Phil Galvin
Technical Director of the NBA Basketball School, Dubai

Considered one of the US top skill development instructors, Galvin brings a wealth of knowledge and experience with him to the NBA Basketball School Dubai.  He arrives in Dubai, having most recently served as the Technical Director of the NBA Basketball School in Turkey. 

A native of the Bay Area in the United States, Galvin was an All-State performer in basketball at Antioch High School. He played collegiately at Santa Rosa Junior College before accepting a Division I scholarship to Mount St. Mary’s College in Maryland.  There he played for legendary coach Jim Phelan, one of college basketball’s all time win leaders.  Galvin was selected to the Northeast Conference (NEC) All-Newcomer team and was named NEC player of the week three times.

After graduation, he began his coaching career at The University of San Francisco, where he spent five seasons as an assistant coach and was a part of the 1998 NCAA tournament team. Phil then spent 20 years working as the Basketball Director at The Olympic Club in San Francisco, which is known as one of the finest private athletic clubs in the world. There he created comprehensive basketball training programs that included camps, clinics, training, teams, as well as adult and youth leagues.

EMMANUEL DIYOKA
Coach at the NBA Basketball School, Dubai

Born in Belgium, Coach Manu grew up in Brussels. He was part of the player pool and selection process for the U13 Belgian National Team in 1998-99, and was again tabbed for the U20 Belgian National Team selection process in 2004-05. He was a member of the Belgian club team Go Pass Pepinster between 2002 and 2004, and helped the club win the BBC Brussels Division 2 National Championship in the 2004-05 season.

Coach Manu had a very successful career as an Assistant Coach at Saint Leo University (NCAA) from 2014 – 2019. From 2014 – 2016 he was in charge of the skills development for the women’s basketball programme. From 2016 – 2019, he was Assistant Coach for the men’s programme where he was in charge of skills development, scouting reports, organizing practices, coordinating scouting and game plan strategies and mentoring the student athletes.

While the on-court NBA programme was on standby in early 2020 due to COVID pandemic, Coach Manu developed an online training programme to keep our NBA players active and focused. Additionally, he led character development online sessions which consisted of helping and teaching our players how to be great leaders on and off the court, and learning to manage and cope with their emotions in challenging times.

TYRELL HILLMAN
Coach at the NBA Basketball School, Dubai

Coach Tyrelle Hillman, known as Coach Ty has been passionate about basketball ever since he could walk, and began coaching 12 years ago with the Jr. Lakers. He coached the team to three undefeated seasons and was named coach of the year four times. Coach Ty has vast experience in the States, having led the Junior Varsity team at Malborough High School, in LA. In 2018, Coach Ty took up the role of Assistant Varsity Coach at Harvard Westlake who have a reputation of producing some of the most talented college athletes in all sports.  He had the honor of assisting six time CIF coach of the year, Coach Melissa Hearlihy who is one of the most successful girls’ coaches in California history.