Gerry Benoit – Owner of Jump Ball Player Development and Specialist in Basketball camp, Consulting and Aboriginal Coaching
Basketball has been a part of Gerry’s life for as long as he can remember. He always wanted to be a player growing up and eventually played on the men’s provincial basketball team at the age of 25. Coaching followed his player career. Benoit says he began coaching the local Special Olympics. Following that experience, Gerry submitted his name for the head coaching job of the 2014 North American Indigenous games, under 14 boys’ basketball team. A few months later, Benoit and the team brought home the silver medal. In 2015, Gerry was recognized as one of the top basketball coaches in the province by the Ontario Basketball Coaches Association.