Nike Basketball Camp at Cal State Fullerton

Camp Coaches

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  John Bonner

  Camp Director

  John Bonner was named head coach of the Titans Women's Basketball program on May. 6, 2025.

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  John Bonner

  Camp Director

  Bonner, the 12th head coach in the Titans women's basketball history, came to Cal State Fullerton after spending nine seasons at the helm of Cal State Dominguez Hills.
  
  During the 2024-25 season, Bonner led the Toros to their sixth CCAA Championship with a 36-2 overall record and coached the Toros all the way to the NCAA Division II Championship game where they became the National Runner Up. It was the first time the Toros made the NCAA Championship Game in program history.
  
  Over his tenure in charge of the Toros, Bonner has compiled a 127-82 record. He was named the CCAA Coach of the Year twice (2022-23, 2024-25) and led the Toros to being ranked as high as the No. 2 team in the country. He led the Toros to the most wins in program history twice, besting his previous record of 31-3 in 2022-23 with a 36-2 record during the 2024-25 season.
  
  Bonner's accomplishments include a total of five postseason appearances at the CCAA Tournament, including two trips to the NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament (2022-23, 2024-25).
  
  Bonner has won four regular season or conference tournament championships while in charge of the Toros. He led the Toros to their first and second ever NCAA West Regional Championship title in 2023 and 2025, two trips to the NCAA Division II Elite Eight, and during the 2024-25 season, their first final four and NCAA Division II Championship game.
  
  Throughout his leadership, his student-athletes have won numerous conference and national honors. They include 25 All-Conference Team Honors, 1 CCAA Newcomer of the Year (Ariana Harper), Two CCAA Freshman of the Year Honors (Nala Williams/2023, Cristina Jones/2025), Two CCAA Defensive Player of the Years (Dawnyel Lair/2023, Nala Williams/2025), and Two CCAA Player of the Year Honors (Dawnyel Lair/2023, Nala Williams/2025). After the 2024-25 season, Nala Williams was named the 2025 WBCA NCAA Division II National Player of the Year—the first in CSUDH history—and earned WBCA First Team All-American honors. She also was named the D2 CCA West Region Player of the Year and to the All-West Region First Team. Williams was named to the All-West Region Second team after the 2023-24 season. After the 2022-23 season, Dawnyel Lair was named a 3rd-team All-D2CCA All-American as well as being selected to the WBCA All-American First Team and D2CCA All-Region First Team.
  
  Prior to coaching at Cal State Dominguez Hills, Bonner was an assistant on the women's basketball staff at Fresno Pacific for six seasons from 2010-16. During his time with the Sunbirds he was promoted to be the program's first full-time assistant in 2014, before taking over the program as the interim head coach in April 2016. As the lead assistant coach, Bonner played an integral role in coaching, recruiting, scouting and all other facets of the women's basketball program. During his time at FPU, he helped the Sunbirds to a 12-8 conference record in the 2013-14 season, the program's first winning record since 2002. He's also coached two All-Americans during while at Fresno Pacific.
  
  Prior to joining the FPU staff, Bonner served as a student assistant for the Fresno State women's basketball team. John assisted with skill development and other aspects of the program, while being a part of multiple NCAA Tournament teams.
  
  A native of Bakersfield, Calif., Bonner holds a bachelor's degree in psychology and a master's degree in counseling - marriage & family therapy, both from Fresno State.
  

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  David Elliott

  Assistant Camp Director

  David Elliott joined the Cal State Fullerton women's basketball staff as the Associate Head Coach in July of 2025. The 2025-26 season will be his first season with Cal State Fullerton.

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  David Elliott

  Assistant Camp Director

  David came to the Titans from Cal State Los Angeles where he was the head assistant coach for the Golden Eagles (2019-25). He also served as an assistant for the Women’s Mexican National Team in the AmeriCup in Santiago Chile.
  
  At Cal State Los Angeles, Elliott coached the team to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances and led them back to their first NCAA Tournament in 11 years in 2023. Elliot was responsible for coaching forwards and post players. He also served as the recruiting coordinator at Cal State Los Angeles.
  
  Elliott helped the Golden Eagles to another winning season in 2023-24 as they reached the NCAA Tournament in back-to-back seasons for the first time in program history and finished with a 17-13 record, including a 13-9 mark and fourth-place finish in the California Collegiate Athletic Association. As the No. 4 seed, the Golden Eagles advanced to the semifinals for a third straight season after a first-round win over host and No. 5 seed Cal State San Bernardino.
  
  Elliott has helped the Golden Eagles to 37 wins over the past two seasons, which are the most over a two-year span since the 2012-13 and 2013-14 seasons and just three shy of the program record of 40.
  
  In his first four seasons with the program, Elliott has helped the Golden Eagles post a 63-52 overall record, including a 51-34 mark in conference play.
  
