John Merkovsky will enter his second year as head coach of the Cougars Boys Basketball team. He has several years of coaching experience across multiple youth sports and age levels, including Basketball, Lacrosse, and most recently Volleyball. John is a full-time pastor and is thankful to enjoy all of life's blessings with his wife and four kids. He loves using basketball to teach young men to honor the Lord through hard work, sportsmanship, and teamwork because sports are temporary, but walking with Christ will last a lifetime!

Steve has a passion for helping the next generations follow the Lord and grow in their faith, with youth sports and the game of basketball presenting an excellent opportunity to do so. Steve has been involved with basketball from a young age, ultimately playing three years of varsity high school basketball on the West Coast, including two Central Coast Section championship games and ensuing state tournaments. His approach to coaching basketball is based on fundamentals, discipline, and having fun learning and playing the game.