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Jeff House

Jeff House joins Blue Star after over two decades in basketball world at all levels. Most recently Jeff was a part of the University of Virginia staff for four years as an assistant coach for the Cavaliers, two of which he was the recruiting coordinator. House joined the Cavaliers after more than 20 seasons of coaching basketball, including one year as the top assistant coach with the WNBA’s Washington Mystics prior to moving to Charlottesville.

Prior to joining the Mystics, House spent seven seasons as a member of the New York Liberty staff where he was instrumental in the team’s run to the 1999, 2000, and 2002 WNBA Eastern Conference Championships, four appearances in the Eastern Conference Championship series, and three appearances in the WNBA finals. House initially joined the Liberty in 1998 as the video coordinator and advance scout after spending the 1997-98 season as a member of the New York Knicks’ game night video staff. In January 1999, House was appointed full-time assistant coach/video coordinator with the Liberty.

House played basketball at Nazareth College before suffering a career-ending injury. He immediately jumped into the coaching realm, beginning his coaching career at McQuaid Jesuit High School in Rochester, N.Y., while he was an undergraduate. At McQuaid, he served as an assistant to former Knicks and Houston Rockets head coach Jeff Van Gundy in 1985. In 1986, House was a key component to McQuaid’s run to the Class B, Section 5 New York State Championship. After McQuaid’s championship run, House moved into the collegiate ranks as the top assistant on Kevin Moore’s Elmira College staff. During his only year there, Elmira made it’s only trip to the ECAC championship game.

A 1987 graduate of Nazareth College, House earned a bachelor’s degree in art education. He also received a master’s degree in teaching, guidance and counseling from Jacksonville University in 1991.

Following the receipt of his master’s degree, House spent the next decade honing his skills as an assistant coach, including three seasons (1989-91) at the University of Lowell as an assistant to former Miami Heat head coach and current Orlando Magic head coach Stan Van Gundy and four seasons (1992-95) as an assistant coach at Rutgers University with Bob Wenzel. While at Rutgers in 1995, House served as head coach for the People-to-People Sports Holland All-Star Tour. He directed a combination of Big East, Atlantic 10, and Big Ten All-Stars to a 6-1 record, losing only to Holland’s National Champions.

House is a member of the National Association of Basketball Coaches and the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association. He serves as president and on-court director of House’s HOOP Headquarters, a basketball skills and development company he created in 1996.

House is also an active member of the community. While in New York, he worked closely with the Cheering For Children Foundation and The After School Corporation (TASC). He has also served as a regional presenter and coaching instructor for the New Jersey Special Olympics. House participates with the WNBA Read to Achieve program and the Junior WNBA/NBA coaching clinics. In Charlottesville, House annually speaks and conducts clinics for the YMCA coaches and players, as well as numerous schools in the area.

House and his wife Ann Leonard-House, the former head women’s volleyball coach at UMass-Lowell and Rutgers University, have two children: daughter Elizabeth and son Thomas and reside in Virginia.

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