  The 2023-24 season was an impressive follow-up to a tremendous 2022-23 season. Elliott was instrumental in the Golden Eagles advancing to the NCAA playoffs for the first time since 2012 with an overall record of 20-10 in 2022-23. The Golden Eagles won 20 games for just the fourth time in program history and the first time since 2013. Cal State LA finished third in the CCAA for a second straight year and established a new program record for conference wins with a 16-6 mark.
  
  Cal State LA earned the No. 3 seed for the CCAA Tournament and reached the tourney semifinals for a second straight season. The Golden Eagles then earned the No. 5 seed in the NCAA West Regional and fell to No. 4 Montana State Billings in a hard-fought contest to end the season.
  
  Elliott helped the Golden Eagles to some outstanding achievements in their return to play in 2021-22. The Golden Eagles matched their best-ever finish in the CCAA and earned their first CCAA Tournament victory since 2014. After going 8-2 in their last 10 conference games, the Golden Eagles finished third in the CCAA with a 12-7 record and had a 14-13 overall record.
  
  Elliott has been a major factor in recruiting since joining the program and Cal State LA has boasted two CCAA Freshmen of the Year in Lily Buggs and Nicole Flennaugh in the past four seasons and the first recruiting class since his arrival included two other All-CCAA players in Jada Johnson and Anai Washington. Flennaugh went on to earn All-America honors in 2022-23 and finished her career with the most 3-pointers in CCAA history, while Buggs has earned All-Region recognition in back-to-back seasons. Johnson was All-CCAA in both her seasons with Cal State LA.
  
  In 2023-24, newcomers Alicia Jones and Gabriella Rones both earned All-CCAA recognition.
  
  In his first season, Elliott was instrumental in the Golden Eagles improving their overall win total by three games in 2019-20, and their conference victory total by four games. He helped the Golden Eagles revitalize their offensive production as Cal State LA set new program record for 3-pointers made in a season.
  Elliott came to Cal State LA from Cornell University, where he helped lead the women’s basketball program to its first Ivy League Tournament appearance during his tenure.
  
  He was with Cornell from 2017-19 and was in charge of scouting and post-player development. He was also involved in scheduling and negotiating game guarantees for the program. Elliott also organized statistics from Hoops IQ advanced analytics for game planning. He also helped Laura Bagwell earn first-team All-Ivy League honors in 2018-19.
  
  His efforts in recruiting led to the third-ranked recruiting class in the Ivy League in 2018, which was the program’s highest ranking in five years. Theresa Mbanefo was a top-200 recruit, the highest-ranked recruit in five years, while Annika Hoff was a top-300 recruit. In 2019, Shannon Mulroy received Ivy League Player and Rookie of the Week honors.
  
  Before joining Cornell, Elliott was the recruiting coordinator at the University of Denver from 2015-17. His recruiting success resulted in a Bluestar Top-50 recruiting class honorable mention in 2017 and included Claire Gritt, the 2018 Summit League Freshman of the Year. The 2016 class was rated second in the Summit League and included a pair of All-Conference players, Lauren Loven, who set a Summit League record for 3-pointers in a season and Madison Nelson, who earned first-team All-Summit League honors in 2018-19 and 2019-20.
  
  Elliott was the associate head women’s basketball coach at Knox College in 2014-15 and an assistant coach in 2013-14. He organized and led all recruiting efforts and helped lead an offense that was ranked second in the country in scoring (90.0 points per game) in 2015. The 2015 recruiting class produced the most wins in school history. His 2015 recruiting class consisted of eight players from Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, Ohio, Oregon and Illinois and achieved the most wins over a four-year span in program history. The 2014 class consisted of 11 players from Arizona, California, Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Ohio and Oregon.
  
  He got his collegiate coaching career started at St. John Fisher College as a graduate assistant coach from 2010-12 and he also spent one year at Columbia University in New York in 2012-13.
  
  At St. John Fisher College, he coached Colleen Maloney, a first-team All-Conference and All-East Region player and Portia Velasco, the Empire 8 Conference Rookie of the Year and second-team all-conference selection. His recruiting success led to the school’s 2015 Empire 8 Conference championship and 2015 and 2016 NCAA Tournament appearances. The 2012 class included three-time all-conference and All-East Region selection Mary Cusack, who was also a 1,500-point scorer. Velasco earned all-conference all four years she was in the program and was also a 1,500-point scorer.
  
  At Columbia, his 2013 recruiting class included Tori Oliver, who earned second-team All-Ivy League honors and finished her career with 1,337 points (third all-time) and 662 rebounds (sixth).
  
  Elliott earned his Bachelor of Science degree in microbiology at the University of Arizona and picked up his Master’s degree in organizational learning and HR development at St. John Fischer College.
  
  A native of Tuscon, Arizona. David resides in Glendale, CA, with his longtime partner Jennifer.