Our Story

6th Boro Hoops is a youth basketball academy based in Greenwich, Westchester and New York City with a vast network of players, coaches, and partners in the U.S.,  Canada and Europe. Our organization was founded in 2015 with one goal in mind: to bring back fundamental education in youth basketball development. With our athlete cenetered approach, we structure our program to benefit all our athletes in a holisitic manner.

Mission and Values

We strive to maintain an elite basketball academy where players:

  • Evolve in a positive coaching environment focused on life lessons

  • Are challenged mentally to understand the game and read situations

Every day, we work very hard to develop strategies and opportunities for our athletes while promoting our 4 core values:

  1. Fun

  2. Mastery

  3. Discipline

  4. Resilience

6th Boro standards that are expected of all parents and players:

  • All of our athletes are expected to maintain GPA’s that are a 3.0 or above.

  • Respect to opponents and officials, regardless of the situation.

  • Parents are expected to be emotional support systems who provide a positive environment for growth.

  • Positivity throughout all moments, good or bad!

  • Communication between parents, players, and coaches should be consistent and clear!

Our Team

Our founder, Nihad Musovic, leveraged our team’s international background and extensive basketball experience to travel the globe to learn from some of the best teachers in Europe, Canada, and here in the U.S.. Over the years, we have built a strong network of basketball and sports performance professionals who help us improve on our philosophies every single day.

Our team is composed of former High School, college, and professional players, High School and college coaches, performance coaches, as well as other sports-related professionals such as psychologists and athletic trainers.

Nihad Musovic
President - Boy’s Program Director - Assistant Coach at Greenwich Country Day School

Scott Kato
Exec. Director - Girl’s Program Director - Head JV girls Coach at The Hackley School

Paige Castiello
Girls Coach

Rich Cruz
Head recruiter for HS boys teams

AJ Bajana
D3 Assistant Coach at Franklin and Marshall

Josh Battle
Assistant Varsity coach at Sacred Heart HS

Andrej Pajovic
Shooting Coach

Mickey Duignan
Varsity girls coach at The Harvey School

Cole Ragusa
Coach - Current JV Head coach at Haldane HS

Bryan Copeman
Coach & Skills trainer