Who We Are

Our Staff

Coach Drew is the founding coach and director of Project Triple Threat (PTT). A former Division I point guard and member of the Lafayette College team that won the 1999 Patriot League Tournament championship and appeared in the 2000 NCAA Tournament, Drew is a member of the faculty and head coach at Choate Rosemary Hall. Nominated twice as New England Coach of the Year, his Choate teams went 40-13 from 2017-2019 while winning the 2018 New England Class A championship along with the 2019 Founders League title. Prior to coaching on the prep school level, Drew spent nearly a decade coaching at the NCAA Division I level and in Europe, and in the spring of 2016, he established PTT as a platform to further his passion for coaching. In 2018, he was inducted into the Lafayette College Hall of Fame, as a member of the 2000 Lafayette NCAA Tournament team. In addition to faculty member and coach at Choate, Drew and his wife welcomed their first son (Liam) St. Paddy’s Day 2020.

Dean Landry brings more than two decades of coaching experience to PTT. Coach Landry is known throughout the program as the “GM" for his attention to detail and meticulous nature. Following a successful NCAA Division III playing career at Anna Maria College, Dean began as an assistant at his alma mater. After two seasons on staff at Anna Maria, Coach Landry moved on to the Northeast-10 Conference, spending time as an assistant coach on the scholarship level at Southern New College (now, Southern New Hampshire University). Dean eventually relocated to the Nutmeg State and quickly became involved in southern New England hoops with his then two young sons. Coach Landry spent the next 15+ years coaching and directing various Connecticut-based youth basketball programs including the Wallingford Parks and Recreation, Ulbrich Travel and several area AAU programs, such as, CBC and the CT Northstars. In the spring of 2016, Dean joined Drew Dawson to establish Project Triple Threat (PTT). Through the years, Coach Landry has had the privilege to coach and work with many promising youngsters including his two sons: Matthew and Brad. Dean and his wife, Lynne, have three adult children. His son, Brad, is a junior playing under Hall of Famer, Jim Calhoun, at the University of St. Joseph (CT).

Coach “Eco” was born and raised in Wallingford CT. After graduating from Lyman Hall HS, Jimmy went on to play four years at Division III Albertus Magnus College. While at Albertus, Coach Eco won three GNAC championships and played in three NCAA D3 tournaments. Following graduation, Jimmy coached at Foran HS in Milford before taking over as boys varsity head coach at Daniel Hand HS in Madison, CT, where he currently serves as the youngest head coach in the SCC. Coach Eco has traveled throughout the country coaching on the club circuit including several years now with PTT.

Rob Ruys brings more than fifteen years of coaching experience to PTT. Coach Ruys is currently the boys varsity head coach at Lyman Hall HS in Wallingford, CT. Ruys was awarded 2021 Coach of the Year en route to his team winning the Southern Connecticut Conference (SCC) championship. Prior to his duties as varsity coach, he acted as freshman head coach and varsity assistant. Rob is no stranger to the grassroots hoops circuit. Since 2002, he has coached countless AAU teams winning five CT State Championships while taking three different teams to the National AAU Championship Tournament. Rob and his wife, Nancy, have three adult children.

Coach Bailey is a 2007 graduate of the University of New Haven and former NCAA Division II perimeter player. Following graduation, Kemar went on to play in the ABA for the Brooklyn Wonders in 2009. Bailey started coaching, as a member of the Connecticut Defenders club staff from 2013 to 2016, and during the winter season with perennial CIAC state power, East Catholic, from 2014-2016. In 2016, Coach Bailey left the Defenders to start and manage his own club program, the CT Mambas. Over the course of two years, the Mambas competed in numerous regional and national events while winning the 2018 Hoop Group Jam Fest at Spooky Nook. A number of players from those teams went on to compete at various levels in college. During the 2017-2018 season, Bailey coached under long-time prep school coach, Kevin Kehoe, at Cheshire Academy and in 2018, Coach Bailey was asked to join NE6 and coached several club seasons on the UA grassroots circuit. In 2020, Coach Bailey left NE6 to join PTT and has already made his mark in the areas of player development, coaching and mentoring, and area recruitment.

After six years coaching at a number of different levels including three highly successful club seasons running his own Hartford-based basketball club under the same name, Diamond Basketball Club (DBC), Jon Diamond has quickly established himself as a young, passionate, and up-and-coming coach not only here in Connecticut, but throughout New England. DBC teams won two CT state AAU titles in both the 17U & 16U age brackets, and in just the last year alone, Diamond was responsible for helping 15 different DBC student-athletes move on to compete in college; the most of any independent Hartford-area program. In the spring of 2020, Coach Diamond accepted an opportunity to join PTT and has been actively involved in all aspects of the program since. Aside from club coaching, Jon acts as PTT’s director of recruiting and also assists in managing the program’s social media channels and other digital content.