Coaching Staff

BIO's

Head Basketball Coach: Jesus Flores
Assistant Basketball Coach: Adam Desautels

 

 

 

Jesus Flores - Prep Team Head Coach and Assistant Varsity Coach
(B.S. Kinesology and Sports Medicine University of Texas at El Paso)
Phone: (602) 882-5657
E-Mail: jesus.flores@westwindacademy.org

Coach Flores enters his second year coaching at Westwind Prep. Last year, he worked with the Prep team. This year, Coach Flores will be very busy as he will be working with both the Prep team and the Varsity team. Coach Flores has experience coaching in the Phoenix area. He has helped to rebuild a number of the local high school programs. As a student at UTEP, coach Flores worked in the basketball programs of Coach Billy Gillespie and Coach Doc Sadler learning management, teaching and coaching styles. Coach Flores attended high school in Alpine, Texas anch Chihuahua, Mexico, At Alpine High School, he earned all district honors as a basketball player. Mr. Flores is in his first year of teaching Spanish here at Westwind.

 

 

 

Adam Desautels - Varsity Head Coach and Assistant Prep Team Coach
(M.I.T. English, University of Washington)
(B.A. University of Washington)
Phone: (206) 290-0575
E-Mail: adam.desautels@westwindacademy.org

Coach Desautels enters his third year in the Westwind Program. This will be his first year as Head Coach of the Boys' Varsity Program. Coach Desautels was an assistant and very integral part of last year's team that won the state championship. Coach Desautels comes from the Seattle area where he coached two years at his alma mater Snohomish High School. In addition, he coached two years at Summit High. He earned co-coach of the year award for leading Summit to it's first District Championship. Westwind has won over 90% of it's games since Coach Desautels has been here. Coach Desautels was a stand out member of his Snohomish High School basketball team. This will also be Mr. Desautels third year as a very valued member of the faculty here. He teaches English. .