WHO WE ARE.
Real Hoops was founded by college coaches to bring basketball players at the grassroots level advanced basketball instruction, competition, and understanding of the game.
WHAT WE DO.
Real Hoops helps players elevate their game through it’s one of a kind ‘Real Hoops Film Session’ that helps individual players improve their basketball IQ, which no other service offers.
Real Hoops CONNECTS Student Athletes with College Coaches Through Exposure Camps & Film Sessions. There’s No Better Way To Get REAL FEED BACK / REAL EVALUATIONS / REAL EXPSOURE !
Real Hoops Director - Kevin Driscoll
Kevin Driscoll, the Director of Real Hoops has spent the last 25 years coaching or playing basketball at the high school & college level including 10 years as a Division 1 assistant coach. Today, Coach Driscoll is a recruiting advisor, Exposure Camp Operator & Film Study Coach. Coach Driscoll uses his knowledge, experience, & connections to help student athletes improve their game through film study & boost their recruitment through exposure camps and recruiting advising.
Coach Driscoll spent 4 years at Marist College In NY, a member of the MAAC Conference. During his Time At Marist, The Red Foxes Recruited & Developed 3 Straight All Rookie Selections As well as the 2022 MAAC Rookie Of The Year.
Prior to his arrival at Marist, Driscoll had most recently served as assistant coach at Loyola University Maryland of the Patriot League in 2017-18 season on the staff of head coach G.G. Smith.
He was an assistant coach at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) in the 2016-17, and was an assistant at Holy Cross from 2013-16. In the 2015-16 season, the Crusaders won four straight road games to capture the Patriot League Tournament championship, and then won an opening-round NCAA Tournament game.
Driscoll has four years of experience as Director of Hoop Group Elite Camp and began his coaching career with three years as an assistant at Albright College. He helped the Lions go 44-32 in three years on the staff including records of 17-9 with a pair of runner-up finishes in the Middle Atlantic Conference in both 2007-08 and 2008-09.
Driscoll began his coaching career as the head boys’ basketball coach at his alma mater, Hamburg (Pennsylvania) High School, from 2004-06.
Driscoll earned his Bachelor of Arts in sports management and was a four-year letterwinner at Misericordia University, helping the Cougars to a pair of ECAC Division III Postseason Tournament appearances. Driscoll was No. 2 on the Cougars’ career field-goal percentage chart at the time of his graduation after making 56.6 percent of his shots.
Real Hoops Skills Director - Chris Kovensky
Coach Kovensky has served as a skills instructor to numerous highly touted players after they exhausted their collegiate eligibility, highlighted by Kent Bazemore (ODU), Trey Freeman (ODU), Dorian Finney-Smith (Florida), Frank Hassell (ODU), Cam Thomas (LSU), Matt Coleman (Texas) and Andre Jones (Winthrop).
Kovensky was the head coach of Monarch Nation in the 2018 The Basketball Tournament (TBT).
Prior to coming to ODU, Kovensky played collegiate football and basketball at Albright College, where he graduated with degrees in fine arts and business administration.