Mission Statement

Team Dean works to empower young people through sports to have an opportunity to thrive and reach their potential. We believe that all youth should be given a chance to pursue their dreams.

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Glen Dean’s Story

     “Growing up in an inner-city Seattle, single-parent household, I was surrounded by gang violence, drugs and poverty. In my earliest memories, life seemed hopeless to make it out of my childhood circumstances. I lay awake at night wondering what my future would be. With no father figure around to help guide me through life, basketball became the safe haven from home and hardship, where I found light and an opportunity to make a way out. 

     Playing ball brought me happiness, peace, clarity and a sense of purpose. It pushed me to work extremely hard, enabling me to earn a position with a highly touted select basketball program that kept me focused and on a narrow path away from trouble. This program allowed me to showcase my talent in front of college coaches where I would eventually earn a scholarship to continue my education. I would later go on to receive a degree, along with an understanding of the importance of an education and exposure to a world of limitless opportunities that would create a better life, not just for me, but for my family’s future generations.

     Both basketball and the support of the select program I played for provided a platform where kids from all walks of life can aspire to dream big. Using these (basketball and a select program), the Team Dean framework will be the bridge, the helping hand or resource that can change a young person’s life. Where sports and opportunity converge, to give youth from any circumstance a chance to pursue their dreams as I once did.”