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In 2006, Rivas founded The Works Basketball Academy with a mission to provide high-quality instruction to youth basketball players across Southern California. Operating in various formats (e.g., Academy, Camps, Clinics, School, and Elite Teams), The Works Academy achieves Rivas' overarching goal of elevating players' skills and capabilities.

During his 20 years with Nike Basketball Camps and Snow Valley Basketball Schools, Rivas has positively impacted thousands of boys and girls, guiding them to realize their full athletic potential. While working with campers of all levels at Nike Basketball Camps, he concentrates on intermediate to advanced participants at Snow Valley Basketball Schools' overnight programs in Santa Barbara, CA. Recognized for his role as a skills and team developer for local high schools in Southern California, Rivas has also directed Nike Basketball Camps in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Boise, Idaho.

Known for his innovative coaching techniques, he employs a holistic approach to player development, emphasizing not only technical proficiency but also mental resilience and teamwork. Committed to staying up to date on the latest trends and methodologies in the sport, Rivas balances innovation with a continued loyalty to the fundamental principles that have defined his success. This commitment has resulted in the production of multiple high-level athletes.

Coach Rivas has impacted local high school teams, particularly at Fairmont Preparatory Academy, where beginning in 2008 he served as the Head Varsity Assistant Girls Basketball Coach. Under his guidance, the team achieved remarkable success, securing ten consecutive league titles, one CIF Championship, and one CIF appearance. Beyond local borders, Rivas has extended his influence, collaborating with high school and club basketball players in Asia, Mexico, and South America.

Having joined the coaching staff at Orange Lutheran in 2022, Rivas has played a pivotal role in elevating the girls’ basketball program to new heights. and his contribution to a coaching staff that secured back-to-back CIF championships in 2022 and 2023.

As an assistant, Nagel led offensive strategies and player development for the University of San Diego. In her first season, the Toreros placed third in the West Coast Conference and finished post-season in the third round of the WNIT.

Nagel was a standout player at UC Davis from 2014-2018, where she scored over 1,000 points. Nagel garnered back-to-back Big West Regular Season Conference Championships, a trip to the WNIT Sweet Sixteen in 2017, and the WNIT Elite Eight the following season in her time with the Aggies.

Nagel made the All-Big West Conference team in 2017, and was on the Big West All-Academic team three years in a row. During her senior year, she started all 35 games for UC Davis and played the most minutes of any Aggie at 1,022 minutes. She ranked fourth in the Big West in three-point percentage, sixth in three-pointers per game (1.9), second in three-pointers overall (65), and sixth on the UC Davis all-time single season list in three-point percentage (.419).

She became the junior varsity coach at her Alma mater, Saint Joseph Academy, at 18 years old before she became the varsity head coach at 19 years old. She has helped run Snow Valley camps over the past years and has helped athletes from elementary to high school develop their passion for the game.

During her senior season, Yamada led her team in three point-percentage (.41), scoring over 1,000 points, and breaking the school record for three-pointers made in a season and made career three-pointers. She started in all 34 games and was a NEWMAC champion and National Runner-Up for Smith. Yamada also made NEWMAC-All Conference first team in 2024 and the NEWBA All-Region Second-Team.

Next year, she will be attending Smith College’s graduate school for Exercise Sports and Studies where she will be a graduate assistant coach. She has been helping coach Nike Camps for Coach Rivas since 2017 and went with him last summer for a two-week long clinic in Japan as a skills coach.

In his time in that role, the Highlanders have been Freeway League Champions in 2019, 2021 and 2024, culminating in a 2024 CIFSS DIV3AA Championship. Coach Barry has also been a JV Head Coach at Buena Park HS and La Habra HS.