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Chris Sparks is an accomplished basketball coach, player developer, and mentor with a 25-year track record of cultivating student-athletes across every level of the sport, from grassroots youth programs to Division I collegiate athletics and the NBA. His collegiate coaching career includes impactful tenure across NCAA Division I programs, including Brown University, Penn State University, and the University of Pennsylvania, where as Men's Head Assistant Coach he led an Ivy League Championship staff that reached the NCAA Tournament. As Senior Director of Development for the Boston Celtics from 2021 to 2025, he created a global curriculum that achieved 220% year-over-year participation growth and educated over 200 international coaches during clinics in the UAE alongside Head Coach Joe Mazzulla. He also co-founded Full Circle Athletics and directed New England's top-ranked Under Armour grassroots program. Over his career, Sparks has helped place more than 200 student athletes into college programs across Division I, II, III, and NESCAC levels, while mentoring notable NBA and professional players including Andre Drummond, Kris Dunn, Wenyen Gabriel, Maodo Lo, and Goodluck Okonobah.