New Jersey RISE Coaching Team
High School 2027 Team U17
James Cooper JR – Coach 2027 Select 40
High School 2028 Team U16
Chris Conroy – Coach 2025 Team- Select 40
Ellen Masonius – Coach 2028 Team – Regional
High School – 2029 Team U15
Rick Leeman- Coach 2026 Team
8th Grade – 2030 Teams
Ellen Masonius – Coach
7th Grade – 2031 Team
Jenny Greene – Coach
Jenny currently is the director of the youth programs for the New Jersey Rise and coaches our 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade teams. She has coached from 2nd grade through high school and continues to support New Jersey Rise alumni as they continue playing at the collegiate level. Jenny believes in putting a major emphasis on fundamental skills, teamwork, and fun! She teaches her players to have high basketball IQs, skills, and a competitive nature.
Jenny is a middle school teacher in the Carteret School District. She is currently the Head Coach at Carteret Middle School and the Assistant Coach at Carteret High School. Jenny has been coaching travel basketball for 12 years, and she has been a New Jersey Rise coach since 2015.
6th Grade – 2032 Team
Ellen Masonius – Coach
3rd – 4th Grade – 2033/2034 Teams
Jenny Greene, Chris Ramos, Nick Alt, Kathryn Campbell
Youth Developmental Team
Jenny Greene
Trainer/Skill Development
Bob Greene – New Jersey RISE Director of Skill Development
From 1992-1999, Coach Bob served as the Head Coach at St. Peter’s New Brunswick Boys Varsity Basketball team. While there, his team won over 160 games in 8 years, and in 1995, they won the Parochial B South State Championship. During his time coaching boys, he had 16 Division 1 and 2 players. In addition to helping his players continue their basketball careers, one of his players was a 1st round NBA draft pick.
Since his time at St. Peter’s, Coach Bob has been training girls. He has been working with the program since 2012. During this time, he has helped develop 30 Division 1 scholarship players, all of whom had the desire to be great and the willingness to be coached!