Meet the North Florida Basketball Staff

Yolanda Bronston - Co Founder & Director of Player Development

Coach Yolanda Bronston's passion goes beyond helping young athletes improve their basketball skills & hoops IQ…her true passion is teaching life lessons through the game of basketball to help these athletes grow to be the best young men and women that they can be.

"Coach Yo" has over 25 years of coaching experience at various levels from toddlers to Division 1 college ball. As a player, Yolanda earned a full ride to play point guard for Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, CT under the late Coach Brenda Reilly. After graduation she became the assistant coach for her alma mater Blacksburg (VA) High School. Yolanda then went on to pursue an MBA at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA where she earned a Graduate Assistant Coaching position with Norfolk State University Women’s Basketball. After one season, thanks to successful recruiting and scouting efforts, she earned a full-time Assistant Coach position at NSU.

Coach Yo currently serves as the Head Girls Varsity Coach at St. Johns Country Day School. She resides in Middleburg, FL with her family.

Marc Allen - Co Founder & Director of Operations

Marc currently serves as the Director of Operations for Southeast Youth Sports and North Florida Basketball where he is responsible for the daily operations of the organization.  Marc is very active in many different youth sports organizations and takes great pride in watching the young adults in the program grow as not only athletes, but as more well rounded young adults.

Marc also currently serves as Assistant Boys Varsity Basketball Coach at St Johns Country Day School, President of North Florida Youth Football and Cheer Conference, along with Treasurer of Oakleaf Sports Association.

Randy Bronston - Strength & Conditioning Coach and Certified Vertimax Trainer

Randy brings 16 years of training and coaching experience from elementary all the way to high school athletes.  Rounding out the experience, Randy has 14 years experience as a rehabilitative and Orthopedic Technician.  Randy also maintains the following certifications:

·         Certified Personal Trainer through International Sports Science Association (ISSA(

·         Performance Enhancement Specialist certification from National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM)

   Vertimax Certified Specialists

Brandon Bass - Basketball & Skills Coach

Coach Brandon Bass is a U.S. Veteran and an Illinois native.  Coach Bass developed a passion for basketball as a young child and has continued that passion through training children.  Coach Bass has leveraged his understanding of basketball, both on and off the court, to teach, train, and motivate young players.  Over the past years, Coach Bass has coached and trained at middle to high school levels and has developed a following for his one-on-one workouts.

Coach Bass is married to his wife Joy with tow daughters, Tai and Sanaa.  Coach Bass is currently an assistant coach for girls varsity basketball at St Johns Country Day School.

Brian Ulmer - Basketball & Skills Coach