ABOUT THE TRUE 2 HOOPS TEAM

Charlie Boggess

Coaching and Teaching Jobs

37 years as a head coach
2017 - Inducted into Texas High School Basketball Hall of Fame

1978 - Alamo Heights High School (33 Years)

Head Boys Basketball Coach
English Teacher

2011-2015- Antonian High School

Varsity Basketball Coach

Wins -

915 wins / All-Time San Antonio High School Boys Basketball Wins Leader
20 or more wins seasons - 30 out 33 years with a streak of 25 consecutive years (Alamo Heights)
Averaged 28 wins per year at Antonian

Boys Basketball Playoffs

Made the playoffs 26 years at Alamo Heights
Made the playoffs 4 consecutive years at Antonian
District Champions - 10 at Alamo Heights
District Champions - 3 at Antonian
Regional Tournament - 7 years at Alamo Heights, 5 years in the finals, 2 Regional Championships
Antonian - Regionals 3 out of 4 years

State Tournament

Alamo Heights 1988 State Semifinalist / 1991 State finalist
Antonian - State Semifinalist 2012

Coach Boggess will oversee all of the basketball training and operations for True 2 Hoops.

john Boggess

John Boggess is an experienced communications professional with 35 years of public and private sector program development and management. His communications project experience ranges from Texas transportation issues to electric, natural gas and nuclear power plant communications, to the very complex water supply issues facing both the state and nation. From 1989-2005, John served on the executive leadership team for San Antonio’s water agency and provided strategic communications counsel to the SAWS board members (including the San Antonio mayor), CEO, vice presidents and department directors. He also managed SAWS’ communications programs that included: media relations, comprehensive range of writing duties; federal, state, and local governmental relations; crisis response and management; community relations to include neighborhood and business leaders; consumer research; marketing/advertising; school education; web applications; and, media training. After serving eight years on the management team of a San Antonio private marketing firm, he built his own communications business in San Antonio.

John developed the concept for True 2 Hoops and will be the lead in all aspects of content development, communications and business operations for the service.

Chris Dial

Chris Dial is the head basketball coach at Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU) in San Antonio. He is also the founder of The Basketball Embassy (TBE), a multinational, nonprofit organization that builds community through basketball and assists National Basketball Federations as well as other organizations in their quest to grow and develop the game of basketball in their country or region. Dial established TBE in 2014 as a way to promote a fundamental brand of basketball intertwined with intangible elements like dedication, hard work, integrity and education in an effort to produce ambassadors of the game.

OLLU has been a partner with TBE since 2016 and recently hosted Assembly 2018, a weeklong event that brought elite youth female and male athletes ages 15-17 to campus. Campers are specially invited with the majority being international student-athletes and about 60 from the United States. Aside from on-court practice and training sessions, the campers had the opportunity to be seen by more than 20 NCAA, NAIA and Junior College coaches.

Also, Dial has been the program director for the FIBA (International Basketball Federation) Europe U14 Development Project in Southeastern Europe. FIBA Europe pioneered in concept a program that would simultaneously raise the level of basketball in four countries. Players involved are from Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia and Kosovo, with Turkey playing the "Big Brother" role. Dial also has been heavily involved with the Swedish Basketball Federation in Stockholm. He has assisted with basketball lecturers, clinics, game observations and exchange in efforts to develop their programs.

Chris will be the lead skills trainer for True 2 Hoops.

leslie vorpahl

Leslie vorpahl is a Winston Churchill High School (San Antonio) alum class of 2013. She was a three letter varsity player and a two time player of the year in San Antonio. She then played from 2013-2017 at Tulane University receiving the American Athletic Conference most improved player award and third team honors along with the Scholar Athlete of the American Athletic Conference where she received a degree in business marketing and management and maintained an average GPA of 3.75.

She then went to play professionally overseas for a team in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. After an ACL injury, she went back to Tulane to receive her Masters in Health and Wellness and be a Graduate Assistant Coach for her old team.

She just recently got back from playing in the Bundesliga in Nordlingen, Germany where she was selected as one of the top 5 import players in the league along with all-second team honors.

Leslie will be a skills trainer for True 2 Hoops and women's basketball advocate.

Abel Gomez

Abel is a former Collegiate Div. 1 and Div. 2 Strength & Conditioning Coach and graduate of Texas A&M University. Over the last decade, he has worked with athletes from the elementary level to professional, along with adults of every age range. His passion and purpose is to get the most out of one's abilities, both physically and mentally.

A south Texas native, Abel is and has been a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) since 2007. The same year, he earned a Bachelors of Science in Applied Exercise Physiology from Texas A&M University, after which beginning his career as a collegiate strength and conditioning coach. Abel also recently earned his nutritionist's license.

He became an intern S&C coach at Texas A&M where he was under the tutelage of two Master Strength Coaches, as accredited by the Collegiate S&C Coaches Association, coaching the sports of Football, Volleyball, and Softball. An assistant S&C Coaching tenure followed at Missouri Southern State University, during which he coached the Football, Volleyball, Track, Golf, Cross Country, and Dance Teams.

Abel now owns his own training business and will be the lead strength, speed, conditioning and nutrition coach for True 2 Hoops.