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General Manager/ Coach
Joe Costa is the former coach of the Nike sponsored Pittsburgh Rockers and is currently GM of the Allegheny Basketball Club & the Carolina Belles (A Blue Star Select Elite Travel Team). 
Coach Costa was on staff at the 1st Nike Skills Academy as well as 3 Nike All-American Camps and 2 adidas Top Ten Camps.  
Coach Costa has coached 2 AAU National Championship teams and won the prestigious Nike End of the Trail tournament in Portland OR.
Joe  Costa is the Director of Blue Star Basketball Southeast & is a Consultant for Blue Star Basketball as well as the Program Director of Blue Star’s Skills Academy’s...
Text Box:  The Carolina Belles Player Profile Book is available to college coaches ONLY. Email request to: JCosta@bluestarbb.com & we will send you a PDF file. Email address must be an @___.edu address to receive this file. 
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              Andre Nabors
Skill Development Coordinator/Coach
Andre Nabors is currently the Director of Rising Star Athletics and has previously coached for the Nike sponsored WV Tornadoes. Coach Nabors graduated from and played NCAA basketball at Concord University in Athens WV. 
Coach Nabors is also the Assistant Girls Varsity Coach at the Elon School.
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PO Box 665
Pittsboro, NC 27312
919-473-3432
Fax: 412-704-1264
JCosta@Bluestarbb.com
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Our coaching philosophy…

Teach techniques that the player is not comfortable executing in their current team setting...

...We strongly believe if the player will take our advanced instruction & consistently practice it independently to perfection, they will begin to confidently execute these techniques on their own within 6 months.

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Boo Williams 2011

Final Four

“Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” —Aristotle

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A Blue Star Select Travel Team Program
Joseph Costa
General Manager
JCosta@bluestarbb.com                
Phone: (919) 473-3234
Cell: (412) 999-5299
Fax: (412) 704-1264
PO Box 665
Pittsboro, NC 27312
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Andre Nabors
Skills Development Coordinator
Nabors20@yahoo.com
Phone: (919) 473-3234
Cell: (304) 610-7506
Fax: (412) 704-1264
PO Box 665
Pittsboro, NC 27312
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Next Level Training
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Take Your Game to the 
NEXT LEVEL

                  SUCCESS     

                Repetition

              Discipline

            Desire

Text Box: 2 AAU National Championships
6 AAU Final Four Finishes
15 AAU WPA Regional Champs
Nike Nationals
End of the Trail Natl. Champs
1 USJN National Championship
2 USJN Finals Appearances
5 USJN Final Four Appearances
2 Boo Williams Invit. Final 4
NAIA Emp. Conference Champs
WPIAL AAA Champions
2 WPIAL Final 4 Appearances
2 Diocesan Final 4 Appearances
Nike Skills Academy
3 Nike All American Camps
3 adidas Top  Ten Camps
75+ Student athletes with college scholarships
12 Former players coaching College Basketball
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Our Players Philosophy...

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” —Aristotle

The Coach Costa Legacy

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Board of Directors

Directors Serving As:

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Responsibilities

General Manager

Joe Costa

Team formation & organization , coaching staff hiring, national relations

Chairman of the Board

Greg Stafford

Club promotion & public relations, fund raising

Director of Basketball Operations

Heather Gallagher

Team travel, NCAA & tournament continuity, fund raising

Consultant

Jeff Denny

Advisory position & public relations

HS Teams’ Parent Liaison

Tim Mehringer

Act as a conduit between the club & parents of assigned age group

Jr. High Teams’ Parent Liaison

 

Act as a conduit between the club & parents of assigned age group

MS Teams’ Parent Liaison

 

Act as a conduit between the club & parents of assigned age group