2025 Vogues Coaches
NED KORMAN
2ND GRADE NATIONAL TEAM
Coach Korman has coached in the VYI program for over 25 years and County League for 19 years and has been a mainstay of the Vogues Junior Division for the past 20 years.
He has been an excellent teacher of foundational skills for the younger players, has grown the younger players “love of the game”, and has set them up to future success with the Vogues and in future playing situations at the high school level. Coach Korman has also coached at the high school level – coaching Madison HS Junior Varsity for 7 years.
JON DAMM
3rd GRADE NATIONAL TEAM
BIO TBD
HOSS TABRIZI
4th GRADE NATIONAL TEAM
Confidence. Intensity. Teamwork. Shooting. Defense. That’s how Coach Tabrizi’s teams play.
Since 1999, Coach Hoss Tabrizi’s mission has been to encourage and coach student-athletes of all ages in a way that instills life skills, work ethic, resilience, confidence, and strong character. He has coached hundreds of youths, including the top one percent in the DMV. Dozens have gone on to play in collegiate and professional leagues. He has served as high school coach with the girls and boys at Oakton and the boys at Woodson.
With three kids of his own, Hoss is now engulfed with youth sports because he genuinely loves the opportunity to make an impact. He knows and treasures the responsibility that comes with being an integral part of each player’s life as a coach. Hoss believes that mindset is what separates the good from the great in sports. He coaches his players to prepare and train mentally and physically and to play with intensity and passion.
Off the basketball court, Hoss is a husband and father of three, owner of a financial planning practice, a best-selling author, an on-air radio personality at 93.7 The Ticket FM, a public address announcer, and a keynote speaker.
KEVIN CURRY
4th GRADE NATIONAL TEAM
Kevin Curry is a member of the United States Coast Guard stationed in Washington DC. He grew up in Augusta, GA and lived there through High School. He played Varsity Basketball all four years of high school and coached at the High School level for three seasons in Georgia. He currently has two daughters in elementary school and coaches their sports. He enjoys coaching youth and teaching them the fundamentals of sports while learning life lessons from athletics. His goal is for his team to get better each practice and improve throughout the season while building confidence.
MARK CEREFICE
5th GRADE NATIONAL TEAM
Mark has ~10 years of youth boys’ and girls’ basketball coaching experience which includes AAU and D1 County levels. He’s a multi-sport athlete (and coach) from NJ growing up playing highly competitive soccer, basketball and baseball- and still believes in multi-sport athletes!
His coaching style balances training and player development with team competition and hoops IQ while focusing on life skills he also learned from competitive sports such as accountability, resilience and leadership.
His basketball philosophy focuses on teamwork which is foundational to his intense pressure defense and transition/fast break offense styles of play.
He resides in Vienna, VA with his wife and 3 children; and is a financial services executive currently working at Capital One.
DAVE McRAE
6th GRADE NATIONAL TEAM
BIO TBD
CARLENE AUBEE
7th GRADE NATIONAL TEAM
Coach Aubee started playing basketball in middle schools and quickly fell in love with the game. She played 4 years of varsity basketball at Ponaganset High School in Rhode Island, winning 3 Class A State Championships and being named the MVP of the State Tournament in her junior year. She went on to play 4 years of college basketball at Vassar College graduating as the all-time leading rebounder and the second all–time leading scorer. She stayed on as an assistant for the women’s team until heading off to grad school and law school. For the past 5 years, she has served as both head and assistant coach for local recreational and county travel teams. Her focus is on developing the individual skills and confidence in each player while also building trust among team members.
CLINTON GARY
7th GRADE REGIONAL TEAM
Coach Gary has been coaching both girls’ and boys’ youth basketball for over 10 years; at the AAU, County, CYO and rec levels. He is dedicated to teaching and developing basketball fundamentals in a challenging, yet positive learning environment. He believes that the lessons learned from competitive youth sports are invaluable to the growth and development of young adults by strengthening character and building confidence. In addition to basketball, Coach Gary also coaches youth lacrosse.
JON CARR
8th GRADE NATIONAL TEAM
Coach Carr has coached boys’ and girls’ youth sport programs for over 10 years, including the 5th grade Vogues National and McLean AAU teams and 6th grade VYI County. He is an excellent teacher of foundational skills that promote player development. He focuses on all aspects of the player, including strength, endurance, skills and confidence to enable girls to play at the top of their game. His focus is to guide them to be a unified and cohesive team.
ERIN McGARTLAND
8th GRADE REGIONAL TEAM
Coach McGartland was an All-District, All-Region and All-Met player in her career at Oakton High School. After graduation, she returned to Oakton and has been coaching with her former coach Fred Priester for the past 13 years as a Varsity Assistant and for a time as head freshman and head JV coach.
She is a Special Education teacher at Oakton and is completing graduate work. She played Vogues herself for 6 years and enjoyed the experience. She assisted with the 6th grade Regional team last year and the 11th grade National team.
ARNIE MASON
9th/10th GRADE NATIONAL TEAM
Coach Mason began playing competitive basketball 35 years ago in the basketball hotbed of Hampton Roads against the likes of Allen Iverson (NBA – 1996-2010) and Tony Rutland (4-year starter at Wake Forest). He began coaching as an assistant Varsity Coach while still in law school in 2000. In 2007, he began coaching house basketball for 5 years before spending two years coaching the CYA “A” Travel team, He began with the Vogues in 2013 and in the past 9 years, he has coached 6th, 7th and 8th grade teams preparing the girls to go on to play high school basketball at all levels (Freshman, JV and Varsity). Coach Mason focuses on individual development in a team setting.
FRED PRIESTER – Senior Age Group Coordinator
5th GRADE REGIONAL TEAM, 10th/11th GRADE NATIONAL TEAM
Coach Priester was the Head Coach at McLean High School for 10 years and has been head coach at Oakton High School for 27 years. His HS teams have earned over 800 wins making him one of only three coaches in Virginia History to reach that milestone.
His teams have earned 20 District Championships, 8 Regional Championships and made 11 trips to the State Tournament including 4 State Finals appearances. His 2012 team set the State record winning the State Championship with a 31-0 record.
In addition, he has coached with the Vogues since 1985 and his teams have excelled earning numerous top 10 and Sweet 16 finishes in AAU Nationals and other National tournaments including USJN, Nike, Blue Chip and other tournaments over the years.
He has had the good fortune to coach over 300 players who have gone on to play in college at the D1, D2, D3 and NAIA levels. He has coached players who have competed on Team USA. In 2012 he was named as head coach for the McDonalds All-America game – a distinction that few public-school coaches had received up to that point. He has coached – in high school and with Vogues – a number of players who have gone on to play professionally in the WNBA, ABL and overseas. He is looking forward to this season and getting back out on the road.