Basketball Focus By Inner City Players Portland, Oregon

Canaan Chatman

Founder/ Executive Director
General Manager
Benson Polytechnic - '90
Portland Community - '93
University of Portland - '95

A native of Portland, OR. Canaan Chatman was co- captain of the 1990 Benson High State Championship team, where he earned All League and All State honors as a senior. He received a full scholarship to Oregon State University, in which he started 14 games as a freshman. He would later transfer to the University of Portland leading the Pilots to their most winningest seasons in school history. While playing basketball he received numerous accolades including "Athlete of the Year", "Player of the Year", "Newcomer of the Year", Most Valuable Player, All League, All District, All Region and All Tournament to name a few. After graduating from the University of Portland in 1995 with a Bachelors in Sociology/ Communications, he spent six seasons playing professionally in the CBA, Japan, Isreal, Turkey, Switzerland, Poland and Australia. Canaan is currently serving as Northwest Regional Director of Elite Youth Basketball for Nike.

Jeffery McGee

Brand Manager
Assistant Coach (17U Elite)
Head Coach (14U)
Assistant Coach

Encina High School (CA.) - '93
Fresno State University - '98

Jeff a native of Portland has recently relocated to the Portland area after graduating from Fresno State in 1998, with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Criminal Justice. Coach McGee has over 10 years experience in personal training and will focus on most of the conditioning and tracking regimens of our athletes. While working with team/ parent coordinators, Coach McGee plans and executes all team travel, while maintaining day to day operations for Inner City Players Athletics. He spends his days, mentoring youth as a guidance counselor and Head Mens Varsity Basketball Coach for Franklin high school.

Dony Wilcher

Skill Development Director
Assistant Coach (17U Elite)
Associate Head Coach (14U)

Zack Davis

Strength & Conditioning Coordinator
Assistant Head Coach (14U)

Banning High School (CA.) - '88
Oregon State University - '93

Zack, originally from southern California, relocated to Oregon in 1988 after accepting a full scholarship to play football at Oregon State. Completing his degree in '88, Coach "Z" headed to the Portland area where he began volunteering time in schools and communities, abroad. His duties within the ICP organization evolves around the development of physical and mental fitness for our student athletes. Zack spend his days, working in the insurance field with Progressive.

Anthony Deloney

Community Relations Coordinator
Head Coach (11U)
Assistant Coach

Grant High School (OR.) - '91
Portland State University- '05

Anthony, in his 2nd year as head coach of our 11 & under team has built one of the most exciting young teams in the Northwest. Coach Deloney is no stranger to inner city athletics, as he has supported SEI and ICP athletes for over a decade. Anthony serves as Youth Services Manager for SEI and has been with the company for 12 years.

Sharrief Metoyer

Lead Recruiting Coordinator
Skill Development Coordinator
Head Coach (17U Elite)

Shareif, a native of Long Beach, California, is a 1996 graduate of the University of Portland and 2 year letterman for the NCAA tourney bound Pilots. Coach Metoyer is now entering his 6th years as Varsity head mens basketball coach for the national powerhouse Long Beach Poly Jackrabbits. By day Coach Metoyer serves as Vice Principal/ Dean of Student Affairs at his alma mater.