Coaching Staff |
Jonathan Alexander
Director / Head Coach
Coach Jonathan Alexander (Coach Al) is the Director and Head Coach of the JAB program. He has been coaching basketball at the professional, collegiate, high school, and youth level for over 13 years. Jonathan grew up in the California Bay Area, and attended Serra HS where he competed in one of the toughest and most competitive basketball leagues in the state. Coach Al went to college at the University of Dallas where he played and began his coaching career. After two years as an assistant at UD, he spent one year in Rome as an individual skills coach for professional European players. He has been coaching basketball at Jesuit since 2007. Jonathan and his wife, Emily, have been married since 2004 and have five boys and one girl: William, Louie, Michael, Rowan, Theodore, and Cora.
Director / Head Coach
Coach Jonathan Alexander (Coach Al) is the Director and Head Coach of the JAB program. He has been coaching basketball at the professional, collegiate, high school, and youth level for over 13 years. Jonathan grew up in the California Bay Area, and attended Serra HS where he competed in one of the toughest and most competitive basketball leagues in the state. Coach Al went to college at the University of Dallas where he played and began his coaching career. After two years as an assistant at UD, he spent one year in Rome as an individual skills coach for professional European players. He has been coaching basketball at Jesuit since 2007. Jonathan and his wife, Emily, have been married since 2004 and have five boys and one girl: William, Louie, Michael, Rowan, Theodore, and Cora.
Laz Davis
Head Coach
Lazarius Davis, a.k.a. Coach Laz, is in his second year as a head coach in the JAB program. He is currently finishing his bachelor's degree at University of Texas at Dallas where he's been a student assistant coach there for the last 3 years. During his tenure there he has had an instrumental hand in helping them to a birth in the ASC Championship Tournament as well as just under 50 wins in that same time frame.
Head Coach
Lazarius Davis, a.k.a. Coach Laz, is in his second year as a head coach in the JAB program. He is currently finishing his bachelor's degree at University of Texas at Dallas where he's been a student assistant coach there for the last 3 years. During his tenure there he has had an instrumental hand in helping them to a birth in the ASC Championship Tournament as well as just under 50 wins in that same time frame.
Tim Murphy
Head Coach Coach Tim Murphy is a Head Coach in the JAB program. He has been coaching basketball at the high school, and youth level for 6 years. Tim grew up in Dallas and played basketball at Jesuit ’06. Coach Murphy went to college at Oklahoma State University. After college, he returned to Jesuit and has been coaching and teaching since 2011. |
Victor M. Garate
Head Coach Coach Victor M Garate is a Head Coach in the JAB Basketball program. He currently is an Assistant Coach at his Alma Mater, University of Dallas. Coach Garate is a recent University of Dallas graduate, in which he has a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies in Social Studies Education. He played for the University's Men's basketball team, lettered for 3 years and was the 2016-2017 Men's Team MVP. |
Reid Hatzmann
Head Coach
Reid Hatzmann was a 3-year varsity basketball player at Jesuit. Leading the team in assists and minutes his junior and senior season, Hatzmann helped bring the Rangers to their first 2 UIL Regional Touranment berths in school history. Reid was selected as the UIL District Defensive Player of the Year, and was also selected for the THSCA Academic All State Elite Team for the 2017-2018 season. Reid will be attending the United States Naval Academy Class of 2022 reporting at the end of June 2018.
Head Coach
Reid Hatzmann was a 3-year varsity basketball player at Jesuit. Leading the team in assists and minutes his junior and senior season, Hatzmann helped bring the Rangers to their first 2 UIL Regional Touranment berths in school history. Reid was selected as the UIL District Defensive Player of the Year, and was also selected for the THSCA Academic All State Elite Team for the 2017-2018 season. Reid will be attending the United States Naval Academy Class of 2022 reporting at the end of June 2018.
Molly Fimian
Social Media Coordinator / Assistant Molly Fimian has been in the JAB program for the past 5 years where she has played under Coach Al and Coach Lacey. Molly was a 3-year varsity basketball player at Ursuline Academy. While playing at Ursuline, Molly was named a captain her Junior and Senior season, and received the Academic All-State Award, Second Team All-District, her Junior and Senior season, and MVP her Junior season. Molly will be attending the University of Kansas beginning in the fall of 2018. |
Jarred Samples
Head Coach Coach Samples is the current head coach for The University of Dallas Mens Basketball team where he played with JAB founder Jonathan Alexander. Coach Samples has been the head coach at UD since 2008 during which tenure he has become the winningest coach in UD's history. Coach Samples spent two seasons (2006-08) as men's basketball assistant coach at the University of Chicago. He was men's basketball assistant coach for five seasons (2001-06) at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. Coach Samples has served as a men's basketball camp instructor at Princeton University (2008), Harvard University (2008), Southwestern University (Texas; 2002-05), the University of North Carolina (2005), Georgetown University (2005) and the University of Kansas (2000-05). A four-year letterwinner in basketball and golf at the University of Dallas, he obtained a Bachelor of Arts in History. Also the assistant athletics director, he resides in Carrollton, Texas, with wife Sarah, daughter Addison and son Max. Check out full UD bio here. |
Kevin Owens
Head Coach Kevin is a first year coach for JAB and begins his first season at the University of Dallas as a graduate assistant, the second for the program. He is studying his MBA with a concentration in Business Analytics. Owens graduated from Trinity University in 2019 with a degree in Business administration with a concentration in Marketing and Chinese. He was named a captain for the Tigers Basketball team his senior year. Owens has coached in China at the Dongguan basketball academy which is an NBA Training Center. He also was at the United States Basketball Academy where he coached top prospects from China that aspired to play collegiate basketball in America. Owens also spent two years helping with San Antonio Spurs youth camps. |
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Chris Horton
Head Coach Chris is a first year coach for JAB. He played varsity basketball at Jesuit and helped the team reach its first ever 30 win season and a regional championship berth. He made THSCA Academic All State second Team for the 2017-2018 season. He graduated from Jesuit this year and will attend Miami University (Ohio) in the fall. |
Charles Hinton "SQUEAKY"
Head Coach Charles Hinton, better known as Squeaky, has been coaching for over 30 years. He's been a Track and Field Coach for all 30 and has spent 20 of those at Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas. He helps out with the varsity football program and has been working with the Jesuit basketball team for the past 20 years. |