Coach Ken Ferrare
Drills. Skills. Thrills.
DST Basketball is built around a direct idea: give players disciplined reps, real accountability, and coaching that turns confidence into habits.
Ken's Bio
Coach Ken Ferrare
Ken founded Drills, Skills & Thrills Basketball after a long varsity coaching career. The company started with two weeks of camps. Today, DST has partners all over North Jersey running camps, clinics, leagues, individual and group training, and travel team evaluations.
Ken was a head varsity basketball coach for 18 years, winning championships at all three schools he coached at: Voorhees, Wayne Hills, and Morris Knolls. In 2016, Ken stepped down from coaching in high school to focus on DST and his own three sons, who all became All-County high school point guards.
In 2026, Montville High School won its first-ever State Sectional championship. Four of the five starters from that team trained exclusively with DST from fourth grade through senior year of high school.
Assistant Director
Maggie Ryan
Maggie has been a DST staff member since 2016. She is responsible for DST AAU TeamSnap schedules, including practices, games, and tournaments.
- DST coach for K-6th grade co-ed clinics.
- Evaluator for township basketball travel tryouts in Verona and Cedar Grove.
- Rockaway Township Boys Travel Director from 2010-2015.
- Rockaway Township Boys Travel Coach for grades 5-8 from 2009-2016.
- Division III player at the College of Mount Saint Vincent in Riverdale, NY.
Camp Coaches
Experienced Coaches Around The Program.
DST camps are supported by high school coaches, former college players, AAU coaches, and longtime youth basketball directors.
Joe Ansaldi
Boys Basketball Coach at Morris Tech High School.
Jeff Debell
Head Boys Basketball Coach at Kinnelon High School.
Pete Cinella
Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach at Seton Hall University.
Lynne Cinella
Former Head Varsity Coach at Boonton High School.
Jason Foster
Assistant Varsity Basketball Coach in Wayne.
Frank Locascio
Head Middle School Coach in Ridge, NJ.
Zach Warech
Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at Muhlenberg University. Former player at Ithaca University.
Chris Ferrare
Basketball player at Vassar University.
Eddie Camaj
College student and former All County player at Montville High School.
Jordan Epstein
Current elementary PE teacher and travel basketball coach.
John Rosser
Head Coach at Passaic Valley High School.
Kyle Rinsky
Teacher at Essex Valley and former athlete at Fordham University.
Eric Ray
Former player at FDU University.
Justin Iton
Former player at Misericordia.
Scott Miller
Middle School Coach in Ridge, NJ.
01
Teach The Details
Players learn the small mechanics and reads that make the bigger skills reliable.
02
Keep The Door Open
DST welcomes players from any town, any school, and any starting point.
03
Raise The Standard
Good habits, effort, sportsmanship, and accountability are part of the training.
Testimonials
what do the people say?
Each year Ken's basketball programs have grown in enrollment and reputation. I recommend DST Basketball for anyone interested in having fun while they learn the game of basketball.
If your child has any kind of interest in playing basketball and wants to get better, go to Ken and the DST training camps.
The staff is very professional and Ken is very quick to reply to all emails and phone calls. DST has always been very reliable.
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