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Central Tech BASKETball
The goal of the basketball program is to master the technical, physical, nutritional, and mental portions of the sport necessary to reach each player’s highest potential and maximize college options moving forward while preserving their full four years of college eligibility.
Florida Central Tech recognizes that player development cannot only consist of individual, team training and practice. Our players need to take the skills they master and apply them to live-game situations. Unlike what players are accustomed to in high school, players will have the advantage to participate in a competitive game schedule in both the spring, summer, and fall semesters instead of just one short season.
The program’s daily regimen includes strength conditioning, speed training, flexibility training, mental efficiency training, and nutritional performance programs. Our professional coaching staff has perfected training regimens to maximize each player while giving positive body stress recovery. Through this customized training regimen our coaches prevent player boredom and burnout, and highly reduces the chance of injury. Currently, we have partnered with neighboring facility where all practices and games are held.
All players will develop differently regardless of the player’s ability. Therefore, we customize all our training regimens to accommodate every player’s needs. We evaluate and assess each player to the core to find the strengths and more importantly the weaknesses. Both the mental and physical aspects of the sport play key roles in every player’s daily regimen. Student-athletes will learn throughout the program another main ingredient to every player’s success is daily nutritional intake and requirements to maintain positive athletic development and recovery. Our Staff comes with years of experience in coaching, training, scouting, and the knowledge to get our players to the next level. Athletes will be scouted consistently throughout their stay during each semester.
Our coaching staff works with players in each position of the game including point guard, shooting guard, small forward, power forward, and center. Coach’s cover all aspects of the game on the court and in the classroom.
Meet The Coach
Head Men's Basketball Coach
Jay Wingard
12+ years of coaching experience through AAU, high school summer leagues, and college prep development training.
20+ years playing experience as an athlete vs. high level competition
20+ years of planning, developing, and running various sports camps, clinics, leagues, and tournaments for various age groups.
Coach Justin Wingard was born in Newnan, Georgia to Phyllis Newson and Ray Wingard. Coach Jay grew up around the game of basketball with both his mother and father being former athletes, playing basketball for Clark College in Atlanta, Georgia. Coach Jay has played the game of basketball at a high competitive level in high school, AAU, and college. He played AAU with Team Nike back in the late 90's, high school ball at Winter Park High, where he graduated and later attended Lynn University in Boca Raton, FL.
Coach Jay received All-American nominations in high school and college. He was awarded District MVP for Winter Park High his Senior year (2001) and was awarded Sunshine State Conference MVP his Senior year at Lynn University (2005). He ended his career at Winter Park High shooting 51% from the field, averaging 18.4 pts and 9.6 rebounds. Coach Jay achieved First-Team Honors all four years in college from 2001-2005 and Second-Team South Region Honors in 2005. He also was named Sunshine State Conference MVP his Senior year, in the Conference Championship game (2005) vs. Eckerd College. Coach Jay shot 55% from the field throughout his career at Lynn University, leaving Lynn averaging 13.7 pts and 7.7 rebounds during his four year career.
In 2005, Coach Wingard would continue his basketball journey by traveling across the ocean and beginning his professional career in Killarney, Ireland for the Gleneagle Lakers. During his stint with the Lakers, Coach Jay would end the regular season as MVP averaging 24.2 pts and 11.1 rebounds for the Killarney based team. He would also go on to be the very first MVP for the Nivea League at its inaugural All-Star game. Coach Jay’s professional career would take him around the world to places such as; Spain, Italy, Germany, Uruguay, and China.
After retiring from in-game competition, Coach Wingard would accept the Boys’ Varsity Head Coach position at Poinciana Christian Preparatory School, coaching from 2020-23. He led PCPS Boys’ Basketball to three winning seasons with a 80% win percentage and 100% graduation rate within the program.
Basketball Coach
Carl Jeudy
Coach Jeudy was a four year Letterman in high school before continuing his career at the D1 level at Stetson University, in Deland Florida. He is entering his sixth year as a collegiate basketball coach, and he won coach of the year honors in (PHSBA) Post grad conference and held a record of 37-9 as well as going 17-0 after the Christmas break. Coach has helped numerous athletes reach their goals of playing at the collegiate level.
Whether you are a coach, player or parent we have programs that will interest you. Here at Florida Central Tech we feature our first-class professionally organized tournaments, camps and leagues which are second to none. Our National Invitational Championship is a one of a kind basketball experience that allows athletes to compete against teams from all over the Country in a weeklong national tournament atmosphere. Because of our private school status, players will experience lots of games each school year. No other school offers such an awesome setup and schedule.
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The goal of the basketball program is to master the technical, physical, nutritional, and mental portions of the sport necessary to reach each player’s highest potential and maximize college options moving forward while preserving their full four years of college eligibility.
Florida Central Tech recognizes that player development cannot only consist of individual, team training and practice. Our players need to take the skills they master and apply them to live-game situations. Unlike what players are accustomed to in high school, players will have the advantage to participate in a competitive game schedule in both the spring, summer, and fall semesters instead of just one short season.
The program’s daily regimen includes strength conditioning, speed training, flexibility training, mental efficiency training, and nutritional performance programs. Our professional coaching staff has perfected training regimens to maximize each player while giving positive body stress recovery. Through this customized training regimen our coaches prevent player boredom and burnout, and highly reduces the chance of injury. Currently, we have partnered with neighboring facility where all practices and games are held.
All players will develop differently regardless of the player’s ability. Therefore, we customize all our training regimens to accommodate every player’s needs. We evaluate and assess each player to the core to find the strengths and more importantly the weaknesses. Both the mental and physical aspects of the sport play key roles in every player’s daily regimen. Student-athletes will learn throughout the program another main ingredient to every player’s success is daily nutritional intake and requirements to maintain positive athletic development and recovery. Our Staff comes with years of experience in coaching, training, scouting, and the knowledge to get our players to the next level. Athletes will be scouted consistently throughout their stay during each semester. Our coaching staff works with players in each position of the game including point guard, shooting guard, small forward, power forward, and center. Coach’s cover all aspects of the game on the court and in the classroom.