About Us | The Basketball School

Coach Wallace is the head boys basketball coach at Piper HS. He has helped the team to four state tournament appearances, including a 2nd-place finish in 2024 and a 3rd-place finish in 2025. He also won a state championship in 2017 as head coach at another high school.

Coach Wallace understands that to have a great team, you need great players. His focus will be on each player's individual needs to help them develop their fundamentals, understanding of the game, and overall skill set.

FUNDAMENTALS - OVERALL SKILL SET

AGE GROUPS: 3RD-8TH GRADE

Coach Richmond brings 14 years of coaching experience and a passion for helping athletes become more confident, skilled, and game-ready. His training emphasizes key areas of today’s game, including ball handling, finishing through contact, creating offense off the dribble, footwork, and basketball IQ.

Through competitive, game-like training, Coach Richmond helps athletes learn how to handle pressure, create scoring opportunities, and make confident decisions on the court. Each session emphasizes fundamentals, accountability, and purposeful repetition to help players maximize their potential and develop skills that translate directly to competition.

BALL HANDLING - PLAYS OFF THE DRIBBLE

AGE GROUPS: ALL

MEET THE COACHES

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COACH STEVE WALLACE

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COACH JUSTIN RICHMOND

Coach Ivanuska is a basketball coach at Piper High School and a former Piper player. He is entering his third year coaching at the high school level after three years of AAU coaching. Coach Ivanuska has played with, and coached, many players who have gone on to play at the collegiate level. His experience also includes coaching youth camps with the University of Kansas and skills camps throughout the Piper School District.

His training focuses on developing fundamentals that translate directly to competition, including footwork, finishing, shooting, ball handling, and decision-making. Through game-like drills and live situations, Coach Ivanuska helps athletes improve their skills, build confidence, and become better prepared for real gameplay.

GAMEPLAY SKILLS - DECISION MAKING

AGE GROUPS: 3RD-8TH GRADE

Piper graduate of the class of 2020. State Champion 2019 and State Final Four 2020. Played College ball at Allen County for 3 years. Conference Champion and Regional Champion. Top 5 All time leader in Threes at Allen County and Piper High School. First time head coach for the 7th grade Piper basketball team and had a record of 15-0.

“I want to go into depth of what it takes to be a great shooter, not a good shooter but a great one. Within 1 month you will see drastic improvement on shooting. If you want to go from hitting 1-2 threes a game to hitting 5-6. I’m the coach you will want. “

OVERALL SHOOTING

AGE GROUPS: 3RD-8TH GRADE

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COACH ALEX IVANUSKA

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COACH TYREN SHELLEY

Our Why

We believe basketball can be more than just a game. It can teach confidence, discipline, resilience, leadership, and the value of being part of something bigger than yourself.

Our why is simple: we want to help players fall in love with the game and become the best version of themselves.

Every player is different. They have different strengths, challenges, goals, personalities, and paths to growth. That’s why we don’t believe in a one-size-fits-all approach. We take the time to understand each player and provide coaching that meets them where they are—helping them develop the skills, habits, and confidence they need to take their game to the next level.

But individual growth is only part of the journey.

Great players create great teams. We believe that when players are committed to improving themselves while making those around them better, something special happens. Through hard work, trust, communication, and shared experiences, individual players become a connected team.