Bay City Basketball

Bay City Basketball Headquarters, 4550 Geary Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94118

mapBay City Basketball Headquarters, 4550 Geary Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94118

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Bay City Basketball offers club teams, travel teams, basketball teams, leagues, tournaments, camps, clinics, an Academy Program, and personal training in both one-on-one and small group formats. The program also offers birthday parties as part of its basketball activities. Camps, clinics, and the Academy Program are grouped together as additional training options for players.

• Ages: 5–18 years old

Bay City Basketball was founded in 2010 in San Francisco, California, as a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. The organization offers boys and girls from all communities well-organized programming in a fun and safe environment and states a goal of helping Bay Area basketball players boost their skill, confidence, and love of the game of basketball through competition and high level coaching. It also states a goal of providing Bay Area youth with positive mentoring and role models to help them achieve in life outside of the basketball gymnasium.

Bay City Basketball provides club teams, camps, tournaments, leagues, and training to youth boys and girls basketball players in the Bay Area and fields competitive travel and club teams for grades 2nd–11th. The organization states that it strives to play in the most competitive tournaments in Northern California and the West Coast and that its team program continues to be one of the largest and most diverse youth basketball organizations on the West Coast. It hosts tournaments and leagues throughout San Francisco, the East Bay, and Marin, and organizes leagues and tournaments that allow local teams and players to participate in safe, organized, and competitive games in San Francisco and surrounding areas. It is described as one of the few organizations that continue to organize basketball with the rising costs of gyms in San Francisco proper.

The program notes that it offers high-level coaching that aims to develop a strong set of team and individual skills and a deep understanding of the inner workings of the game. It also notes preparation for high school and collegiate basketball, including exposure to college scouts in travel events and support from the admin team. Bay City Basketball reports that it has provided over $1.5 million in scholarships to ensure every player gets a fair chance, regardless of financial background.

Practices, camps, and games are held at what the program describes as first class facilities and gyms, with league and tournament games hosted at top notch facilities in the Bay Area. The organization states that it provides Bay Area basketball programs with high quality events throughout San Francisco, the East Bay, and Marin, and that the BCB Facility will function as a home base and give more gym time and basketball development opportunities for players in the program.

Bay City Basketball has a full-time admin staff that specializes in coordinating all aspects of the program and describes its club admin staff as professional and organized, with detailed email communication. The leadership team includes Executive Director Matt Durell (Head Coach: Bay City Warriors 16u 3SGB), Chief Operations Officer Jon Shogan (Head Coach: Bay City 2030), Girls Program Director Will Watkins (Head Coach: Girls 17u 3SSB), Director of Operations Nick Caruso (Head Coach: Bay City 2029), Director of Camps and Clinics and Academy Director Richard Robinson, Director of Player and Coach Development Paul Cortes (Head Coach: 10u Select), East Bay Program Coordinator Jesse Dawes (Head Coach: Bay City 11u EB), and Social Media, Video and Graphics Coordinator Martin Cohen (Head Coach: 7th Red).

The organization states that it is committed to serving the community and developing youth athletes. It notes that donations help secure the future of the organization and allow it to continue to provide need-based scholarships to kids who want to participate in organized basketball activity that they otherwise could not afford.

Last updated June 5, 2026.

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