guys and our program!
Excited to get on the road today and compete in our 1st Jamboree of the season!
📍Ames, IA
⏰ 1:00pm vs Northeast
⏰ 3:00pm vs Kirkwood
⏰ 5:00pm vs Iowa Lakes
#Pirate
🏀
So dang proud of
@MartyJa47221000
! Came in as a freshman & was on our 3rd string. Didn’t complain, didn’t ask to transfer. He just went to work everyday, stayed positive, controlled what he could control & made the most out of his opportunities.
That’s what’s ALL-AMERICANS do!!
🏴☠️ North Central Missouri MBB Historic 2019-2020 Regular Season
🔴 Best record in school history (25-3)
⚫️ Schools first
#1
ranking
🔴 9 Weeks ranked
#1
in D2 NJCAA.
⚫️ Won 18 games straight
🔴 School record with 142 points in a game
⚫️ Undefeated in Region 16 play
Congratulations to Sophomore Guard TJ Babikir (
@Tj_babikir35
) on being selected to the NJCAA D2 All-Region 16 2nd Team. TJ is currently averaging 10.4ppg and 3.1apg while shooting it 38.1% from 3 and 85.5% from the line.
Thanks‼️ We have some great players that are even better people. This also doesn’t happen without that EYBL experience and all I’ve learned along the way thru you guys about basketball but more importantly player relationships!
#MokanFam
Pirates Basketball with a come from behind win over State Fair CC tonight 89-84. Trailed by 16 points with 9 minutes left to play before mounting the comeback.
Not bad for just a small town boy from Jameson!
Have learned a lot from Coach Holley over the years, a lot about basketball but even more about life and how to treat people.
4️⃣8️⃣ Seasons as a head coach
9️⃣1️⃣6️⃣ Wins
1️⃣2️⃣ Conference Championships
1️⃣4️⃣ National Tournaments
2️⃣4️⃣ All-America Honors
1️⃣5️⃣x Coach of the Year
The legend calls it a career.
📝
Congratulations to Jordan Reece, freshman guard from Wichita Falls, Texas, for being named 1st Team NJCAA D2 All-Region 16! JR averaged 13.5ppg and 4.8rpg while shooting 58% from the field.
Congratulations to Freshman Forward Marty Jackson on being selected to the NJCAA D2 All-Region 16 1st Team. Marty is currently averaging 9.7ppg on 62% from the field. Shooting 55.6% from 3 and pulling down 5.5 rebounds per game.
Head Coach Kyle Cooper making moves for
@HowardHoops
as he brings in Assistant Coach Taylor Lavery! Prior to joining the Hawks, Lavery was Asst Coach at North Central Missouri College. Welcome to the Hawk Fam, coach!
#hawksflytogether
Good luck to
@MokanBasketball
as they start off the 2018 EYBL season today! Grateful for my opportunity with them last summer, learned a ton & made a lot of great memories! Go get some more peaches! 🏀✊🍑
ZOOM workout session
#2
is in the books. We did not let the rain hold us back! Great session with a great guest presenter. Thanks Coach Esry for ZOOMING in and leading an outstanding session!! Go Pirates!!
Congratulations to Sophomore Forward Marty Jackson (
@MartyJa19199185
) on being selected as the NJCAA D2 Region 16 Player of the Year!! Marty is currently averaging 15.6ppg and 6.7rpg while shooting 59% from the field and 37.8% from 3.
Congratulations to Freshman Wing Atavian Butler (
@Balllikeimcasho
) on being selected to the NJCAA D2 All-Region 16 1st Team. Tay is currently averaging 15.6ppg and 5.5rpg while shooting 53.4% from the field.
Excited to add a great athlete and overall high character individual to our family! Riak brings a large skill set and motor to our program which should be exciting for Pirate fans to watch!
🏀⚫️💪🔴🏴☠️
Congratulations to sophomore Jalen Gant (
@hegotg35ame
) for being named the NJCAA D2 Region 16 Player of the Year! Jalen averaged 20.6ppg and 9.4rpg while shooting 51% from the field.
Congrats to our former GA
@CoachGossett13
on landing a full time position at North Central in MO!! You have a very bright future in this profession. I am beyond thankful for everything you did for our players and program this past season!! 🙏
Coach Lavery comes from one of the best up and coming Juco programs and coaches in
@Coach_Schmit
and is going to add tons of value and experience to
@NCMCPiratesMBB
!
We are excited to get
@Coach_Lave
‼️
What a great early Christmas present from former North Central Pirate
@CoachFantazia
and his dad
@FantaziaBrian
! They donated two game worn jerseys from his time overseas with
@rocksglasgow
and the
@BBLofficial
! Will be a great addition to our locker room!
