FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

JANUARY 23, 2025

NEW WIZARDS COACH READY TO CONTINUE TEAM SUCCESS, INTEGRITY

​

​

WICHITA, Kan., - Lifelong learner, basketball fan, and pickup game player with a killer free throw, new coach Chris Greenlee joins the Wichita Wizards for their 2025 season.

​

“Though she be but little she is fierce',” is a quote from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. It springs to mind when meeting the compact-sized Greenlee. He bursts into conversation and commands a room as easily as he can take on a nearly 7-foot player on the court.

​

Greenlee takes over after a championship-winning season by the team last summer. A graduate of Baptist Bible College in Springfield, Missouri, Greenlee studied adolescent development and says he loves to work with young people, so the young men of the Wizards are his specialty and his heart. Post graduation, he traveled with stops in Milwaukee, Denver, and Wichita. Now settled in the ICT with his wife, he serves as a business coach focusing on conflict resolution with an emphasis on business-to-business work.

 

What emphasis will he bring into his on-court coaching? That’s easy.

​

“Integrity. Etiquette. Leadership.”

​

And, with his background solidly rooted in business coaching, basketball, and a degree specialization that laser focuses on young people, their development and transition to adulthood - Greenlee jumped at the chance to work with the young men who play for the city’s only professional basketball team.

​

The match between the Wizards and Greenlee is, you could say, a slam dunk.

​

Greenlee has spent the last few weeks getting to know longtime players on the court, playing pickup games while impressing staff members and Wizards alike. He’ll have a whole new pool of potential Wizards to meet this spring beginning with the 2025 tryouts this coming weekend. His Wizards will take on their rivals in the MABA in early April, starting with an all-league tournament in a neutral city.

Tryouts
Tryouts are 2 - 4 p.m., January 25, at Evergreen Rec Center. $10 fee at the door or Venmo @Mark-Creed. Greenlee plans drills and a scrimmage. Come ready to play.

​

About the Wizards
Each season, the Wizards play approximately 10 regular-season games against teams based throughout the Midwest. The team is made up of former college players and those looking to play at the next level professionally.

​

The Wichita Wizards won the league championship in their fifth year of existence - and only their second year in a new league leadership created to help young men around the Midwest reach for glory in bigger leagues like the G-League. Two men from our 2024 Championship team have spent their time off this winter playing overseas, in Russia and England.

​

Mission
Our Mission is to bring high energy & excitement to Wichita, as well as, provide a positive atmosphere that builds the community while helping everyone involved with the Wizards reach their highest potential.

Contact
For more information or to arrange interviews, please call Mark Creed, 918-404-3183.