DREW BROWN IS THE CO-FOUNDER AND PROGRAM DIRECTOR OF WATERLOO, WHERE HE OVERSEES PROGRAM GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, AND COACHES ACROSS MULTIPLE AGE GROUPS. HIS FOCUS IS ON BUILDING PLAYERS WHO COMBINE PHYSICALITY, BASKETBALL IQ, AND LEADERSHIP - HELPING THEM SEE THE GAME AS BOTH A SPORT AND A TEACHER.

DREW GREW UP IN A MILITARY FAMILY, WHERE HIS FAMILY WAS STATIONED AT SEVERAL AIR FORCE BASES ACROSS THE GLOBE BEFORE SETTLING IN SAN ANTONIO. THIS IS WHERE HIS LOVE OF BASKETBALL BEGAN. HE SPENT HIS CHILDHOOD WATCHING THE PRIME YEARS OF THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS UNDER COACH POPOVICH. THE SPURS STYLE OF FUNDAMENTAL TEAM PLAY BECAME HIS FOUNDATION EARLY ON, LEADING HIM TO PLAY THROUGH HIS YOUTH AND EVENTUALLY AT AGAPE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL IN WICHITA FALLS. BY 8TH GRADE, HE WAS MOVED UP TO AGAPE’S VARSITY TEAM, FINISHING AS THE SECOND-LEADING SCORER BEHIND HIS OLDER BROTHER. BY HIS JUNIOR YEAR, DREW CAPTAINED THE VARSITY TEAM. HE EARNED FIRST TEAM ALL-DISTRICT HONORS ALL FOUR YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL.

DREW’S BASKETBALL CAREER CONTINUED WITH ARLINGTON BAPTIST UNIVERSITY BEFORE SHIFTING HIS FOCUS TO FAMILY LIFE. WHEN HIS TWO SONS BEGAN SHOWING INTEREST IN THE GAME, DREW TOOK TO COACHING IN 2017 - REDISCOVERING HIS LOVE OF THE GAME AND A NEWFOUND PASSION FOR DEVELOPING YOUNG ATHLETES. SINCE THEN, HE HAS DEDICATED HIMSELF TO GROWING HIS KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORLD OF AAU BASKETBALL TO CREATE A PROGRAM CULTURE CENTERED ON DISCIPLINE, TEAMWORK, AND SELF-CONFIDENCE.

ON THE COURT, DREW EMPHASIZES PHYSICALITY AND FUNDAMENTALS. OFF THE COURT, HE’S PASSIONATE ABOUT TEACHING PLAYERS HOW TO THINK CRITICALLY, LEAD OTHERS, AND APPLY LESSONS FROM BASKETBALL TO EVERYDAY LIFE. OUTSIDE OF BASKETBALL, DREW ENJOYS SPENDING TIME WITH HIS WIFE AND TWO SONS, READING, SPENDING TIME WITH HIS EXTENDED FAMILY AND FRIENDS, AND WATCHING SPORTS. HIS LIFE MISSION IS TO LEAVE A LASTING IMPACT ON THOSE AROUND HIM.