Brendan Smith

Brendan Smith is the boys' varsity basketball coach at Boston Latin School as well as the Owner and Director of A Step Ahead Incorporated. During his first four years as coach, Smith has lead the Wolfpack to 50 victories, two DCL Championships, and three tournament births. In the winter of 2009, Smith was named the Head Coach for the Boys Metro 11/12th grade team in the Bay State Games. Team Metro went 5-1 in the Tournament and won the gold medal game in double Over-time. Smith has previously coached men's college basketball at Mt. Ida College, and high school basketball at both Brookline High School and Newton North High School. Most recently, Smith successfully completed both The written and floor exams of referee school to join the referee fraternity and became a member of Board 27. He earned his undergraduate degree in Human Performance & Fitness at Umass Boston and received his Masters of Education degree from Cambridge College.

Dave Pierce

David Pierce teaches history at Brockton High School. Pierce coached the Oliver Ames J.V. boy's basketball team in Easton, MA, for two years and has previously coached high school freshman at Boston Latin School and Fairfield Academy in Connecticut. In addition, he has coached AAU basketball for ASA and summer league basketball for Boston Latin School. Pierce has a Masters in Secondary Education from UMass Boston and is a graduate of Wheaton College.

Alan McCall

Coach McCall is well known throughout the South Shore after twenty-plus years of coaching all levels of boys and girls youth and high school basketball. Now in his second year with A Step Ahead, Coach McCall was most recently the boys varsity basketball coach at the South Shore Charter School, and was also the freshman boys basketball coach at Archbishop Williams High School. He has also been involved with numerous other youth basketball clinics and camps in the area, and was a founding member of the Hull Youth Travel Basketball program. Coach McCall has also been a sportswriter for several years for many South Shore area daily and weekly newspapers and currently produces and hosts his own weekly sports cable television show which highlights high school and youth sports events in his home town of Hull, MA.

Greg Maneikis

Greg Maneikis is in his third year at Boston College where he is majoring in English and Secondary Education. Greg played three years of Varsity basketball at Boston Latin School, twice being named to the Dual-County All-Star First Team. During Greg’s senior year, his team won the Dual County League for the first time in 10 years while advancing further in the MIAA tournament than any Latin team in the history of the school.

Tom Levett

Now in his 5th year, Tom Levett brings a wealth of basketball knowledge, skill development and coaching to his position as Co-Director of A Step Ahead Basketball Incorporated. Levett’s previous coaching experience was head coach of the women’s basketball team at Wheelock College and head coach of Quabbin Regional High School. Off the court, Levett teaches physical education with Boston Public Schools and instructs private pitching lessons at the South Shore Baseball Club in Hingham, MA. He earned his Bachelor's degree in elementary education/sociology from Fitchburg State College where he played both basketball and baseball.

Brian Hughes

Brian Hughes is an Assistant Coach in the boys' basketball program at Boston Latin School. Hughes is also the Head Coach for A Step Ahead AAU 9th Grade boys team. Prior to joining A Step Ahead and BLS, he previously coached for four years in the Parkway Youth Travel Basketball Program and also ran youth basketball clinics in West Roxbury and Brighton. Hughes is a graduate and Former Captain of the Boston Latin School Basketball Team. He earned a degree in Human Resources Studies and Business Administration from the University of Scranton and is presently completing a Master’s Degree in Human Resources at Suffolk University.