Enter His courts with praise...

Coach Berrien recently combined his highly successful  Next Level Basketball Team & Academy with the Georgia Stars. His athletes and teams have always been known for their great individual fundamental skills and unselfish team play. Their "No Excuses/Never Quit" attitude have been his teams calling card in innumerable first place tournament finishes. Yet the ordained deacon and youth pastor has served his community well and was honored with the JCPenney Golden Rule Award for community service and the National Association of Christian Athletes sportsmanship winner.

Coach Berrien, the Head Boys Varsity coach @ Cumberland Christian Academy , the 2008 Region Champion, has been coaching for over 15 years in Georgia. He has worked with an uncountable number of student athletes, helping them transition from recreational to competitive AAU and High School ball. Several players have gone on to play college basketball at all levels, JUCO, NAIA, DII, & major DI.

my mission is to offer educational opportunities to all student athletes, exposing them to up to date basketball skill training, tournament experiences, and biblical life lessons, while preparing them for high school, college and beyond."

Mission Statement
Give every athlete in our program an opportunity to play in a high level of competition and expect nothing less than his best effort in return. Pray that personal values are learned and mutual respect is earned so that energies are transformed from teamwork on the court today into positive contributions to society tomorrow.

We have a double goal philosophy - Our first goal is to work the hardest and to play the most unselfishly together in order to win games. Our second goal is to use this sport’s experience to help young people learn “life lessons” and build positive character traits that will help them to be successful winners throughout their lives. A Winner redefined:
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• Gives maximum effort

• Continues to learn and improve, to master their skills.

• Refuses to let mistakes (or fear of making mistakes) stop them.