Our Coaches

Name Randy Bennett
Email Address
coachbennett@evohoops.com
Currently Living in and/or From City/Town: Medford > Woburn
Family Life:  
Basketball / Coaching History / # Years or Seasons w EVO
 
Coaching Style, Love of the Game
 
   
   
Name Dave Harrington
Email Address
dharrington@evohoops.com
Currently Living in and/or From City/Town: Stoneham > Billerica
Family Life:  
Basketball / Coaching History / # Years or Seasons w EVO
20+ yrs of Coaching experience, Current Asst. Coach for Bishop Fenwick Girls, former Asst. at Stoneham High; Coaches Assitant at Bentley University… Coaching with EVO for over 10 years
Coaching Style, Love of the Game
Its amazing what can be achieved when nobody really cares who gets the credit
   
   
Name Jeff
Email Address
jmccarthy@evohoops.com
Currently Living in and/or From City/Town: Woburn
Family Life:
In a relationship with an amazing woman who has 2 twin daughters that have been in the program for a year now.
Basketball / Coaching History / # Years or Seasons w EVO
Over 20 years of coaching experience. Been with Evo going on 9 years.
Coaching Style, Love of the Game
Over the past 9 years I’ve had the luxury of coaching my family and alot of their friends. But the most gratifying part of all of this is watching them grow to become amazing young men and women. What we do here is more than basketball, it’s a family!
   
   
Name Darius Boyd
Email Address
coachboyd@evohoops.com
Currently Living in and/or From City/Town: Lynn
Family Life:
I have two kids (Bentley and London) with a third on the way with my wife (Katie).
Basketball / Coaching History / # Years or Seasons w EVO
EVO Alum (2012-2014)
High Point University Men’s Basketball (2013-14)
Former Women’s Basketball Coach at Northern Essex Community College (2021-2022)
4th year with EVO
2nd year as High School Boys Director
Coaching Style, Love of the Game
“Play hard, play smart, play together!” – Dean Smith
   
   
Name Andrea Razi-Thomas
Email Address
andrea_razi@hotmail.com
Currently Living in and/or From City/Town: Melrose
Family Life:
Andrea and her wife Jen and I live in Melrose with two daughters. Cailin and Claire LOVE playing ball for EVO. EVO’s family environment and commitment to teamwork, hardwork and loyalty ring true with Razi-Thomas family values.
Basketball / Coaching History / # Years or Seasons w EVO

Andrea has been with EVO since 2020. She’s recently been promoted to Girls Director/Family Ambassador within our program. Andrea has coached Division 3 college teams and local youth basketball teams since 1996. She loves to share her passion for basketball and proudly identifies as a gym rat and basketball lover and fan! Most recently she has coached youth and middle school hoops in Melrose. In addition, Andrea has assisted in coaching swimming with the Malden Crocs at the Malden YMCA. Andrea has a Masters in Exercise in Sports Studies from Smith College with a focus on coaching and sports leadership, but also holds a Masters in Social Work. When not coaching, Andrea works as a Social Worker at Arlington High School. Her combination of clinical knowledge and skill set around youth development matches perfectly with her love of basketball. Together we’ve got an experienced parent, social worker and hoop junkie, who knows her x’s and o’s and loves to coach!

Andrea grew up in suburban metro New York where she was an All-State, All-Regional and All-Section point guard, graduating from Eastchester High School in 1992. Her teams won championships in basketball, volleyball and softball. She was also an award winning setter in volleyball and shortstop in softball. Andrea played AAU year round and Empire State games basketball throughout summers while in high school. Finally, Andrea was a 4-year starting point guard for the Division 1 Princeton University Tigers. She still holds the Career Assist Record for both the women’s and men’s programs at Princeton.

Coaching Style, Love of the Game
Andrea is a self-professed basketball lover. She thinks about the game all day and is committed to helping your daughter grow into a multifaceted young woman with strong moral character. She cherishes the special role coaches play in the lives of young people and challenges her players to combine having run with working hard, en route to using basketball as a tool to learn skills that lead to happiness and reaching personal goals throughout life. She emphasize team before I on the court and teaches the fundamentals of the game to all players.
   
