Josh Merrill -

Sports Pastor / Coach

Born and raised in San Diego, California, Joshua Merrill played three different sports in high school. In his senior year, he was runner-up for Athlete of the Year in the state of California. In 1994, Josh was named the CIF Player of the Year in basketball and The San Diego Union Tribune also named Josh as its Athlete of the Year. Josh focused on basketball in college and signed with Pepperdine University where he played his freshman year before transferring to and finishing his final three years at the University of California, Santa Barbara. For three years at UCSB, he was the second leading scorer and rebounder for the team. The UCSB Gauchos won the Big West Conference his senior season, and Josh was named Second Team, All Best West. Josh then continued playing basketball overseas for six years in a variety of different countries, including Argentina, Portugal, and Australia. Since 2006, he has been the director and pastor with Shepherd Sports.

Jason Flowers -

Club Director / Coach

With over 2 decades of successful coaching experience, Jason Flowers currently serves as the Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Los Angeles City College.

He has been a part of 5 NCAA Division 1 conference championship teams, and coached in 4 NCAA tournaments including 3 as a head coach. He was also part of the California Baptist University coaching staff during the team’s 24-0 regular season campaign during the 2020-21 season. As a player, Flowers was a member of 2 Sweet 16 teams at UCLA after spending his first 2 collegiate seasons at UC Irvine. Flowers has also coached 9 Division 1 conference player of the year award winners at his various stops.

Coach Hassan Bashir

Hassan has over 10+ years of coaching experience in California with all levels between youth and junior college. He spent most of his time in North County San Diego at San Marcos High School. He has won multiple league championships, and CIF Open Division wins as a coach. He has developed several players who went on to play Division 1 and professional basketball.

Hassan grew up in Ohio and Arizona, where he played basketball and ran track & field. After high school, he played for his hometown community college, where he led the conference in assists and steals for two seasons. After playing basketball, he transferred to Arizona State and graduated with a BS in Computer Science. He moved with his family to SFV in 2022. He spends his free time at the park with his daughter and volunteering for community youth programs.

Coach Camile Moody

Camille Davis is a Southern California native, born and raised in the San Fernando Valley. She was a two-sport athlete in high school and went on to play basketball at the Chaminade University of Honolulu.

Camille began her coaching career over 10 years ago at her Alma mater. There she was a part of 4 league titles, 3 CIF titles, and 2 state titles. Camille currently serves as the head girls' coach at Heritage Christian School.

Coach Edwin Bonilla -

With over 12 years of coaching experience, Edwin has dedicated the last 8 years to coaching at Shepherd, where he’s been actively involved in their club program for 3 years, coaching teams from 9U to 15U. Born in East Los Angeles, Edwin moved to Manassas, Virginia, at the age of 9, where he began playing basketball in middle school. He also played football at Osbourne High School. At 16, he relocated to South Central Los Angeles and has called Southern California home ever since.

 Edwin and his wife, Stephanie, have been together since their teenage years and are the proud parents of two children, Julius and Zoey. Growing up, Edwin was inspired by basketball legends Allen Iverson and Kobe Bryant, and he remains a devoted Lakers fan. In addition to his coaching, Edwin and Stephanie lead a Life Group, which they started in 2020.

 Outside of his coaching and family life, Edwin is passionate about building and fixing personal computers. He was baptized in 2012 and has been faithfully serving the Lord ever since.

Coach Joshua "Jet" Lindsey

Joshua “Jet” Lindsey was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley. He grew up playing in the Shepherd of the Hills basketball program, coached by his father Derrick, who has coached talented young athletes throughout the years, like All-Star guard Gilbert Arenas. When he became too old to participate in the newly established Shepherd Club, he would still participate in practices to learn from the coaching staff. After playing high school basketball for several programs, he turned his sights on coaching. Having not always been the most talented player, he learned the value of outworking those around him and playing the game the right way.

Jet began his coaching career by helping cut and edit films for high school and college basketball programs. He has also served as an assistant for a few AAU programs before joining Shepherd. Jet is currently the head middle school coach at Village Christian School and runs skill camps throughout the year for the elementary school.

Coach Jaden Enslin

Jaden developed as a player and a coach at Heritage Christian School in North Hills, CA. After graduating, he spent many years Coaching at HCS and Core Prep Academy for middle and high school. 

Jaden enjoys developing student-athletes to play at the highest level possible while also helping them grow in their spiritual maturity. He has coached and trained students and players from all levels, from middle to high school to D1 athletes and even professionals. As a result, he has been a part of many championship teams. 

Serving as a head coach and a strength and conditioning coach, he has many years of basketball coaching and development under his belt. Specializing in defense, he makes it a large priority as well as effort…believing it to be the cornerstone of a solidly built team.