Athletic Academy

Ahmad Ajami, Head Varsity Boys Basketball Coach and Parish Assistant Athletic Director, is thrilled to lead the Basketball Skills session this fall. Ahmad Ajami's coaching experience began in 1997, when he started working as the Athletic Director as well as Head Basketball and Assistant Football Coach at All Saints Episcopal School in Ft. Worth, Texas. In 2006, Ahmad made the jump to the National Basketball Association (NBA) as an assistant video scout with the Los Angeles Clippers.  After one year, Ahmad moved on to the Orlando Magic where he was an assistant coach under Stan Van Gundy for five seasons.  While in Orlando, Ahmad’s highlights included: making the playoffs five straight years; two Eastern Conference Finals; a trip to the NBA Finals in 2009 where they were defeated in five games by a Kobe Bryant-led Los Angeles Lakers team; and coaching NBA greats Lebron James, Dwayne Wade and Kevin Garnett in the 2010 NBA All-Star Game.

In 2012, Ahmad joined the Texas Legends (Dallas Mavericks Developmental Team) as the lead assistant coach for former Dallas Mavericks’ player Eddie Najera. Ahmad holds a Bachelor of Science in psychology from Texas Christian University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Phoenix.

Joseph Gerick is a former semi professional football player, 2x VAHS MVP in basketball, 2x All district and Texoma Land in football and basketball. He is currently perusing an art degree while working in the operations department at the Hillcrest Campus. He is everybody's buddy at the lower campus and is coaching to keep students love for sports alive!

Ross King comes to Parish with a very strong basketball background both as a player and as a coach. From Jacksboro, Texas, Coach King has excelled on the court from the high school level to the professional level. Having a strong career at Jacksboro High School, Ross received the opportunity to play collegiately at Ranger College.  After his time at Ranger, he decided to pursue his dreams of playing basketball professionally. He was fortunate enough to fulfill that dream by playing in the UBA and ABA leagues as well as the VBL and Drew League over a span of seven years. 

Despite having to end his career due to an injury, Coach King took his love for the game and started coaching youth basketball. Over the course of the last four years, he has been instrumental in the Triumph AAU organization and has coached at area independent schools including St. John’s and Parish. 

Kimberley Self has been an LPGA Teaching and Club Professional for 27 years.  She is a 2-time Rolex All-American, won 2 National AJGA Titles and is a UIL State Champion. She played college golf on scholarship for SMU and Texas Tech University, and played on the SBC Futures Golf Tour, the mini- tour for the LPGA.  This is her 17th year at Parish, teaching Physical Education, coaching the Varsity Boy’s and Girl’s Golf Team and Middle School Field Hockey.

Kimberley Self has been an LPGA Teaching and Club Professional for 27 years.  She is a 2-time Rolex All-American, won 2 National AJGA Titles and is a UIL State Champion. She played college golf on scholarship for SMU and Texas Tech University, and played on the SBC Futures Golf Tour, the mini- tour for the LPGA.  This is her 17th year at Parish, teaching Physical Education, coaching the Varsity Boy’s and Girl’s Golf Team and Middle School Field Hockey.

Jarrett Moffitt grew up in western NY state where lacrosse is a very popular sport. Coach Moffitt was named a High School All-American after finishing his career as Corning West High School’s all-time leading scorer. He spent 2 seasons playing Division 1 lacrosse at Hobart College before an ankle injury derailed his junior season. After transferring to Division 3 Alfred University for his senior season he was named second team All-Empire 8 after scoring 26 goals and adding 7 assists. He has 8 years NCAA coaching experience.  Over the last 6 years in Texas, coach Moffitt had spent time with programs in Flower Mound, Prosper, Greenhill and most recently as the Varsity head coach for McKinney Lacrosse club. In that time he has won a THSLL state championship and has won two DFWL city championships. 

Edgar Sanchez is a native of Mexico and grew up playing on multiple select club teams. Before Parish he served as the coach to Irving United U17 girls’ team and Hurst United Select team U11 and U15 boys’ teams. During his time at Parish, Coach Sanchez has worked with both the boys and girls Middle School soccer teams. He has also been heavily involved with the PARISHkicks program in coaching skills classes and clinics for 3^rd through 8^th grade students.

JT D'Emidio started his soccer career playing for Andromeda U13 and U14 Pre-Academy Teams where he served as Team Captain from 2013-2015. In 2015, he traveled with FC Dallas to Oakham, England for the Academy Festival. After his time with FC Dallas, he played with the Dallas Texans from 2015-2018. In 2018, he started playing for the Air Force Men’s Soccer team. Career highlights while playing for the Air Force include Air Force Men’s Soccer Rookie of the Year (2018) and was named to the WAC All-Freshman Team (2018).

Kevin Rock is a native of Trinidad and Tobago and played on multiple youth national teams and select travel teams. Before Parish he served as the Middle School Soccer Coach for Alapattah Middle School in Miami and the Middle and Elementary Soccer Coach at Fellowship Christian Academy in Dallas. He is currently the Middle School coach at Parish and teaches 7th grade science and assists with 5th – 6th grade Robotics. Since coming to Parish Coach Rock's Middle School teams have consistently made the playoffs and won their first Championship in 2016.