Premier Basketball

Shane Laflin

Director of Evaluating Services

shane@premierbasketballreport.com

McDonald’s All-American Committee
Naismith Trophy Board of Selectors
ESPN HoopGurlz Recruiting and Top 100

Shane graduated cum laude from the University of Texas at Arlington in 2004. From 2005-2007, he served two seasons as a Graduate Assistant at the University of Texas under Jody Conradt. Shane assisted the Longhorns’ program in all areas, including equipment, camps, on-campus recruiting, and as an on/off-site practice coordinator for the 2007 NCAA Tournament. The Tempe, Arizona native returned to his alma mater as an Assistant Coach with the women’s program beginning in the 2007-2008 season.

Shane served as an Assistant Coach at the University of Texas at Arlington for four seasons under Samantha Morrow. He was in charge of all offensive strategies including transition, secondary break, and half court offenses and sets. He organized and coordinated the recruiting and worked on the court with the perimeter players.

He held the position of Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator at Rice University under Greg Williams from 2012-2015. On the court, Shane worked daily with the Owls’ perimeter players.

Shane began his work with Premier after having close ties to the PBR staff at UTA and Rice, as both schools were National Subscribers to the recruiting service. He and Joey Simmons have been familiar with each other for over 20 years through the club and AAU basketball scene.

Duties for Premier Basketball include marketing and event operations responsibilities, Director of the Premier Basketball Report, and managing and directing Premier Basketball Camps and oversight of Premier Basketball Player Services. You can find Shane on the floor with players & teams observing, learning, and coaching whenever available.

Follow Shane on Twitter : @ShaneLaflin

Jason Key

National Evaluator

McDonald’s All-American Committee
ESPN HoopGurlz Recruiting and Top 100

A true “gym rat,” Jason has closely followed the DFW high school basketball scene for the last 20 plus years. He became involved with select basketball in 2007 when he helped found TEAM RISE, a developmental basketball program in Rockwall, Texas. Jason coached hundreds of players and teams ranging from 3rd grade developmental teams to high school travel teams, winning several leagues and local tournaments. Many of Jason’s former players are currently playing at both the collegiate and high school levels.

Joining the Premier Basketball program in December of 2012 allowed Jason to pass on his player evaluations to college coaches. Jason is a PBR National Scout, focusing on players from coast to coast all over the country. Jason lives in Forney, Texas and is the proud father of three: Alysha, Jaitlyn, and Jackson.

Jason is viewed as one of the most credible and vast resources in the country when it comes to player evaluation.

Follow him on Twitter : @bballjkey

Kathy King

Tournament Coordinator

(877) 545-7008

Kathy played basketball and ran cross-country and track during her high school years at Mansfield High School. She graduated from Howard Payne University in 1999 and played college basketball all four years. Kathy taught PE and coached basketball, cross-country, volleyball, and track at the high school and middle school level for 14 years. She also enjoyed being a stay at home mom for two years. She is married to her husband, Pete, and they have a son, Cooper.

Kathy started working with Joey when she coached for the Texas Express club basketball program. She has helped him run and manage his summer tournaments for nearly 20 years, which led to a full-time position with Premier Basketball.

Chell Gunter

Tournament Coordinator

Chelle Gunter worked for years in the Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth as both a Physical Education teacher, and Athletic Director of Middle School Sports.  She began working with Joey Simmons in 1997 with AAU Regional tournaments, as well as a member on the Board of Directors on Texas Shooting Stars with him.  

She has been a part of Premier Basketball tournaments since its inception.  Chelle has helped Joey run tournaments and events for nearly 25 years.   She recently became a full time employee of Premier Basketball in June of 2021.She is known as the “Face” of Premier Tournaments.

Follow her on Twitter: @GunterChelle 

Andrew Gilbert

Tournament Coordinator

Andrew is in his first year at Select Events Basketball, serving as the Texas Regional Director. Prior to coming on board to Select, he worked in Operations for the Washington Nationals.

Andrew is a graduate of the University of Delaware with a degree in Sport Management and Operations Management. He is currently pursuing his master’s in Sport Administration from Ohio University. Andrew was born and raised in Smyrna, DE.