Coach Gideon Gamble is a professional basketball player and elite skills trainer entering his first-year coaching.
He currently trains at Mamba Sports Academy in Thousand Oaks, where he helps develop talent from all over the world on a daily basis. This summer he coached West Coast Elite boys 14U and VC Elite girls Middle and High school summer teams.

Coach Gamble is a native of Atlanta, Ga, and a graduate of Westlake High School (08’). With notable alumni such as Cam Newton (07’), Adam ‘Pac Man’ Jones (02’), and
AJ Moye (00’), they taught these teams winning habits helping them achieve a record of 112-15 in Coach Gamble’s tenure. In his time as a student-athlete at Westlake (GA) he became an All-State and All-Region selection, and MVP of the GA All-Star Game.

Coach Gamble played summer basketball with the Atlanta Celtics, one of the most respected powerhouses in the nation. In 2007 his team won the Adidas Super 64 National Championship in Las Vegas. With much attention coming from that success, Coach Gamble received over 40 Division I scholarship offers.

Coach Gamble attended Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina, where he received his Bachelor’s Degree in Entrepreneurship. He played 106 games for the Winthrop Eagles and in that time, he won a Big South Championship and went to the NCAA tournament in 2010.

Coach Gamble went on to play professionally in the NBA G-League and internationally for 7 years. He played for the Lakers, Sixers, and Pacers affiliate teams while in the G league. Internationally he has played in Mexico, Japan, Dominican Republic, China, Lebanon, and Canada.

Coach Gamble has spent many years devoted to learning the game and strives to help others learn as well. He has a passion for working with and mentoring young athletes. Coach Gamble is the uncle of Westlake Warrior London Gamble and he resides in Woodland Hills, CA.