2012 Rosters and Schedules
Outstanding Tradition
The Sparks have enjoyed a rich tradition of providing our players with quality coaching. Our staff has experience at various coaching levels, coaching at the college, high school, AAU, and youth programs in and around the Capital District. However, what we are most proud of their dedication to kids and the game of basketball. All of the coaches are avid fans of the game and work hard together at improving their coaching skills as well as improving the resume of the organization.
Select an age group below to review our coaches staff and experience:
Our coaches adhere to this philosophy, "Players should strive to be sound fundamental players and to always remember that if you play hard, play smart, and have fun, you will always be on top of your game no matter the outcome!" The coaches primarily want each player to improve and have fun doing it. A mark of their success is that over 90% of our players return to play for the Sparks each year. We believe a large part of that is due to our committed and knowledgeable coaching staff.
Outstanding Tradition
The Sparks have enjoyed a rich tradition of providing our players with quality coaching. Our staff has experience at various coaching levels, coaching at the college, high school, AAU, and youth programs in and around the Capital District. However, what we are most proud of their dedication to kids and the game of basketball. All of the coaches are avid fans of the game and work hard together at improving their coaching skills as well as improving the resume of the organization.
Select an age group below to review our coaches staff and experience:
Junior Coaches
- Coach Carlin DeMarinis is a 2010 graduate of The Sage Colleges where she graduated with a bachelor's degree in Physical Education. She played 2 years of collegiate basketball at Sage where she set records behind the 3 point arc. She recently completed her Master's degree in Sport Administration from Canisius College. She is currently in her 2nd year coaching the JV girls basketball team at her alma mater of Saratoga High School. This is her 2nd year with the Saratoga Sparks.
Sophomore Coaches
- Coach Curcio: was the head men's coach at Schenectady County Community College for five years. He has also coached AAU in Queens, New York. This is his third year with the Sparks.
Freshman Coaches
- Coach Pleasure played three sports in college at SUNY Cobleskill and St. Joseph's College. Coach Pleasure has a Masters in Sports Management from Canisus College where she was also the Women's Basketball Team manager. She is currently the Associate Women's Basketball Coach at SUNY Cobleskill and has coached in clinics at Siena College. This is her third year with the Sparks.
8th Grade Coaches
- Coach Hinman played college basketball for Nazareth College. She was a four year varsity player at Shenendehowa where she led her team to the final four teams in the State Finals. For the last two seasons she's been an assistant coach for Shenendehowa's Varsity basketball team. She is in her fourth year with the Sparks.
- Coach Kuhn played four varsity sports in high school. She has completed four years as assistant coach for the Shenendehowa freshman team. She is in her fourth year with Sparks.
7th Grade Coaches
- Coach Mingione has been coaching girls basketball for twenty three years. He coached travel basketball for Clifton Park. For the past eight years he has been the assistant coach for Shenendehowa Girls Varsity. He is in his twelve year with the Sparks. He has coached his teams to top 10 National rankings for the last two years. He has a coaching certificate from New York State.
6th Grade Coaches
- Coach Domicolo has coached youth basketball for five years. He played high school basketball at Weedsport High School. This is his third year coaching with the Sparks.
5th Grade Coaches
- Coach Frank Rainville currently coaches youth basketball, baseball and football in East Greenbush. He had been doing this for the last 6 years. He currently coaches the East Greenbush 5th grade girls Capital District team. He played high school basketball and baseball at Catholic Central and was an All Big 10 performer. He played college basketball at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
4th Grade Coaches
- Coach George Pearson has been coaching youth sports for the last 5 years, this year he coached the South Colonie Biddy A team in the Capital District Girls Basketball League. We are thrilled to have him back for a second year.
Our coaches adhere to this philosophy, "Players should strive to be sound fundamental players and to always remember that if you play hard, play smart, and have fun, you will always be on top of your game no matter the outcome!" The coaches primarily want each player to improve and have fun doing it. A mark of their success is that over 90% of our players return to play for the Sparks each year. We believe a large part of that is due to our committed and knowledgeable coaching staff.