MEET THE FOUNDER
Coach Anthony Clayton
With over 22 years of experience in basketball training and coaching, Coach Clayton has built a reputation as one of Fontana's most accomplished basketball minds. His impressive career began in 2002 as a trainer, and he has since served as a Boys Varsity coach for six years, a high school junior varsity coach for three years, and the head coach for High Rise Hoops from 2005 to 2019.
In the 2021-22 season, Coach Clayton helped lead Fontana High School to a CIF 5A Championship as assistant coach. Since 2023, he has taken over the Fontana High School Girls Basketball program, making the playoffs each year and achieving the most wins in Fontana High School girls basketball history since 1982.
Throughout his career, Coach Clayton has trained over 700 athletes and developed 61 players who went on to compete at the college and professional levels. His coaching philosophy centers on decision-making, skill execution under pressure, and developing basketball IQ that translates to real game situations.
OUR TRAINING PHILOSOPHY
Develop the Game. Not Just the Player.
High Rise Hoops is built on the belief that development happens when players are challenged to make the right play, at the right time, at game speed. Our practices are designed as decision-making environments where athletes learn to read situations, execute skills under pressure, and apply physical preparation in ways that translate directly to real games.
We focus not just on what players do, but why they do it. Skill work is never isolatedball handling, shooting, and passing are trained under pressure and within context, mirroring the situations players actually face in competition. The result is athletes who play with purpose, confidence, and adaptability, prepared for the game, not just the next play.
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Experience championship-level basketball training in Fontana with a proven track record of developing college and professional athletes.
