High School Coaches
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Brandon ShaverVarsity Basketball
Coach Shaver is the new Head Boys Basketball coach this year at Pine Tree. He grew up in Diana, TX where he was Valedictorian and 3 years all-state, but has spent the last 18 years in Louisiana. He met his wife Megan of 15 years at Northwestern State University while he was playing basketball there. They have three very active and amazing boys. Jaxon is 13 and goes to Pine Tree Junior High, Kade is 10 and goes to Pine Tree Middle School, and Bryce is 7 and goes to Pine Tree Parkway Elementary. Coach Shaver graduated from St. Leo University with a degree in Business, but never stopped being a student of the game. He started an organization called ArkLaTex Elite basketball in Shreveport, a training program that focused on developing young athletes with the core fundamentals of basketball. He’s coached at Loyola, Calvary, and Central School in Grand Cane. This year he will be working on implementing a boys developmental basketball league for Pine Tree and helping to coach the safeties and wide receivers on the Junior High football team. |
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Alton HawkinsCoach Hawkins is from Longview, TX. He attended Henderson State University where he earned his B.S. in Business. Coach Hawkins has been coaching for 25 years with 18 of those years at Pine Tree. He has also coached at Mt. Pleasant HS. Coach Hawkins has been married to his wife Deidre for 25 years, and their daughter Debra (19), and son Victor (24) are Pine Tree graduates. He also has three grandchildren, Myrcall (5), Avery (2) and Noah (14 months). Coach Hawkins is also the proud pastor of Pleasant Hill-Leigh CME Church, in Karnack, Texas.
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Keith SmithCoach Smith is a Louisiana native graduating from West Ouachita. He participated in football, basketball and baseball where he was a captain. Coach Smith went to Louisiana College where he participated in baseball before graduating from the University of Louisiana-Monroe . As a varsity basketball coach his teams have 541 wins and a 72% winning percentage. His teams have made the playoffs 24 out of 28 seasons, including a state tournament appearance. He has coached at Neville (La.), Malakoff, Austin Westwood, Austin Westlake , Longview and Robinson (Waco). Coach Smith also founded and hosted a basketball camp called Texas Hoops in Maui, Hawaii for 8 summers.
Coach Smith is excited to be a part of Pirate athletics! |
