About Us
Camp Director:
Coach John
Jones
Coach Jones is the
Varsity Girls Basketball Coach and a Physical Education teacher at
Conestoga
High
School. Prior to coaching at Conestoga,
Coach Jones spent three seasons as an assistant for the women’s basketball
team at Widener University. As a player,
Jones was a four-year starter and 1,000 point scorer for Widener.
During Coach Jones’ 12 year tenure as Varsity Girls
Basketball Coach at Conestoga, he has enjoyed:
- 3 PIAA
state playoff appearances
- 5 Central League
Championships
- 6 20+ win
seasons
- 12 consecutive PIAA district playoff
appearances
- Named "Coach of the Year" by the
Philadelphia Inquirer and Main Line Life
newspapers
- Devoted summers to
developing youth basketball as director of Sky High Basketball
Camp
- Assistant camp director of the Dewey Burke Skill Development Camps
Coach Jones resides in Havertown with his wife and
two daughters ages 7 and 8 yrs old.
Camp Assistant Director: Dewey Burke
Dewey Burke graduated with honors
from Conestoga High School in 2002. While at Conestoga he earned 6 varsity
letters - starting on the varsity football team for 3 years and the
varsity basketball team for 2 years. He was a captain of the
football team in his senior year, leading the team to its most successful
season ever with an 11 and 2 record, eventually losing to the PA Champions
in the State Quarterfinals. He was also a captain of the basketball
team for his final two years, once again leading the team in his senior
year to the District Finals.
Burke attended the University
Of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where
he played for the Tar Heels and Hall of Fame Coach Roy Williams.
He was a member of the UNC team in 2006-2007 that
went 31-7, won the ACC Regular Season and Tournament Championships and
earned a #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, where they made it to the Elite
8. Burke is the two-time recipient of the Foy Roberson Award for the
team's most inspirational player, as voted by players and coaches.
He is one of only seven players in UNC history to win the award
twice. In addition to assisting with Sky High Basketball Camps, he
is the President of Dewey Burke Management, LLC and the Director of
Dewey Burke Basketball.