Luke Stuckey is the Boys’ Basketball Head Coach at Yuma Catholic High School in Yuma, Arizona. Stuckey has experience at all levels of the game from high school to the NBA. Collegiately he served as the Head Men’s Basketball Coach at NJCAA D1 Lincoln Trail College in Robinson, Illinois from 2016-2021. Prior to that he was an assistant for one season at NCAA D2 Cameron University in Lawton, Oklahoma. Stuckey began his career at La Jolla High School in California as a JV coach and varsity assistant from 2004-2008. He served as the Head Coach at San Dieguito Academy from 2004-2008 where his school hosted summer pickup games for NBA players including Kawhi Leonard and Klay Thompson. Luke developed a relationship with then Spurs shooting coach Chip Engelland who eventually recommended him to Orlando Magic Head Coach Jacque Vaughn. Stuckey was hired by Vaughn in 2012 and worked primarily in player development with the Magic until 2014 when he decided to leave the NBA to pursue a college coaching position.
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Website – https://www.yumacatholic.org/athletics/basketball.cfm
Email – CoachLukeStuckey@gmail.com
Twitter - @coachstuckey
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