Nike Basketball Camp Samueli Academy

Rivas began his coaching career in 1980 as an assistant at Bishop Amat High School and continued as an assistant coach at the University of California, Irvine.

Rivas started The Works Basketball Academy in 2006 to focus on high-quality instruction for youth basketball players from all over Southern California. The Works Academy operates as a complementary aspect of Rivas’ work to improve players from various vantage points, including Academy, Camps, Clinics, School, and Elite Teams.

In his 18 years with Nike Basketball Camps and Snow Valley Basketball Schools, Rivas has worked with thousands of boys and girls helping them reach their full potential. He works with campers at every level at the Nike Basketball Camps and focuses on intermediate to advanced campers at the Snow Valley Basketball Schools overnight programs in Santa Barbara, CA. Rivas is known as a skills and team developer for local high schools in Southern California. Before focusing primarily on camps in Southern California, Rivas also directed Nike Basketball Camps in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Boise, Idaho.

Coach Rivas has worked to develop local high school teams, Fairmont Preparatory Academy’s program where he helped build a small school powerhouse as Head Varsity Assistant Girls Basketball Coach in 2005. Under his leadership, the girls won ten straight league titles, one CIF Championship, and one CIF appearance. Rivas’ work has reached across the globe as he has traveled to Asia, Mexico, and South America to work with high school and club basketball players. Every summer teams travel from different countries to work with Coach Rivas and his staff.

Coach Barbie is Operations Manager for The Works Basketball Academy and Nike Basketball Camps, and is an administrator at Snow Valley Basketball Schools. Barbie graduated from Santa Ana High school in 2007 where she played under coach Pete Rivas in 2004-2005. She also played for coach Flo Lupani at Santa Ana College her 2 years.

Her team won the regular season SCIAC title. Coach Casey has also finished her undergraduate degree in Educational Studies in hopes of working with younger children as an elementary school teacher. Casey was 4-year letterman at Fairmont Preparatory Academy, where she played for long-time Nike Basketball Camp Director Pete Rivas. Coach Casey is Nike Camps Manager and Snow Valley Basketball School administrator.

At Mater Dei she won 3 Trinity League Titles and 2020 & 2021 CIF Open Division Championships, 2022 CIF Southern Section Scholar Athlete of the Year, 2022 Orange County Athletic Directors Award.

Coach Cam finished her first college season as starting point guard at Illinois Institute of Technology, where she is currently studying Civil Engineering. She also participated in Nike Basketball Camps for 4 years, and this is her 3rd summer coaching Nike Basketball Camps.

For the last 4 summers Coach Grady has also been the Strength coach for both Snow Valley Basketball Schools and Nike Basketball camps. Grady has worked with multiple high school and college teams, athletes from middle school to the professional levels ranging from boy’s and girl’s lacrosse, soccer, and basketball.

Prior to moving to Orange County, Ca, Grady is from Maryland and was a strength
coach at Healthy Baller for seven years.
As a young athlete, Grady developed a strong interest in fitness, strength, and
conditioning. After serving 4 years in the Marine Corps, Grady found his true passion in the fitness arena. Graduating from Salisbury University with a B.S. in Exercise Science and a Minor in Public Health.