SEAN O’TOOLE
Sean O’Toole is the athletic director at Gilmour Academy and director of the Big Shot Basketball Academy. Coach O’Toole has won over 200 games as a head coach at Saint Ignatius, Euclid, and Garfield Heights. O’Toole played on the Saint Ignatius varsity basketball team before continuing his academic and playing career with the John Carroll Blue Streaks. Coach O’Toole would later spend time as a graduate assistant under long time Blue Streaks Head Coach Mike Moran. He has worked for many summers as a skills instructor for Nike Basketball, the LeBron James Skills Academy, Michael Jordan Top Flight School, and the Nike Hoop Jamboree.
O’Toole is the President of the Greater Cleveland Basketball Coaches Association and serves as the District II representative to the OHSBCA. He has four kids and is happily married to his wife, Laura.
BIG SHOT FUNDAMENTALS
- Becoming an all-around threat
- Shooting: off the pass and the dribble
- Offensive movement without the ball
- Ball-handling skills
- Individual and team defense
- Offensive and defensive conversion
- Rim attacks and finishes
- The importance of playing hard
- The importance of team play
- Overall physical conditioning
- The importance of listening to coaches
- The importance of never looking back