About Us
Coach Charles Sands
Coach Charles Sands is the Basketball Skills Coach of Rize Management who helps players improve in all areas of their basketball game. He works with each athlete to assess his weaknesses and strengths and designs an individualized basketball program for each player. He is a master teacher of the game of basketball and has played and coached at both the high school and college levels. After playing as a point guard at California State College, Los Angeles, he spent eight years as the varsity basketball coach at Fairfax High School in Los Angeles. Continuing his coaching career at West Los Angeles College, he established the basketball program and continued to coach there for thirty-two years, winning over 400 games. He was elected Coach of the Year several times and was ultimately elected to the Community College Coaches Hall of Fame.
With his earnest love of the game and of teaching, Coach Sands has shared his vast knowledge with his peers and players alike over the course of his impressive career. He is very familiar with all the NBA pre-draft basketball skills tests and has helped players hone in on their skills to master these drills. Coach Sands has worked with numerous NBA coaches and scouts and is looked at by many in the NBA for his evaluation of talent for the next level.
For the past twenty-five years Coach Sands has been the co-owner of Snow Valley Basketball School, one of the most prestigious teaching camps in America. Coaches and players from all over the country and the world have partaken of skills and techniques taught there. Many have gone on to successful careers at various levels of the game. With the high regard he has received, Coach Sands has been invited to travel, conduct coaching clinics, and teach basketball in many states in the U.S and in Europe.
