Coaching staff

All TP coaches are RI High School Interscholastic certified and has a criminal background check.

*** Walter (Bunk) Gonzalez is the NEW EXECUTIVE DIRETOR of Team Providence Athletics

Walter has been heavily involved and has been a great assesst to our program. His new role and goal is to continue our progression and passion for our student athletes. Thank you for all the hard work and love for our program. Special thanks to his wife, Kim, for continued support!

12 Under (Girls) -

*Director of Girls program*
Ed Gilbert - 837-5597; dallas082122@yahoo.com

Scott Henderson - 478-6976; shenderson@teamprovidence.org

13 Under (Girls) –

***Walter (Bunk) Gonzalez -
            413-5202
            wgonzalez@teamprovidence.org
            Coach Shea High School Boys
            basketball  1996 - 2000             Head Girls basketball coach
             Woodlawn Catholic Regional
             2005 - Present

14 Under (Girls) – Curtis Spence - 497-5573; teamprovidenceri@yahoo.com

     Thomas Underwood **-
447-6516; tpathletics@hotmail.com

10/11yrs old (Boys) -
James (Buster) Clements -
965-8453; james.clements@jwu.edu Mike Raspberry -
481-9267; coachmikerazz@aol.com

11/12yrs old (Boys) -
Simon Goudiaby - 226-4608; sgoudiaby@gmail.com,

Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Academy (for the past 16 years) – Catholic Athletic League

Former Coach for the Pawtucket YMCA – Girls Traveling Team

Volunteer Coach YMCA for Fundamentals

Former Coach in SENEGAL, West Africa

Former Coach in Namur, BELGIUM

12 Under (Boys)

  Andrew Bevilacqua
499-3739; abevilacqua@teamprovidence.org
           Coaching experience:
            Bishop Hendricken Freshman Basketball
            Bishop Hendricken JV, Varsity Volleyball
           Exeter-West Greenwich All Stars
            Basketball
            Exeter-West Greenwich Town
            League Basketball

13 Under (Boys)
Chris Love -
787-4498; coachlove32@yahoo.com
            Coaching experience:
             Central High School              JV asst '05 - '08              Varsity asst '05- '08             Freshman head '06 - '07
               Sackett Street Rec              Head coach boys '03-'06                                  girls '04-'06              West End Rec               Head coach boys '07-'09                                  girls '08-'09              Cranston YMCA              Youth sports director '07-'09               Head coach traveling team '07-'09
                Team Providence Basketball               Head coach '03-'04, '10 - Present

14 Under (Boys)
Matt Kerwin
580-0904; mkerwin@teamprovidence.org
Smithfield Youth Basketball Association Recreation League Head Coach 2005-2010
Smithfield All Star's Travel Team head Coach (12's,13's) 2005-2010
Gallagher Middle School Boy's Assistant Coach 2006-2009
Team Providence Athletics 2010-Present
St. Andrew's Boy's JV Head Coach 2010-Present
St. Andrew's Varsity 1 Assistant Coach 2010-Present

15 Under (Boys)

17 Under (Boys)

Jim Iacoi -
265-3183; jiacoi@teamprovidence.org
              1984 graduate of Providence College,
              and earned his J.D. from Suffolk
              University Law School (1989)

            Coaching Experience
Team Providence Athletics - '10 - Present
             8 years for Our Lady of Mercy Open
           ( CYO)              Coach for RI Breakers - 7th-8th grade
              and Fall Rec League for Breakers

Andrew R. Bendigo - 965-5758; arbendigo@teamprovidence.org
                 Cranston High School East - '03
                 University of Rhode Island
                   - mechanical engineering
               Coaching experience
                 Team Providence 2007 - Present
                  13yrs - 16yrs. old
                 Cranston High School East
                    - Junior Varsity - 2010 - Present
Wayne Peters -
508-328-3526; waynekpeters1@cox.net
Coventry Basketball Association

Head Coach (2001-Present)

Coventry All-Star travel team (9yrs old - 14yrs old) 6 years

Coventry All-Star Coordinator 2008-2009

   Dan Corria -
*Director of Boys program*
                529-3061.
                dcorria@teamprovidence.org
                 Architect/ Regional CAD
                 Manager for the General Services
                 Administration, Member  of
                 National Organization of Minority
                 Architects, former Head High
                 School Basketball Coach, AAU
                 Basketball Coach, Boys and Girls
                 Club coach of the year- 1994, New
                 England CYO Basketball Champs
                 2001, President of BIG’s Rhode
                 Island Chapter and National Board
                 of Directors

                Roger Williams University Graduate –
                Architectural Degree, Selected as
                Man of the Year by the Cape
                Verdean Community, 1999

                Motto: “Can’t make you a Super Star,
                                but can help you reach
                                your POTENTIAL”.

Andrew Bendigo -
226-3851; abendigo@teamprovidence.org              Amtrak - Engineer/Mechanic

Team Providence coach since 2001. Has coached all age groups. Currently, a board member as well

Dante Mabray -
497-1757; anthonym1@tmo.blackberry.net

*Director of AAU programs*
Ed Gilbert has become the new Directors of the Girls program for Team Providence Athletics.
He will assume all responsibilites for each program while working together with Dan Corria and Walter (Bunk) Gonzalez to make our program continue to grow!

*** Walter (Bunk) Gonzalez is the NEW EXECUTIVE DIRETOR of Team Providence Athletics

** President and founder -
Thomas E. Underwood, MSWSimmons College '03
Masters Degree in Social Work Concentration in Urban Leadership
Rhode Island College '02

Founder and President of the
Giving Hope, Enrichment, Time, Trust
Opportunity Center, Inc.
Team Providence Athletics

Family and Juvenile Drug Court
Deputy Director ' 04 - Present

Bishop Hendricken High School
JV Assistant Basketball Coach '09 - Present
Assistant Varsity Football Coach '08 - Present;
JV Head Coach '09- Present
St. Matthew School
Head basketball Coach '05 - '09
'10 - '11

Team Providence Basketball
AAU Head Basketball Coach '02 - '10
basketball Coach '05 - '09

Cranston High School East
Assistant Basketball Coach,
freshman