⚫️🏀🔴🏴☠️
Congratulations to Soph Guard Soloman Thomas
@solomanthomas
on being selected to the NJCAA D2 All-Region 16 1st Team. Solo’s recruitment is still open! Currently he is averaging 13.7ppg and 3.4rpg.
Congrats to
@Balllikeimcasho
for receiving 3rd Team All-American honors! Impressive and well deserved award for a freshman who is still on his way up and has a lot more to prove! Can’t wait to see what’s in store next year!
A large number of men's
#NJCAABasketball
players received
@NJCAA
All-Academic honors for recording a 3.60 or better cumulative GPA this year.
3⃣0⃣7⃣ to be exact.
➡️
MARTY!!!
So proud and happy for
@MartyJa47221000
! One of the best to ever put on a North Central jersey.
Proven winner on every level he has played on and found a winning program that is the right fit for his goals and aspirations.
🏀⚫️💪🔴🏴☠️
Every single guy in the picture has played a major role in our success this year! Love how they come to work every day with the intent to push one another to get to that next level. SPECIAL team with hopefully a lot more to accomplish this year!
Congrats to one of the Day 1's,
@BCoachB
!! Super proud of him and all that he is going to accomplish at KCK! Here's to going 28-2 next year in your first regular season as Head Coach!
#NCMCmade
MOKAN Elite has officially set a new standard for elite grassroots basketball programs 📈
The unprecedented 6-day mini-camp executed by the two-time Peach Jam champions was a game-changing experience.
Check out the recap 👇🏽
The
@MidwestEliteBB
Elite Camp in Sioux City, IA is a wrap!! S/O to these athletes who put in 10 hours of competitive skill work, defensive concepts, offensive movement and much more!
#TeamMEB
Congratulations to Soph Wing Jordan Reece
@JaayReece2
on being selected to the NJCAA D2 All-Region 16 1st Team for the second year in a row! Jordan’s recruitment is still open! He is averaging 12.9ppg on 53.6% from the field to go along with 3.4rpg and 3.1apg.
Q was the first guy who believed in our program and committed two years ago. He set the tone with how we wanted to recruit the rest of his class. Two National Tournament qualifications later and we hate to see him go.
Whoever gets
@kc__q
is going to get a great one!!
🚨🚨4 YEAR COACHES🚨🚨
🏴☠️ Quinan Rieves - 6’5 - All Region Wing
🔴 11.8 ppg, 7.3 rpg, 52% FG
⚫️ Has D2 Interest
🔴 Great Athlete
⚫️ Big Time Rebounder
🔴 Can Score At All 3 Levels
⚫️ Tough In Transition
📺
Good luck to my Peach Jam Fam today as they start to take care of some unfinished business down in North Augusta! Excited to get to watch them on
@FloHoops
! 🍑🏀🏆
#mokanFAM
Congrats to Coach Esry on being 1 of 12 Junior College coaches selected to attend the NCAA Basketball Academy (
@TheCBBAcademy
) this week in Rock Hill, SC.
Congratulations to Sophomore Wing Quinan Rieves (
@kc__q
) on being selected to the NJCAA D2 All-Region 16 2nd Team. Q is currently averaging 11.9ppg and 7.3rpg while shooting it 52.6% from the field.
Congratulations to Soph Forward Cameron Lockett
@Cam2cold35
on being selected to the NJCAA D2 All-Region 16 1st Team. Cameron’s recruitment is still open! He is averaging 13.1ppg on 63.5% from the field to go along with 6.3rpg.
Had a chance to stop by good friend and former
@NCMCPirates
star
@TheRealEsian
summer camp today. Proud of what he has accomplished professionally overseas and now what he is doing by giving back to KC with
@USSCBasketball
Can’t wait to see where TJ ends up next and which program he is going to improve with his daily work ethic and leadership! TJ is going to make some program very happy!
🏀⚫️💪🔴🏴☠️
We had our Midwest Elite Camp over the past 3 days. Our kids had a good time and learned quite a bit. The coaches talked a lot about how respectful our kids were. Thank you to Jeremy Esry and Midwest Elite for helping our program improve! GDTBAR!
🚨🚨4 YEAR COACHES🚨🚨
🏴☠️ Demarius Houston - 6’1 Guard
🔴 3 YEARS LEFT TO PLAY
⚫️ Receiving NAIA interest
🔴 3 & D Guy
🔴 Weight Room Junkie
⚫️ Bulldog Defensively
🔴 Takes Charges
⚫️ Knock Down From 3
🔴 Gym Rat
📺
The boys of Unity High School (WI) have a BRIGHT future ahead of them! Lucky that
@Coach_Kluzak
and myself got to work with them the past two days!
#TeamMEB
I was very honored to receive the
@MbcaCoaches
Curtis Kerr award for Student Assistant of the Year! I can’t thank the coaches enough for the valuable lessons they have taught me over the years! I can’t wait to continue my student assistant career for
@UCMMBB
for the next 4 years!