   
Name Matt Lee
Email Address mattlee12@yahoo.com
Currently Living in and/or From City/Town: Arlington > Burlington
Family Life:
Married with 2 kids (Kendall, 13) and (Jared, 11)
Basketball / Coaching History / # Years or Seasons w EVO
Coaching with Evo 5 years
Head Coach of Burlington 8th Girls
Head Coach of Burlington 6th Boys
Current Burlington Director of Player and Coaching Development
Current Burlington Boys Travel Director
Prior Experience coaching at Arlington High (Pre-kids)
Coaching Style, Love of the Game
Play Hard. Play Smart. Play Together
   
   
Name Mark Farmer
Email Address
coachfarmer@evohoops.com
Currently Living in and/or From City/Town: North Reading
Family Life: Wife, son, daughter
Basketball / Coaching History / # Years or Seasons w EVO
Basketball / 7 years coaching / 2nd year with EVO
Coaching Style, Love of the Game
 
   
   
Name Brian Trask
Email Address trasky24@yahoo.com
Currently Living in and/or From City/Town: Woburn
Family Life: Married 2 kids
Basketball / Coaching History / # Years or Seasons w EVO
Coached Travel Travel for over 10 years
Evo for 5 years
Coaching Style, Love of the Game
Defense wins championships . Love to teach good team defense .
   
   
Name Nimchy Ambroise
Email Address
nimchyambroise@yahoo.com
Currently Living in and/or From City/Town: Burlington
Family Life:
I am married and have a son Jaxon. We moved to Burlington approximately five years ago from Waltham. My wife and I are both public school educators. We love to travel and enjoy outdoor activities. We are big into sports football and basketball. Church is very important to us.
Basketball / Coaching History / # Years or Seasons w EVO
I have coaching experience at the youth, middle school, and high school levels and this is my third year with Evolution.
Coaching Style, Love of the Game
I am a very passionate and defensive minded coach. I believe in working together as one unit. I set the bar high for my players while making it a fun environment to learn. I am extremely consistent and a huge believer of repetition.
   
   
Name Mike Sweeney
Email Address
sweeney.michael@gmail.com
Currently Living in and/or From City/Town: Lynnfield
Family Life:
Wife and 3 kids. 7th, 6th, and 3rd grade.
Basketball / Coaching History / # Years or Seasons w EVO 1st season with EVO
Coaching Style, Love of the Game
“Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up.” -Jim Valvano
   
   
Name Nate Wilcox
Email Address NateW18@gmail.com
Currently Living in and/or From City/Town: Wakefield
Family Life:
I currently reside in Wakefield, MA with my wife and two daughters, Quin (EVO 2027) and Avery.
Basketball / Coaching History / # Years or Seasons w EVO
My current basketball involvement includes being the Vice President of the Wakefield Basketball Association and the Director of the Wakefield Travel Basketball Program. I have also been coaching Quin’s travel team the past five seasons. I’ve been in and around basketball my entire life; playing, coaching, and refereeing at various levels.
Coaching Style, Love of the Game

Coaching teams that love to run, have fun and are powered by positive attitude and a gritty, hard work ethic.

“The most important characteristic any of us have is our attitude. We don’t have a choice whether we’re going to feel good or we’re going to be tired. Whether it’s going to rain outside — whether things are going to go our way. But we do have a choice about what our attitude is going to be getting out of bed… coming into work… stepping into a room. We have a choice and we’ve got to make sure that choice is a positive one in everything we do.” — Jay Wright

   
   
Name Dustin Feldman
Email Address
dustinpaulfeldman@gmail.com
Currently Living in and/or From City/Town: Stoneham > Chelsea
Family Life:
Grew up playing basketball every day with my older brother. My parents, grandparents and family / friends always supported me in my athletic journey. I now live with my fiancée and 19 week old puppy named Pino.
Basketball / Coaching History / # Years or Seasons w EVO 1st year
Coaching Style, Love of the Game
Communicating and listening are the two keys to success as a team.
Michael Jordan: “I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times, I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.“
   
   
Name Joseph Rollo
Email Address
coachrollo@evohoops.com
Currently Living in and/or From City/Town: Saugus
Family Life: Father and husband
Basketball / Coaching History / # Years or Seasons w EVO
I have been coaching for over 20 years from elementary to the High School level. Been with Evo since 2007
Coaching Style, Love of the Game
I like to think I’m a players coach. I love the competition and seeing players development in the game.
   
   
 
    

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