Bracy earns his degree

"Team Rampage head coach and trainer Brandon Bracy graduated from Cal State East Bay Saturday morning, earning his Bachelor's degree in Communications. Coach Bracy started school at Cal State East Bay in the fall of 2014, after attending Solano Community College, New Mexico State, and earning a partial scholarship to Pacifica College. Bracy's basketball career at Pacifica College, would be cut short due to financial reasons which enabled him to apply for Cal State East Bay, and focus on coaching.

While attending Cal State East Bay, coach Bracy helped build the Team Rampage AAU basketball program, by coaching boys varsity, and 8th grade. He would also become the Assistant Coach for boys varsity, at American Canyon High School. In the spring of 2016 he would lead the Team Rampage varsity team to a 22-5 record, including winning three tournaments, and going 4-1 in the Compton Magic Adidas Qualifier.

While working hard to build up the Team Rampage program through coaching and training, Coach Bracy was able to keep his focus on the books and graduate with a 3.2 GPA. "It was definitely a challenge" coach Bracy said, "I would drive from Vallejo to Hayward four times a week for school, and travel to tournaments on weekends. My varsity team also practiced twice a week, and I hosted private skills training clinics, once a week." As challenging as coach Bracy described the tasks, he still managed to perform at a high level in the classroom, and as a coach.

With Coach Bracy now having a Bachelor's Degree, he now plans to enter Graduate School to earn his Master's degree, as he has high hopes of one day coaching at the collegiate level. Team Rampage Director Antonio Hodges, has been mentoring Coach Bracy on making good decisions, and making the necessary moves to become a college coach.  Coach Bracy explains that, "I feel that I am ready to coach at the college level, but I also understand that I must continue to get better, and continue to work hard."