Eric Polli

Senior Director and Founder

Coach Polli is a well-respected AAU and high school basketball coach, previously serving as the Head Boys Varsity Basketball coach at Austin Prep from 2015-2018. In his final season at Austin Prep, Polli’s team won a school record 18 games, making it to the D4 North Section Finals for the first time in school history. Coach Polli now serves on the Austin Prep staff as Assitant Coach. As Director of College Counseling, Polli has helped over 100+ student-athletes play collegiate basketball. I

Tyler Strange

Director of Basketball Operations and Program Development

Tyler Strange enters his first year with Mass Elite as the new Director of basketball and program development. Strange joined the program after spending the year at Wofford College as an Assistant coach. 

In Strange’s first season with the Terriers, Wofford posted a 19-13 overall record with a 10-8 Southern Conference mark. He helped lift the Terriers to a road win over the SEC’s Georgia and a No. 4 seed entering the Southern Conference Tournament. Two players earned All-SoCon honors, B.J. Mack on the second team and Max Klesmit on the third team.

At Montreat, Strange was hands-on with a multitude of tasks within the program, such as serving as head coach for Montreat’s junior varsity program, in addition to his coaching duties with the varsity, pre-practice preparation, preparing scouting reports and recruiting.
 
Strange made an immediate impact upon joining the Cavaliers’ coaching staff in 2018, helping Montreat land multiple national top-25 rankings, an Appalachian Athletic Conference finals appearance and reach the NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball National Championship for just the third time in program history with a 23-8 record for the 2018-19 season. With Strange’s assistance in just his second year, the Cavaliers would notch a consecutive 20-win season at 24-9, a consecutive AAC finals appearance and the school’s fourth and second-straight NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball National Championship berth for the 2019-20 season.
 
Overall, Strange helped produce and coached seven All-Appalachian Athletic Conference selections during his three years at Montreat, including the 2020 AAC Player of the Year and NAIA Third Team All-American.

Additionally, Strange was a four-year member of the Gardner-Webb men’s basketball program as a student-athlete from 2011-15, having previously played under coach McAuley and assistant coach Paul Hemrick during their time coaching for the Runnin’ Bulldogs.
 
As a student-athlete, Strange was a four-year starter and point guard for Gardner-Webb, holding program records as the Runnin’ Bulldogs’ all-time leader in assists (651) – which also ranks second all-time in Big South history – and steals (207). A two-year captain, Strange enjoyed a decorated career at Gardner-Webb, leading the Runnin’ Bulldogs to 68 wins during his career (the second-highest total for an individual player in the school’s Division I era), while also being a part of squads that nabbed marquee wins over DePaul in 2012, Clemson in 2014 – most notably at the hands of a crucial late game-tying 3-pointer from Strange – and Purdue in 2014.
 
Having collected First Team All-Big South honors his senior year, while also being named the Cleveland Country Christian Athlete of the Year in 2015, he additionally set a record for most minutes played ever upon graduation from Gardner-Webb.
 
After college, Strange played at the professional level internationally for over two years in countries such as Montenegro, China, and Canada. He also coached at his high school alma mater, Notre Dame Prep, where he had the opportunity to coach three NCAA Division I athletes.
 
A native of Leominster, Massachusetts, Strange graduated from Gardner-Webb in the spring of 2015 with a degree in business administration.

Dylan Pella

Lead Associate Director, Boys Basketball

Jack O’Leary

Associate Boys Director, Admissions

Coach O’Leary currently serves as a Lead Club Basketball Coach, while also serving in the role of Associate Boys Admissions Director. Coach O’Leary joined our program as a Staff Assistant in the Fall of 2021, quickly elevating himself as one of our programs most popular coaches. 

Why does Jack like coaching for Mass Elite? 

Tim Kelly ’16

Associate Director Boys Basketball, Operational Support

Claude Hendel-Laurole ’14

Associate Boys Director, Grades 3-8

JD Neal

Boys Club Coach

Coach Neal joined Mass Elite in the Fall of 2015, throughout his tenure coaching student-athletes from grades 3-12. Coach Neal previously served as Associate Head Varsity Coach at Austin Prep (also coaching the JV team) from 2015-2018. Most recently, he served as the Varsity Assistant Boys Coach at Manchester-Essex HS.

Jake Curnow

Boys Club Coach

Pete Kapanides ’19

Club and Player Development Staff Assistant

Cedric Robinson

Associate Boys Director, Media Communications

David Olson

Boys Club Coach

Matt Mulcahy

Boys Club Coach

Coach Mulcahy enters his 1st season at Mass Elite, and is also currently entering his 3rd season on the Varsity Boys Staff at Austin Prep School in Reading, while also serving as the Head Coach of the Freshmen team. In addition to his duties as Freshmen coach, Coach Mulcahy is heavily involved in day to day operations of the Varsity program.

Edwin Carrasquillo

Boys Club Coach

Coach Edwin Carrasquillo enters his 1st season coaching at Mass Elite Basketball

Ben Wadden

Staff Assistant

Joining us for his first season, Coach Ben is a promising up-and-coming member of the basketball community with much to offer our players and program. He has been around the game his whole life, playing for a variety of New England based AAU clubs as well as for the Varsity team at Groton-Dunstable Regional High School. In addition, he remains an active, IAABO certified basketball referee for competition up to the varsity level.

Jack Wadden

Club Team Coach

Matthew McKenna

Club Team Coach

Bio coming soon.