TheDolores Bears Athletic Department would like to introduce our new head boys basketball coach, and secondary special education paraprofessional Brice Searles. Coach Searles is originally from California, but through basketball he has had the opportunity to live and travel all over the United States and the world. Most recently he has lived and worked in the Durango, CO area. Coach Searles has a passion for teaching the game of basketball and a passion for helping young people. When he is not working with kids or on the basketball court Coach Searles enjoys spending time in the great outdoors hunting and fishing or relaxing in his kitchen baking something tasty to share with his students and colleagues.
Coach Searles is a state championship winning coach with decades of experience coaching basketball. He has been involved with the game of basketball from the pee wee to the professional level and most recently has served as an instructor with Breakthrough Basketball for the last 5 years. Brice also spent 6 years with the Los Angeles Lakers Summer Youth Camps, 2 years at the Michael Jordan Flight School, Snow Valley Basketball School and University Of Colorado Summer Basketball Camps.
As a player, he attended Cabrillo Senior High School in Lompoc, California where he was the Northern Scoring Champion, 2nd Team All-C.I.F. and went on a scholarship to Gonzaga University. He then transferred to Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado where he played for 1 year. He won the R.M.A.C. Scoring Championship at 25.0 points per game and was named All-District 7 1st Team leading that region in scoring, rebounding and blocked shots. Brice also earned All-American Honorable Mention honors. After college Brice went on to play in the Denver Pro Am league before playing professionally in Quito, Ecuador for 3 years with LaSalle and Liga Deportiva. Coach Searles won the Ecuadorian League Scoring Title there averaging 39.5 points per game and has 3 international scoring records of 60 points (twice) and 72 points in a game. His team went on to win the Ecuadorian Championship and represented Ecuador in the South American Championship in Caracas, Venezuela.
Coach Searles has a lot of valuable experience to share with our student athletes and we are extremely excited for him to lead the Dolores High School Basketball program.
John M. McHenry
Dolores High School Athletic Director
jmchenry@dolores.k12.co.us
970-739-0259