Eli Gore

Coach Gore has a vast amount of experience that expands from grassroots all the way to the NBA. His previous roles include: Associate Head Basketball Coach at South Kent School, Front Office Assistant for the Portland Trail Blazers, Graduate Assistant/Video Coordinator for the University of Connecticut under National Champions Kevin Ollie and Dan Hurley, Video Coordinator for Texas A&M Corpus Christi, Assistant Basketball Coach for Salisbury University under Division 3 National Champion Josh Merkel, and Assistant Coach at Georgetown Preparatory School for boys. He helped and coached more than 100 Division 1, collegiate and professional athletes during his time at these institutions and organizations.

Coach Gore's career began in 2013 at Salisbury University, his alma mater. He was an assistant coach under Josh Merkel. While working for Coach Merkel they were able to capture Salisbury's first conference championship and NCAA tournament berth in 15 years. After Salisbury, Gore became an assistant coach at Georgetown Prep School for boys in Bethesda, Maryland. Here, he worked with several AAU teams and travel programs in the area. In 2016, he became the Video and Academic Coordinator for Texas A&M Corpus Christi under Willis Wilson. In his lone season there, the school won a record- breaking 27 games.

Following Texas A&M Corpus Christi, Elijah was the Graduate Assistant/Video Coordinator for the University of Connecticut (UCONN), where he worked under South Kent School Head Coach Raphael Chillious. After one season, Elijah took a one-year internship with the Portland Trailblazers' front office and basketball operations staff. While in Portland, he was responsible for player intel, video scouting, and managing the directors’ and general managers’ salary cap books and boards.

Elijah earned a BA in Communications and a MA in Post-Secondary Education from Salisbury University.